Thailand Holidays 2010

Below is a list of Thailand’s public & National holidays for 2010. Businesses and government offices will be closed on National holidays while tourist attractions, clubs, and shops generally remain open. Many holidays such as Loy Kratong and Visaka Bucha day are based on the lunar calender so will change dates from year to year.

The holiday calender is located in the right sidebar year round for your convenience.

January 1, 2010

Friday

New Year’s Day

National Holiday

February 14, 2010

Sunday

Chinese New Year

Public Holiday

March 1, 2010

Monday

Makha Bucha

National Holiday

April 6, 2010

Tuesday

Chakri Day

National Holiday

April 13, 2010

Tuesday

Songkran Day 1

National Holiday

April 14, 2010

Wednesday

Songkran Day 2

National Holiday

April 15, 2010

Thursday

Songkran Day 3

National Holiday

May 1, 2010

Saturday

Labor Day

National Holiday

May 3, 2010

Monday

Labor Day

Business & Government Holiday

May 5, 2010

Wednesday

Coronation Day

National Holiday

May 28, 2010

Friday

Visakha Bucha

National Holiday

July 27, 2010

Tuesday

Buddhist Lent

National Holiday

August 12, 2010

Thursday

Queen’s Birthday / Mothers Day

National Holiday

October 23, 2010

Saturday

Chulalongkorn Day

National Holiday

October 25, 2010

Monday

Chulalongkorn Day

Business & Government Holiday

November 20, 2010

Saturday

Loy Kratong

Public Holiday

December 5, 2010
Sunday
King’s Birthday / Fathers Day

National Holiday

December 6, 2010

Monday

King’s Birthday/Fathers Day
Business & Government Holiday
December 10, 2010

Friday

Constitution Day

National Holiday

December 31, 2010

Friday

New Years Eve

National Holiday

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Comment by MartynNo Gravatar
2009-12-14 06:48:45

I always thought Thailand had a lot of holidays but until you see them listed you don’t realize just how many.

I’ll be there for New Year but the Chinese New Year I won’t, I must see that one day, firecrackers spring to mind.

Songkran and Loy Krathong I have stayed in the LOS for but they both fall at the wrong times of the year for me as I like to be there for Christmas. Songkran is the bigger possibility of the two. Why doesn’t the UK have as many holidays and I believe the US has even less than we do.
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Comment by TalenNo Gravatar
2009-12-15 20:37:01

Martyn, if you work for the federal government in America you get twice as many holidays…they need the time off from screwing us.

Actually the Thai cabinet just approved a few more days off. Songkran will be adding a day this year and the Queens birthday.Mothers day will now be celebrated from August 12th-15th.

 
 
Comment by CatherineNo Gravatar Subscribed to comments via email
2009-12-15 00:06:39

I am always running up against of Thai holidays, so keeping a list is a must.

One year, before I moved to Thailand permanently, I spent Christmas in Changmai. It was only after I arrived that I was told ‘no alcohol’. Grrrrrrrrr. It was voting time… again…

But like everything else in Thailand, laws are made to be broken. The western pubs did pull out the grog for Christmas.
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Comment by TalenNo Gravatar
2009-12-15 20:37:44

You can’t get angry at holidays Cat…unless they are dry and you get caught unaware.

Comment by CatherineNo Gravatar Subscribed to comments via email
2009-12-15 20:48:51

Talen, You are soooooo right. I was coming from a dry country (Brunei) without a drop in my luggage. Only to find that Thailand was dry too.

Escaping from Brunei, I usually did two things: Stock up on pork products and alcohol.

So going from looooong dry spell to an unexpected dry was… grrrrrrr…

And face it. Being able to eat pork just doesn’t make up for the dry.

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Comment by TalenNo Gravatar
2009-12-15 21:48:14

Cat, if the pork was marinated in alcohol it might make up for it a little :)

 
Comment by CatherineNo Gravatar Subscribed to comments via email
2009-12-15 21:56:42

Pork marinated in alcohol… [shudder]

In Brunei they did have pork, but it was so heavily salted that it was made almost useless. Rumours ran the country and there was one going around that it was a deliberate ploy by the Muslim government to discourage the eating of pork.

Do I miss having to buy dreadful pork products in a special room manned by non Muslims? No. Do I miss having to go over the border on booze runs? No. Do I miss my weird cravings for pork and alcohol? Not at all.

But the thought of pork marinated in alcohol… [shudder]

 
 
 
 
2009-12-15 05:00:50

Thanks for the list,I did not know about it until now.
I notice that this year San Valentine is also the Chinese new Year!
Good day to visit Thailand…

Comment by TalenNo Gravatar
2009-12-15 20:38:12

I agree…will be a great day to be in Thailand this year.

 
 
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