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OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS 2008
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= Offical holiday in Thailand |
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= Official holiday in Papua New Guinea |
| JANUARY | Tuesday 1 | New Years Day | |
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| 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. |
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| Thursday 21 | Makha Bucha (National Holiday) Makha Bucha celebrates the Buddha's first sermon to his disciples. |
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| MARCH | Friday 21 | Good Friday |
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| Monday 24 | Easter Monday | |
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| APRIL | Sunday 6 | Chakri Day (National Holiday) Chakri Day commemorates the founding of the current dynasty, Rama I. |
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| Monday 7 | Chakri Day (Substitution) Some businesses may be closed. |
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| Sunday 13 | Songkran (National Holiday) Songkran is the traditional Thai new year, generally celebrated as a water festival. |
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| Monday 14 | Songkran (National Holiday) Second day of this 3 day holiday. |
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| Tuesday 15 | Songkran (National Holiday) Third and final day of Songkran. |
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| 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. |
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| Monday 05 | Coronation Day (National Holiday) Celebrates the day in 1949 when the current King was crowned. |
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| Monday 19 | Visakha Bucha (National Holiday) The holiest Buddhist holiday celebrates the birth, enlightenment and entry into nirvana of the Buddha. |
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| 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. |
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| Wed 23 | Rememberance Day | |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Wednesday 10 | Constitution Day (National Holiday) Decemeber 10th celebrates the date in 1932 when the country was granted its first constitution. |
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| Thursday 25 | Christmas Day | |
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| Friday 26 | Boxing Day | |
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| Wednesday 31 | New Years Eve (National Holiday) The day before the Western new year day is always a public holiday. |
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| 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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©2008 Royal Thai Consulate-General, Papua New Guinea
Last Modified: 7th February 2008
Last Modified: 7th February 2008