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The new Covid-19 wave has dampened the travel plans of people across the country during Songkran, dealing a setback to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)'s targets.

The earth shook in Surin on Friday morning as the annual Elephant Festival opened with a grand procession of 160 pachyderms through the streets of the city.

Several Buddhists in Songkhla province participated in the Chak Phra festival, playing the Laem Pho folk song to mark the end of the Buddhist Lent at Laem Pho priest camp site in Hat Yai district on Saturday.

Despite changes brought on by the new normal, Nakhon Phanom province has gone ahead with its yearly Naga Festival in all its glory, though the number of dancers were reduced from 2,000 to just 500 from eight ethnic groups.

Sanehanusorn Road, a business area in the centre of Songkhla’s Hat Yai Municipality, was quiet and devoid of life on Monday (April 13) in comparison to Songkran festivities in previous years.

Two Chiang Mai shopping centres, Maya Lifestyle and Kad Suan Kaew, have cancelled events planned for next month’s Songkran festival due to the Covid-19 situation.

Wooden statues of Chinese deities were carried on litters through the streets of communities in Yala province on Friday (February 7) as part of the annual Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao festival.

Thais chewed through more than 90 per cent more data online on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day than they did in the same 48 hours last year, according to Advanced Info Service (AIS).

The second Nakhon Sawan Lantern Festival opened on Wednesday (December 25) at the province’s Paradise Park in Pak Nam Pho subdistrict, Muang district.

Impact is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a display of lights and other attractions at Muang Thong Thani.

The NaSatta Light Festival is all set to usher in the New Year with a spectacular display of decorative lights at NaSatta Thai National Park in Ratchaburi province.