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Wed, 10/13/2010 - 15:14
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Thailand's Phuket's vegetarian festival prompts higher room bookings
PHUKET, Oct 13 - The annual vegetarian festival in this southern resort island this year has attracted around 70 per cent of Thai and foreign visitors according to the average room check-in ratio, said Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket director Bangornrat Chinaprayoon.
Participants in the festival are Thais of Chinese origin as well as Malaysian, Singaporean, and Chinese tourists.
The director said hotels along the roads where the festival parade is held are fully booked, while it is expected that the vegetarian festival this year, which is to end Sunday, will generate at least Bt400 million in circulation in the province.
Such room reservations resulted also in the upcoming high season with some 60 per cent of rooms having advance bookings, especially along Phuket's famous beaches.
TAT Phuket estimated that the tourist season this year would be more lively than last year, while room reservations were mainly from new tourist groups in India, coming for their weddings and film production in the resort town. (MCOT online news)
Participants in the festival are Thais of Chinese origin as well as Malaysian, Singaporean, and Chinese tourists.
The director said hotels along the roads where the festival parade is held are fully booked, while it is expected that the vegetarian festival this year, which is to end Sunday, will generate at least Bt400 million in circulation in the province.
Such room reservations resulted also in the upcoming high season with some 60 per cent of rooms having advance bookings, especially along Phuket's famous beaches.
TAT Phuket estimated that the tourist season this year would be more lively than last year, while room reservations were mainly from new tourist groups in India, coming for their weddings and film production in the resort town. (MCOT online news)
