Elephants are widely used as tourists’ attraction in Asia, mostly as means of transport, exotic scenery for the trip’s pictures and tricks and dancing street shows. The Thai festival Surin Elephant Round-up offers all of the above and much more. It is held on the third weekend of November in a northeastern province of Thailand called Surin.. Over 300 elephants are forced into dozens of shows including elephant races, strength displays like log-pulling, pick-up small objects such as matchboxes with their trunks for the dazzled crowd, elephant dances, a tug-of-war against dozens of humans, re-enactments of old hunting and war scenes and of course the soccer game loved so much by the tourists who don’t see or think about the long period of practice hated so much by the elephants.
The Surin people were professional elephants exploiters, abducting baby elephants in the wild after killing their mothers and anyone else from the family who tried to defend the helpless babies. Then they domesticated them which is the washed term for isolation, constant beating and generally crushed them so they could be used for agriculture work or in war. These functions’ need decreased in time however the mahouts (elephant tamers), who still wanted to make a living using their violent skills, started the elephant entertainment business in Thailand. The elephants are cursed with humans’ ingenuity bless. The practices are the same, baby elephants are still endured the cruel, spirit-breaking process called Phajaan in Thai or "the crush" in English, in which they are imprisoned for several days, in a body size cage so they can’t turn around or lie down, and are constantly beaten with bats, poked with nail-studded sticks, and gouged with bull hooks until they are totally broken. Many babies die from their injuries, stress, starvation or from a repetitive stress syndrome caused by seeing their family killed in front of their eyes.
The poor survivors are smuggled across Thailand to be sold as the saddest entertainers in the world.
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The Klong Guru Tour takes approximately four hours and commences along the Chao Phraya River, before branching off into the heart of the city's fascinating klong labyrinth. Designed to Showcase the city's hidden cultural gems, the excursion reveals unique glimpses of timeless local life and traditional wooden canal homes that just out over the water. the journey includes encounters with the floating plants farm, exploration of glittering temples that were created in the Ayutthaya era ,and the opportunity to participate in the Thai custom of feeding fish for luck.
The Museum of Siam operated by National Discovery Museum Institute (NDMI) is a special unit under the Office of the Knowledge Management and Development. It was established on 18 June 2005 to manage the construction of an avant-garde learning environment that truly enhances creativity; support and cooperate with local museum partners in order to provide knowledge to the general public; and to promote and create the appropriate museum knowledge for thai siciety by establishing quality and standards of efficiency in the learning process in Thailand.
The tourism Authority of Thailand or TAT organize a press conference at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center on July 8, 2013 to announce the Action plan for 2014 to the private sector as well as local and international media. For 2014 , TAT has set a target of 28 Million international tourists which will bring in the revenue of 1.3 trillion baht, More than 135 % for this year. This year, The core theme of Higher Revenue through Thainess will be emphized and implemented via marketing strategies. This concept will traget custormer segments to experience Thai way of life and Thai cluture.
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The TAT launches the Thai food festival to promote Thai food and Thailand as one of the world food destination. The objective fo Thai food festival is to encourage tourists to travel and taste the delicious Thai food, which will generate revenue for the locals through tourism
Established in 2005, TCDC aims to be a place for designers, students, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts in design and creativity to develop and expand their knowledge and skills as well as to help strengthen capability and competitiveness of Thai designers in a global market place
Bukruk/ Thai-European Connection is the first large-scale collaboration between Thailand and Europe in the field of street art.
Organized by The Toot Yung Gallery, Nemo Studio, BKK Arthouse and sponsored by Bangkok Art and Cultural Center or BACC, and numerous European embassies based in Bangkok, the festival includes an art and design exhibition at BACC as well as graffiti artwork in public spaces around the Pathumwan intersection where the artists have created works on site in the beginning of February 2013
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The therapists here combine Ancient Thai healing practices with world class service and knowledge to create a treatment personalized to each visitor. The treatments concern Thai belief of maintaining vitality and balance of the 4 elements – water, earth, air, and fire.
