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X-WR-CALDESC:Phuket festivals\, Thai public holidays\, sports fixtures\, source-market holidays and seasonal windows. Checked 2026-09-08. https://phukettravels.com/calendar
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UID:chuseok-korea-2026-09-24@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260924
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260927
SUMMARY:Chuseok (Korean harvest holiday)
DESCRIPTION:Chuseok is Korea's harvest holiday and\, with Seollal\, one of 
 the two weeks when the whole country travels. Families return to their hom
 e towns\, offices close for three days and the Incheon and Busan departure
  boards fill with short-haul beach destinations\, Phuket among them. On th
 e island the effect is visible rather than dramatic: more Korean groups on
  the Phi Phi boats\, Korean menus back on the whiteboards in Patong and Ka
 ta\, and a short spike in flight prices out of Seoul rather than in Phuket
  hotel rates. It lands at the wettest end of the Phuket year\, so it is on
 e of the cheaper weeks to be here.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds:
  Adds Korean arrivals to the island's quietest quarter without moving hote
 l medians much: September is the low point of the MOTS occupancy series\, 
 so the extra demand is absorbed. Flights from Seoul are the expensive part
 \, not the room.\n\nRepeats: The 15th day of the eighth month of the Korea
 n lunar calendar plus the days either side\; falls in mid-September or ear
 ly October and moves every year.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://p
 hukettravels.com/calendar#chuseok-korea
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#chuseok-korea
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UID:china-golden-week-october-2026-10-01@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261008
SUMMARY:China National Day Golden Week
DESCRIPTION:The National Day Golden Week is one of two fixed weeks when hun
 dreds of millions of Chinese travellers move at once\, and Phuket is a fou
 r-to-five-hour flight from most of southern China. It arrives at an awkwar
 d moment in the island's year: the south-west monsoon is easing but not fi
 nished\, the west-coast surf is still up on many days and the island boats
  are cancelled more often than in December. Groups concentrate in Patong a
 nd Karon\, the Old Town shophouse cafés fill\, and Phang Nga Bay — shel
 tered by the mainland — takes the boat traffic that Phi Phi cannot.\n\nW
 hat it means for prices and crowds: A short\, sharp demand spike inside a 
 low-rate month: flights from China and package rates rise\, island hotel m
 edians move much less. Book Phi Phi and Racha trips with a refundable oper
 ator that week\, because rough-sea cancellations are common.\n\nRepeats: 1
 –7 October every year\; the State Council adjusts adjacent weekends\, so
  the practical break is sometimes a day or two longer.\n\nChecked 2026-09-
 08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#china-golden-week-october
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#china-golden-week-october
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UID:phuket-vegetarian-festival-2026-10-10@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261019
SUMMARY:Phuket Vegetarian Festival (Nine Emperor Gods)
DESCRIPTION:Phuket's largest and strangest festival\, kept by the island's 
 Hokkien Chinese community since the nineteenth century. For nine days the 
 town's shrines — Jui Tui\, Bang Neow\, Sam Kong\, Kathu\, Sapam\, Naka\,
  Ban Tha Rue\, Sui Boon Tong and Cherng Talay — observe a strict vegan d
 iet\, and each holds a street procession on its own morning\, usually star
 ting between six and eight. Spirit mediums pierce their faces\, walk baref
 oot over embers and are carried through a wall of firecracker smoke down T
 halang and Ranong roads. Yellow stalls selling vegetarian food take over h
 alf the town\, and the pole-raising and closing rites bracket the nine day
 s.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Phuket Town hotels sell out for
  the nine days while the beach areas barely notice\; taxi and minibus dema
 nd into town triples on procession mornings. Streets on the route close fr
 om dawn\, firecracker smoke is constant\, and almost every kitchen in the 
 Old Town switches to a vegan menu.\n\nRepeats: The first nine days of the 
 ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar\, with the Go Teng pole raised t
 he evening before and the closing rite the night after\; the dates move ev
 ery year and usually land in late September or October.\n\nChecked 2026-09
 -08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#phuket-vegetarian-festiva
 l
LOCATION:Phuket Town\, Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:FESTIVAL
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#phuket-vegetarian-festival
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UID:phuket-vegetarian-festival-2027-09-29@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271008
SUMMARY:Phuket Vegetarian Festival (Nine Emperor Gods) (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:Phuket's largest and strangest festival\, kept by the island's 
 Hokkien Chinese community since the nineteenth century. For nine days the 
 town's shrines — Jui Tui\, Bang Neow\, Sam Kong\, Kathu\, Sapam\, Naka\,
  Ban Tha Rue\, Sui Boon Tong and Cherng Talay — observe a strict vegan d
 iet\, and each holds a street procession on its own morning\, usually star
 ting between six and eight. Spirit mediums pierce their faces\, walk baref
 oot over embers and are carried through a wall of firecracker smoke down T
 halang and Ranong roads. Yellow stalls selling vegetarian food take over h
 alf the town\, and the pole-raising and closing rites bracket the nine day
 s.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Phuket Town hotels sell out for
  the nine days while the beach areas barely notice\; taxi and minibus dema
 nd into town triples on procession mornings. Streets on the route close fr
 om dawn\, firecracker smoke is constant\, and almost every kitchen in the 
