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Hat Yai recovery expected in time for Songkran
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/12/2025
» SONGKHLA – Flood-devastated Hat Yai city will bounce back quickly and should be 60-70% recovered by April next year, in time for Songkran, according to the Songkhla Tourism Association.
Two weeks of festivities in Hat Yai to spur tourism
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 13/10/2025
» Two approaching cultural festivals are expected to draw about 30,000 visitors to the southern province of Songkhla and pump hundreds of millions of baht into the local economy - the Hindu Diwali and then the Chinese Vegetarian Festival.
Holiday influx at border
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 01/11/2024
» Thailand's southern border districts have begun welcoming large numbers of visitors from neighbouring Malaysia to spend their long holiday there, celebrating Halloween and Diwali festivals.
Hat Yai welcomes influx of Malaysian revellers
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/04/2024
» Hat Yai district of Songkhla is expected to welcome as many as 100,000 Malaysian tourists to join the Songkran festival this weekend.
Joy train ride for Malaysians to get wet in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/04/2024
» SONGKHLA: A special train from Malaysia has brought some 400 holidaymakers to join locals in celebrating the Thai New Year in Hat Yai district.
TAT: New Year tourism to bring B760m to Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 29/12/2023
» SONGKHLA: The Tourism Authority of Thailand predicts tourism in Hat Yai will generate 760 million baht in revenue for the South’s biggest city during the New Year holiday period.
Hat Yai expects 30,000 Malaysians over Songkran
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/04/2023
» SONGKHLA: At least 30,000 tourists from Malaysia are expected to travel to Hat Yai during the Songkran festival and generate 300-500 million baht in revenue, says a local tourism leader.
Two tonnes of kratom leaves abandoned in Songkhla
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 25/12/2021
» SONGKHLA: Authorities seized 71 fertiliser sacks containing more than two tonnes of kratom leaves abandoned by four men on motorcycles along the Thai-Malaysian border in Sadao district early Saturday.
No Loy Krathong in Phatthalung
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 10/11/2021
» PHATTHALUNG: The provincial communicable disease committee has cancelled next week's Loy Krathong festival for fear the large crowds it draws would lead to a rise in Covid-19 infections.
Virus crisis will ease after Songkran: Tourism minister
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 23/02/2020
» PHATTHALUNG: The Covid-19 corona virus crisis is expected to subside in the second half of the year or earlier, Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan said on Sunday.