It claims that three weeks of liquid joy are sufficient.
The National Soft Power Development Committee has clarified its plan to hold the Songkran event throughout the entire month of April. According to history, the water-sprinkling celebrations will continue to take place from April 13 to 15, and other social activities will be planned across the country.
The decision comes in response to harsh criticism that the plan is unrealistic and that a month-long water splashing event may cause excessive water use and worsen traffic accidents.
The committee, according to Pheu Thai Party leader and director Paetongtarn Shinawatra, had hoped to make Songkran one of the best holidays in the world.
She declared,” We wo n’t just splash water for three days; we’ll hold events all month long,”
According to a statement made on the committee’s Twitter page, the extended event is expected to bring in 35 billion baht for the business.
The vice-chairman of the committee, Surapong Suebwonglee, stated that during Songkran, each state typically organizes its own actions differently.
But according to him, citing the Ministry of Culture, Unesco will then list the Songkran event as an Intangible Cultural Heritage material.
On Wednesday, the formal announcement will be made at the Intergovernmental Committee meet of Unesco for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Botswana.
Thus, the committee decided that the Songkran event for the following year should be co-hosted by all 77 regions throughout the month of April rather than being held differently. However, Dr. Surapong told the Bangkok Post,” It is not about liquid- splashing the entire fortnight.”
Each state will continue to hold its customary water-splashing events throughout the entire month, but we will also organize events to highlight the nation’s soft energy.
For instance, water splashing does occur in Bangkok from April 13 to 15. Following that, additional social gatherings may be planned to promote soft power in various parts of the funds, including on Ratchadamnoen Avenue and Lumpini Park, he said.
According to Dr. Surapong, each state may submit suggestions for events for the committee to consider this week during the extended holiday.
Plans are in place, according to Pheu Thai’s Twitter account, to turn Songkran into a worldwide event with the theme” World Water Festival– The Songcran Phenomenon,” with celebrations to be slowly spread out during April in the hopes of luring more than 35 million international tourists and generating about 40 billion baht.
Sutin Klungsang, the defense minister, stated on Sunday and nbsp that if events are to be held in all 77 regions across the country throughout April, there may not be sufficient police to maintain order, though men would be available to help out as needed.
The traditional three days of Songkran were enough time, according to Nattavudh Powdthavee, a professor of economics at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, on his Facebook. The brevity of the period means that those who do n’t like getting drenched can still tolerate it.
Its value likely decrease and people will become frustrated if we make every single day of April a Songkran event time, he wrote.