At least 1,600 Bangkok leaders and participants will be on hand to guard the area’s common tourist hotspots, such as Khao San and Silom roads, during Songkran in Phra Nakhon area.
Khao San Road, Sanam Luang, and Phra Athit Road are the three major tourist destinations that district director Kosol Singhanat expects to see during the trip.
The government will host the” Maha Songkran World Water Festival 2024″ in Sanam Luang, and Wisut Kasat’s Thephi Songkran beauty pageant will take place at Santi Chai Prakan Park on Phra Athit Road, he said.
He said the city company will install at least 1, 600 officers and participants, including paramedics and nurses, to keep an eye on tourists at big Songkran venues.
On April 11, the company will set up surveillance cameras with synthetic intelligence functions and emergency locations along Khao San Road, according to him, before the festivities begin the following morning.
Some routes will largely be closed during the event, but flight cars and cars will be supplied, he said.
As part of this week’s Songkran celebration, Sanga Ruangwattanakul, chairman of the Khao San Business Association, announced that five floating Buddha statues, complete with barrels filled with holy water from five well-known churches, may be present.
According to him, Khao San Road may be closed to traffic starting April 13 through April 15 so that partygoers you enjoy it until 9 p.m.
Finally, the path will start for restaurants and other companies so they can begin service as standard, he said.
On April 13 and 14, Bang Rak city director Tharaporn Amnuaysan announced that the path would remain closed from Sala Daeng to the Silom-Natrathiwat crossing from noon to midnight.
According to Ms. Tharaporn, the Culture Ministry and local officials are co-organizing an occurrence on the road.
Culture Minister Sermsak Pongpanich announced the government-organized event’s start date of April 11 in Bangkok and other key cities like Samut Prakan, Chon Buri, Chiang Mai, Phuket, and Khon Kaen.
The government is even promoting programmes at four World Heritage sites in the country: Sukhothai- Kamphaeng Petch Historical Parks, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Udon Thani’s Ban Chang Archaeological Site and Petchabun’s Si Thep Historical Park, he said.
The country’s tourism and sports government anticipates that the country will earn 52.5 billion baht from tourism-related income during the extended Songkran vacation.