TAT Songkran celebrations a hit in Phuket Town

PHUKET TOWN: Three nights of entertainment organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) ended last night on Thalang Road in Old Phuket Town.

This was the first year the TAT has organized Songkran activities in Phuket Town, where a variety of staged shows put on nightly at Queen Sirikit Park were a hit with local residents.

Among the performances were classical Thai dances by Phuket FantaSea as well as an ice-carving exhibition by staff of the Holiday Inn, Merlin Hotel, Merlin Group and Diamond Cliff Resort and Spa.

Bangornrat Shinaprayoon, director of the TAT’s South Region 4 office in Phuket, said hotel occupancy rates on the island were in the 80% to 90% range for the Songkran Festival.