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Travel

YOUR VERY

OWN THAILAND

BUCKET LIST

A month-by-month guide for South
Africans visiting Thailand in 2024

hailand is one of the world’s top South Africans don’t need a visa to enter as classical music and traditional Thai
travel destinations – and for good Thailand for up to 30 days for tourism favourites. The best part? Admission is
Treason. From island-hopping and purposes. It’s as easy as booking a flight, free, and there are many different public
cultural exploration to shopping and packing a bag, and making your escape transport options to travel to and from
water-based activities, Thailand has to a country that quite literally has it the event.
much to share with the world. It’s no all,” says Sadudee Sangnil, Director of
surprise that millions of foreigners flock the Tourism Authority of Thailand for February: Love beneath the
to Thailand yearly – in fact, 2023 saw the UK, Ireland, and South Africa. waves
over 27 million tourists touch down on For those needing an inspirational February is the month of love for
Thai shores. Among the most frequent nudge in the right direction, Sangnil people worldwide, and for South
visitors to the Land of Smiles are South has this month-to-month guide of Africans looking to get married in true
Africans, many looking for a tropical what Thailand has to offer: communal Thai fashion, it’s the month
getaway or a luxurious break from the to be in Thailand. In what has become
hustle and bustle. Sunlit serenades in January an internationally renowned spectacle
“2024 might just be the year when The beginning of the year is peak of love, hundreds of local and foreign
you take the chance to treat yourself to season in Thailand. You can expect sun- couples visit Thailand in February to
some well-earned bucket-list longings. filled days and mild evenings with little participate in the Trang Underwater
The good news is that Thailand is one chance of rain. As such, it’s the ideal time Wedding. Couples are paraded through
destination that ticks all the boxes. to visit a festival or outdoor event. Some the streets of Trang town and then
From lovers of culinary experiences to of the month’s most popular events travel by boat to an underwater location
travellers looking for a mind and body include Bangkok’s ‘Concert in the Park,’ where they slip on scuba gear over
reset and eco-tourists, we welcome a unique musical attraction attended by their wedding garb and tie the knot
many different types of visitors and a flurry of international visitors yearly. underwater. The ceremony comes
cater to every wanderlust wish. The concerts, held every Sunday during complete with a ceremonial waterproof
What makes travelling to Thailand January and February, showcasing a marriage certificate – what’s not to love
simpler and hassle-free compared to selection of music, from top-charting about this unique way of starting an
other overseas destinations is that pop hits to Broadway medleys as well incredible new journey together?

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