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Thailand National Holidays 2011
Date Day Holiday
01 January Friday New Year's Day
28 February Sunday Makha Bucha
06 April Tuesday Chakri Day
13-15 April Tuesday- Thur Songkran Day
01 May Saturday National Labour Day
05 May Wednesday Coronation Day
28 May Friday Vesak Day
27 July Tuesday Khao Phansa
12 August Thursday Queen's Birthday
23 October Saturday Chulalongkorn Day
05 December Sunday HM King's Birthday
10 December Friday Constitution Day
31 December Friday New Year's Eve
* The following Monday will be a public holiday
Additional Important Days
(but not a national holiday)

14 Febuary 2010
(Sunday) 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.

20 November 2010
(Saturday) Loy Kratong
Not a national holiday, but an evening when Thais pay respect to the godess of the waters by floating candlelit offerings on any and all waterways around the kingdom.


Important Phuket Festivals & Events September & October 2011
September Festivals
The Third Quiksilver Thailand Surf Competition 2011
 

Dates : 21 - 24 September, 2011
Place : Patong Beach, in front of Phuket Graceland Resort

Description: This year’s Phuket annual surf event is moving to Patong from Kata Beach and will become a much bigger event and a part of the international competition, the ASEAN Surfing Championship held in Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia. The third Quiksilver Thailand Surf Competition 2011 is set for September 21-24 at the northern part of Patong beach in front of Phuket Graceland Resort. The event will include a surfing festival with free rock concert, fashion show and other fun activities. For more information, please contact the Quiksilver Surf House Shop on the ground floor of Jungceylon shopping mall in Patong or visit the above websites.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival
 

Dates : 27 September - 05 October, 2011
Place : Chinese Shrines on the Island, Phuket, Thailand.

Description : A colourful event held over a nine-day period in late September/early October, this celebrates the Chinese community's belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help obtain good health and peace of mind. Though the origins of the festival are unclear, it is thought that perhaps the festival was bought to Phuket by a wandering Chinese opera group who fell ill with malaria while performing on the island and who were miraculously healed through a strictly vegetarian diet.

October Festivals
Football Legends Tour 2011
 

Dates : 02 October, 2011
Place : Thanyapura Sports & Leisure Club, Thalang

Description: Thanyapura Sports & Leisure Club is proud to host the Legends of Liverpool Match on October 2 from 18:00 (gates open at 16:00) at its newly-opened Club! This exciting event will be the deciding match of The Football Legends Tour 2011 in which Legends of Liverpool will play against the Legends of Thailand for the Prime Minister’s Football Legends Charity Cup. The Liverpool team will include such greats as Alan Kennedy, Phil Neal, Phil Thompson, John Barnes, Robbie Fowler, Jason McAteer, Steve McMannaman, Bruce Grobelaar, Gary Gillespie and others. The Legends of Thailand team will be led by two of Thailand’s greatest footballers, Khun Piyapong Pue-On and Zico.

Phuket Punchline Comedy Night
 

Dates : 09 October, 2011
Place : Holiday Inn Resort, Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand.

Description : After a four month break the Kings of Phuket Comedy return with a truly international show with three gifted funny men coming from Ireland, New Zealand, and England. Englishman Gordon Southern, Irishman Ian Coppinger, and Kiwi Andre King all currently ply their comedy trade on the UK Comedy Circuit – said to be the best in the world – but are taking some time out to come and give the good people of Phuket a real chuckle. It is sure to be another top night of comedy so get that date in your diary, Wednesday October 19. Doors open at 20:00. Show starts at 20:30. Tickets: 960 baht until October 18, 1,200 baht on the day.

Chang International Tennis Federation (ITF) Thailand Pro Circuit 2011
 

Dates : 29 October - 12 November, 2011
Place : Holiday Inn Resort, Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand.

Description : Thanyapura Sports & Leisure Club (TSLC) will host one round of the prestigious Chang International Tennis Federation (ITF) Thailand Pro Circuit 2011 tennis tournament from October 29 to November 12. This is the first time an ITF event will take place in Phuket. In the lead up to the ITF tournament, TSLC will also hold its first tennis tournament, the “Thanyapura Tennis Challenge 2011”. The event, held on October 14-16, will grant the winner a wildcard entry into the ITF tournament. The challenging men’s ITF competition will award prize money of USD10,000 and is set to attract leading international and Thai professional players who play on the satellite circuit. Both the Thanyapura Tennis Challenge and ITF tournaments will be played on TSLC’s state-of-the-art Plexicushion tennis courts – the same court surface is used for the Australian Open. Four of the courts are covered for all weather play. It’s also equipped with grandstands big enough for 600 spectators.

 
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Thailand Holidays

A brief overviw of Thailand's national holidays:

Makha Bucha Day

Celebrated on the day of the new moon of the third lunar month. Commemorates the day nearly 3,000 years ago that Buddha taught 1,250 selected monks the doctrines of Buddhism.

Chakri Day
Celebrates the founding of the current dynasty, Rama I of which the current reigning King Bhumibol is the ninth monarch.

Songkran
The traditional Thai New Year (solar). Celebrated as a water festival Songkran is one of Thailand's biggest holidays and marketed overseas as must see.

Coronation Day
Celebrating King Bhumibol's coronation in 1949.

Visakha Bucha
The holiest Buddhist holiday. Celebrates Buddha's birth, attained enlightenment and accesion into nirvana.

Khao Phansa (Buddhist Lent)
Commenorates the beginning of Buddhist 'lent'. Coincides with the onset on the rainy season, monks are ordained and withdraw to their temple while rain brings forth new life.

Queen's Birthday
HM the Queen's birthday. Also serves Mother's Day.

Chulalongkorn Day
Commenorates the passing of Chulalongkorn (King Rama V) one of Thailand's most respected kings.

King's Birthday
HM the King's birthday. Also serves as Father's Day.

Constitution Day
Marks the day in 1932 when the country was granted its first constitution transforming the country from an Absolute Monarchy to Constitutional Monarchy.

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