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Friday, April 25, 2008 - Tourism Authority of Thailand

On 15 February, 2008, Thai Airways International launched two direct flights a day between Bangkok and -- read more
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The Thai unit of currency is the baht, which is worth a little less than 4 US cents. -- read more
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May - Thai Fruit Festival
Since May is the season of fruit harvesting in Thailand and the month of a long school vacation, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, thus, initiates a travel campaign to agricultural areas so as to promote the agricultural products nationwide. ...read more

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The Royal Ploughing Ceremony is an ancient Brahminical rite dating back to the Sukhothai period (1257 - 1350 A.D.) The ceremony, which heralds the start of the new rice-growing season, was undertaken to assure a successful planting season and an abundance of the nation's crops. Festivities were held to boost the farmers' morale urging them to strive for an abundant harvest for consumption and to ensure sufficient reserves for times of war and for export overseas. -- read more

The sprightly "Bun Bang Fai" Rocket Festival, the most celebrated of Isan's merit-making rituals, has been strictly observed by the residents of Isan for generations. It is essentially an annual ritual to ensure that the seasonal rains fall at the appropriate time in the planting cycle. In this process, Buddhist merit-making traditions are also observed and reinforced. -- read more


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Jim Algie
Growing up in Canada, fruit played a very peripheral part in our diets and lives. Sure, there were oranges from Florida, apples from Washington, California grapes, and tangerines from British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley; but for the most part, desserts were limited to canned and very syrupy slices of peaches and pineapples, and… even the very name makes me want to wretch… rhubarb. --read more

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