1st January 2010
(Friday)          New Year's Days - Wan Khuen Pi Mai
New Year's Day is the first day of the Western year and is one of the three new year's celebrations that are celebrated in Thailand.
National Holiday

14th Febuary 2010
(Sunday)        Chinese New Year
Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated in all Chinatowns throughout Thailand. Althought this day is not a national holiday some business will be closed. The best place in for celebrations is in Yaowarat Bangkok home and heart of the Thai-Chinese community in Thailand.

28th February 2010
(Sunday)        Makha Bucha Day - Wan Makha Bucha
Makha Bucha Day is to celebrate the day of the Buddah's first of two sermons to his deciples set on the same day 45 years apart.
National Holiday

6th April 2010
(Tuesday)     Chakri Day - Wan Chakkri
Chakri Day is celebrated in Thailand to mark the founding of the current Royal Chakri dynasty founded by HM King Rama I Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke in 1782.
National Holiday

13th - 15th April 2010
(Tuesday - Thursday)     Songkran - Wan Songkran
Songkran is the traditional Thai new year and falls in the middle of the Thai summer. Generally celebrated as a water festival due to how hot it is all over the country, be prepared to get wet.
National Holiday

1st May 2010
(Saturday)     Labor Day
International labor day is celebrated as a national holiday though there are not alot of festivities and not much is made of this day in the Kingdom of Thailand.
National Holiday

3rd May 2010
(Monday)     Labor Day (Substitution)
Some businesses throughout the country may be closed.

5th May 2010
(Wednesday)     Coronation Day - Wan Chattra Mongkhon
This day celebrates this day in 1950 when at the Royal Palace in Bangkok the current king HM Bhumibol Adulyadej was crowned the 9th King of Thailand.
National Holiday

9th May 2010
(Sunday)        Royal Ploughing Ceremony
An ancient royal traditional day held in Thailand to mark the dirst day of the rice growing season.

26th May 2010
(Wednesday)     Visakha Bucha - Wan Wisakha Bucha
The holiest Buddhist holiday celebrates the birth, enlightenment and the passing away or entry into nirvana of the Buddha. Amazingly all these the stages of the Buddha's life happend at on the Vesak full moon day which is the full moon day of Sixth lunar month.
National Holiday

26th July 2010
(Monday)     Buddhist Lent - Wan Khao Phansa
This day is the mark the beginning of Vassa also known as Buddhist Lent. This is the time when monks are supposed to retreat to their temples while new life springs forth.
National Holiday

12 August 2010
(Thursday)     Queen's Birthday
Her Majesty the Queen Sirikit's birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Thailand and is also celebrated as Mother's Day, leading up to Mothers Day children in schools put on shows to show their love and respect to the Queen and their own mothers.
National Holiday

23 October 2010
(Saturday)     Chulalongkorn Day
Celebrates the life HM Rama V Chulalongkorn the Great who is one of Thailand's most revered kings, this day marks the anniversary of his death in 1910 he was also known by a nickname Piya Maharat which means the beloved great king.
National Holiday

25 October 2010
(Monday)     Chulalongkorn Day (Substitution)
Some businesses may be closed.

21 November 2010
(Sunday)     Loy Kratong
This day is not a national holiday, but an evening when Thais pay respect to the goddess of the waters by floating a kratong which is a candlelit offering on water. It makes for one of the most beautiful occasions during the year and is treated like a Thai version of Valentines Day.

5 December 2010
(Sunday)     King's Birthday
His Majesty the King's birthday is celebrated throughout the country and also serves as the nation's Fathers Day. As on Mother's Day, children mark this occasion in schools by presenting shows and show their love and respect to HM King who all Thais view as a father figure and to their own fathers.
National Holiday

6 December 2010
(Monday)     King's Birthday (Substitution)
Some businesses may be closed.

10 December 2010
(Friday)     Constitution Day
This day on December 10th is a national holiday that celebrates the date in 1932 when the country was granted its first constitution.
National Holiday

31 December 2010
(Friday)     New Years Eve
The day before the beginning of the Western new year is always a national holiday.
National Holiday