published on: Oct 25, 2022 at 04:33
Halloween night was held on Khao San Road in 2019. It will make a spooky return, with a costume party scheduled for October 31 to boost Bangkok’s tourism industry as it recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic . (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
Halloween will make a spooky return to Khao San Road, with a costume party scheduled for October 31 to boost Bangkok’s tourism industry as it recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sa-nga Ruengwattanakul, chairman of the Khao San Road Business Association, said on Monday that the event would be jointly organized by the association and the Phra Nakhon district office, Chana Songkhram police station and Thai Beverage Plc.
“We have received a lot of help from organizations who want to hold a public event on Khao San Road, as social gatherings have been banned for the past few years,” he said.
This year, a party will be held with the theme “Kiss or Creep”, which reflects the playful dynamic of Khao San Road. A Halloween costume contest will be held with prizes totaling 20,000 baht for the winners. Those interested, he said, can register on site from 6 p.m. To get to Khao San Road when the event is in progress, customers must pass the security check at the corner of Chakrabongse Road or Tanao Road.
Separately, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said he was confident Thailand would receive 10 million foreign visitors by the end of the year, according to government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri.
He said the number of flight bookings to the country’s international gateways for this year’s high season is expected to be 50% higher than the numbers seen before the pandemic.
According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, throughout the Northern Hemisphere winter holidays, tourists booked an average of 578,538 seats on flights to Thailand each week, an increase of 74.2 % compared to the summer vacation period in the north, when tourists bought 329,288 seats per week on average. .
Mr Anucha said more than a third of travelers came from Southeast Asia, followed by visitors from East Asia. Between January 1 and September 30, about 6 million international tourists visited Thailand.
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