Thailand increases public holidays in 2025 to boost tourism
Thailand’s cabinet has approved extra public holidays for next year and January 2026, declaring long-weekends to boost tourism and the overall economy.
Holidaymakers wait to take buses to their hometowns during the Songkran long holiday in April this year, at Mo Chit bus terminal in Bangkok. (Photo: Bangkok Posts)
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s cabinet has approved extra public holidays for next year and January 2026, declaring long-weekends to boost tourism and the overall economy.
Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said the extra holidays next year are both Mondays, June 2 and August 11, with the Queen’s birthday holiday on June 3 and Mother’s Day on August 12, creating a four-day weekend.
Another added holiday is Friday, January 2, 2026, stretching the New Year break to five days, from December 31 to January 4 inclusive.
There will now be 21 public holidays in 2025.
Tourism-reliant Thailand has in recent years granted additional holidays to support the travel industry and aid recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The tourism sector accounts for about 12% of Thailand's gross domestic product and nearly a fifth of the country's jobs.
The declaration of additional holidays is also in line with the move by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's administration to designate next year as the year of tourism and sports, deputy government spokeswoman Sasikan Wattanachan said.
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