Tourists and locals join mass water fights across Thailand to mark new year after three years of Covid restrictions
Last modified on Thu 13 Apr 2023 14.59 BST
Nearby, Som, who was also selling water guns, said that during Covid they hadn’t been able to sell at all. Her 13-year-old daughter, Ing, was helping drum up custom by spraying passersby. “They are happy and having fun,” she said of the crowds of drenched tourists.Photograph: Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters
Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi, the president of the Thai Hotel Association, said that the sector was picking up faster than expected. “There isChristina Zhang, 22,, said she had visited Thailand because she wanted to experience the Songkran water fights. She came prepared with goggles and a giant water gun, and, by lunchtime, was already soaked. Her advice to other tourists? “Bring the equipment. And if you have enough money, maybe hire a fire truck.
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