Even though the global economic crisis might bring Thailand down recently, with everyone still got struggle to maintain their job and no one can predict for the future.
However, Thailand still one of the places that can attract groups of foreigners, and we will see for thousands of them join us in the Songkran festival day in April.
If we talk about the Songkran festival, you can be familliar for the water splashing around the country, people walk around the roads with the powder on their cheeks and the smile on people's faces with their happiness during the hottest time of the Year.
But in 2009, the economic seems to be in the downturn and it also affect to the Songkran festival. According to the Dailynews, the arrival of foreign tourists might be slightly dropped around 10 percents, with estimate for a hundred thousand foreigners to be in the country during the Songkran festival this year.
However, Thailand still one of the places that can attract groups of foreigners, and we will see for thousands of them join us in the Songkran festival day in April.
If we talk about the Songkran festival, you can be familliar for the water splashing around the country, people walk around the roads with the powder on their cheeks and the smile on people's faces with their happiness during the hottest time of the Year.
But in 2009, the economic seems to be in the downturn and it also affect to the Songkran festival. According to the Dailynews, the arrival of foreign tourists might be slightly dropped around 10 percents, with estimate for a hundred thousand foreigners to be in the country during the Songkran festival this year.
Mr. Chanchai Doungjitt, the director of Tourism Authority of Thailand, said to the newspaper that there will be more than a billion baht spending for a week of Songkran festival, and the places for the tourists will be at the beaches from Pattaya, Hua-hin to the Andaman side in Phi Phi island and Phuket.
Thailand still be one of the places for everyone, no matter what happen. We already passed through the Political conflict last year, where the group of protesters seized the Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang Airports.
