Royal Thai Consulate-General, PNG

OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS 2008

Key:

JANUARY	Tuesday 1	New Years Day
FEBRUARY	Friday 8	Chinese New Year The beginning of the Chinese lunar year is celebrated in the Chinatowns of every city throughout Thailand. Some businesses close for the day, but it is not a public holiday.
FEBRUARY	Thursday 21	Makha Bucha (National Holiday) Makha Bucha celebrates the Buddha's first sermon to his disciples.
MARCH	Friday 21	Good Friday
MARCH	Monday 24	Easter Monday
APRIL	Sunday 6	Chakri Day (National Holiday) Chakri Day commemorates the founding of the current dynasty, Rama I.
	Monday 7	Chakri Day (Substitution) Some businesses may be closed.
	Sunday 13	Songkran (National Holiday) Songkran is the traditional Thai new year, generally celebrated as a water festival.
	Monday 14	Songkran (National Holiday) Second day of this 3 day holiday.
	Tuesday 15	Songkran (National Holiday) Third and final day of Songkran.
MAY	Thursday 1	Labour Day (National Holiday) International Labor Day is celebrated as a national holiday, even though there isn't much ado about it.
	Monday 05	Coronation Day (National Holiday) Celebrates the day in 1949 when the current King was crowned.
	Monday 19	Visakha Bucha (National Holiday) The holiest Buddhist holiday celebrates the birth, enlightenment and entry into nirvana of the Buddha.
JUNE	Monday 9	Queen's Birthday
JULY	Friday 18	Buddhist Lent (National Holiday) This day marks the beginning of the Buddhist 'lent' period, a time when monks are supposed to retreat to their temples while new life springs forth.
JULY	Wed 23	Rememberance Day
AUGUST	Tuesday 12	Queen's Birthday (National Holiday) Her Majesty the Queen's birthday is a national holiday, also serving as the country's Mothers' Day.
SEPTEMBER	Monday 16	Independence Day & Constitution Day
OCTOBER	Thursday 23	Chulalongkorn Day (National Holiday) Celebrates the birthday of one of Thailand's most revered Kings.
NOVEMBER	Thursday 13	Loy Kratong Not a national holiday, but an evening when Thais pay respect to the goddess of the waters by floating candlelit offerings on any and all waterways around the kingdom.
DECEMBER	Friday 05	King's Birthday (National Holiday) His Majesty the King's birthday is celebrated thoroughout the country and also serves as the nation's Fathers' Day.
	Wednesday 10	Constitution Day (National Holiday) Decemeber 10th celebrates the date in 1932 when the country was granted its first constitution.
	Thursday 25	Christmas Day
	Friday 26	Boxing Day
	Wednesday 31	New Years Eve (National Holiday) The day before the Western new year day is always a public holiday.
JANUARY	Thursday 1st	New Years Day (National Holiday) The beginning of the Western new year is a national holiday in Thailand, one of the three "new year" holidays celebrated every year.

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