Thailand Calendar

[Big Boy]

I'm getting really confused. All morning the car radio news has been telling me these holidays have been indefinitely suspended. Now I read. "Government rejects proposal to postpone May holidays." I guess the truth is out there somewhere.

When 2 normally reliable sources are totally contradicting themselves................................

[hhinner]

At the moment there can't be that many people for whom a holiday would be a change.

[PeteC]

June 2020

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July 2020

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Note: Just this afternoon the Government approved additional holidays tacked on to Asahna Bucha Day and Buddhist Lent. It will now be a 4-day public holiday July 4-7

Cabinet approves 4-day weekend in July

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... nd-in-july

[PeteC]

^ Update to the above July 2020 schedule

July 25 thru 28 is now the official Songkran Holiday for 2020, with July 27 being one of the official Songkran substitute days.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... r-songkran

[PeteC]

Time flies...a little late this month.

August 2020

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There are no holidays scheduled for September 2020

[PeteC]

September 2020

September 4 and 7 have just been declared as substitute holidays for Songkran, creating a 4 day holiday. These are the two remaining holidays that were previously cancelled due to Covid-19.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... e-holidays

[PeteC]

October 2020

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Note: There are no holidays scheduled for November 2020. However, the Government is considering announcing an additional 4 day national holiday during November to assist the domestic tourist industry, to include a Saturday and Sunday. Stay tuned....

[PeteC]

Reference above, November 19 & 20, as well as December 11 have now been designated as national holidays. We'll list them accordingly when we post the monthly updates.

https://www.thaienquirer.com/18621/more ... c-tourism/

[PeteC]

November 2020

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December 2020 & January 2021

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[buksida]

I reckon it would be easier to list the actual working days as they seem to be numbering less and less ...

[PeteC]

Here we go. We'll sort it out by month when the time arrives.

Eight special holidays approved for 2021

The cabinet on Tuesday approved eight special holidays for next year, including regional ones, to stimulate tourism.

Deputy government spokesperson Traisuree Taisaranakul said Feb 12 (Friday) would be a holiday for the Lunar New Year, which normally is not an official holiday.

April 12 (Monday) will be another Songkran holiday and July 27 (Monday) will be a holiday in lieu of the Buddhist Lent day

Another holiday to observe for the first time next year is the Prince Mahidol Day on Sept 24. Prince Mahidol, the King's grandfather, is praised as the father of modern medicine in Thailand.

Besides, the holiday in lieu of the Chulalongkorn Day (Saturday, Oct 23) is moved to Friday Oct 22 from Monday Oct 25.

Regional holidays, which were approved for the first time next year, are March 26 in the North for worshippers of Buddha relics, May 10 in the Northeast for the Boon Bang Fai rocket festival, Oct 6 in the South for the Festival of the Tenth Lunar Month to make merit for ancestors' spirits and Oct 21 in the Central Plains in lieu of the end of the Buddhist Lent period.

The newly planned holidays were aimed at stimulating tourism. Heads of government and private organisations could decide if they would use the special holidays or not, in the way that would not affect their operations, Miss Traisuree said.

While Miss Traisuree did not give details at this stage, some of the approved holidays including weekends create long holidays in February (3 days), April (6), July (5) and October (3).

Financial institutions and the stock market normally use the Bank of Thailand's calendar, which generally does not contain as many long holidays due to concern about financial disruption.

[PeteC]

February 2021

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There are currently no holidays scheduled for March 2021

[PeteC]

April 2021

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