The festival is also seen in some minority’s territories of Vietnam, Yunnan in China and Eastern part of India. They are also considered water festivals celebrating in mid Aprils, while only Thailand’s Songkran is one of the best known.
Lots of foreign tourists repeatedly visit Thailand for the event, monetizing the country every year with a long-stay visit.
Recently, Singapore Tourism has launched a campaign of Songkran with humorously critics of Thai people if the festival has been sold to Singapore or what, how come Singapore stole the festival from us? And many more…