Saturday, May 31, 2014

Thailand Mulls August 11 Public Holiday

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The permanent secretary to Thailand's Tourism and Sports Ministry, Suwat Sidthilaw, has announced that he would ask Thailand's deputy chief of the National Council for Peace and Order, Admiral Narong Pipattanasai, to declare Monday, August 11, 2014, as another additional, one-off non-working public holiday in Thailand, to create a four-day period of public holidays leading up to the annual Queen's birthday non-working public holiday, and boost tourism. [full story]