 Old Town switches to a vegan menu.\n\nRepeats: The first nine days of the 
 ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar\, with the Go Teng pole raised t
 he evening before and the closing rite the night after\; the dates move ev
 ery year and usually land in late September or October.\n\nApproximate dat
 e: Ninth Chinese lunar month\, projected from the 2027 lunar new year (6 F
 ebruary). Indicative only — the shrines confirm the dates a few weeks ah
 ead.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#ph
 uket-vegetarian-festival
LOCATION:Phuket Town\, Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:FESTIVAL
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#phuket-vegetarian-festival
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UID:king-bhumibol-memorial-day-2026-10-13@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261014
SUMMARY:King Bhumibol Memorial Day
DESCRIPTION:The anniversary of the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 2016
 \, kept as a national day of remembrance. Government offices\, banks and s
 chools close\; alms-giving and merit-making ceremonies are held at Wat Cha
 long and the provincial hall in Phuket Town in the morning. It is a quiet 
 public holiday rather than a festive one: restaurants and shops stay open\
 , but some bars observe a voluntary quiet night\, and official ceremonies 
 mean road closures around the provincial hall. For visitors the practical 
 effects are closed government counters — immigration\, the land office\,
  driving-licence desks — and busier beaches\, because Thai residents hav
 e the day off.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: No effect on hotel 
 rates. Plan any immigration\, licence or bank errand around it\, and expec
 t Thai domestic crowds on Kata\, Karon and Nai Harn if the day extends a w
 eekend.\n\nRepeats: 13 October every year\; when it falls on a weekend the
  following Monday is a substitution day.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: h
 ttps://phukettravels.com/calendar#king-bhumibol-memorial-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#king-bhumibol-memorial-day
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UID:king-bhumibol-memorial-day-2027-10-13@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271014
SUMMARY:King Bhumibol Memorial Day
DESCRIPTION:The anniversary of the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 2016
 \, kept as a national day of remembrance. Government offices\, banks and s
 chools close\; alms-giving and merit-making ceremonies are held at Wat Cha
 long and the provincial hall in Phuket Town in the morning. It is a quiet 
 public holiday rather than a festive one: restaurants and shops stay open\
 , but some bars observe a voluntary quiet night\, and official ceremonies 
 mean road closures around the provincial hall. For visitors the practical 
 effects are closed government counters — immigration\, the land office\,
  driving-licence desks — and busier beaches\, because Thai residents hav
 e the day off.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: No effect on hotel 
 rates. Plan any immigration\, licence or bank errand around it\, and expec
 t Thai domestic crowds on Kata\, Karon and Nai Harn if the day extends a w
 eekend.\n\nRepeats: 13 October every year\; when it falls on a weekend the
  following Monday is a substitution day.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: h
 ttps://phukettravels.com/calendar#king-bhumibol-memorial-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#king-bhumibol-memorial-day
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UID:similan-season-2026-10-15@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270516
SUMMARY:Similan and Surin islands season
DESCRIPTION:Mu Ko Similan National Park\, the archipelago three hours north
 -west of Phuket that carries the island's best snorkelling and diving\, op
 ens for seven months a year and is closed for the other five so the reef c
 an recover. Nothing runs outside the open window: no day boats\, no liveab
 oards\, no private charters. Daily visitor numbers have been capped since 
 2018\, so the good operators sell out weeks ahead in December\, January an
 d February. The park fee is collected separately from the tour price\, in 
 cash\, on the day. Surin islands and Richelieu Rock follow the same monsoo
 n calendar.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: The single hardest con
 straint on a Phuket itinerary: a trip planned between 16 May and 14 Octobe
 r cannot include the Similans at all. Inside the window\, December to Febr
 uary sells out first and April is the quietest month with good sea.\n\nRep
 eats: Mu Ko Similan National Park opens on 15 October and closes on 15 May
  every year\; the park is shut to all visitors for the south-west monsoon 
 in between.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/cale
 ndar#similan-season
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SEASON
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#similan-season
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UID:similan-season-2027-10-15@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280516
SUMMARY:Similan and Surin islands season
DESCRIPTION:Mu Ko Similan National Park\, the archipelago three hours north
 -west of Phuket that carries the island's best snorkelling and diving\, op
 ens for seven months a year and is closed for the other five so the reef c
 an recover. Nothing runs outside the open window: no day boats\, no liveab
 oards\, no private charters. Daily visitor numbers have been capped since 
 2018\, so the good operators sell out weeks ahead in December\, January an
 d February. The park fee is collected separately from the tour price\, in 
 cash\, on the day. Surin islands and Richelieu Rock follow the same monsoo
 n calendar.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: The single hardest con
 straint on a Phuket itinerary: a trip planned between 16 May and 14 Octobe
 r cannot include the Similans at all. Inside the window\, December to Febr
 uary sells out first and April is the quietest month with good sea.\n\nRep
 eats: Mu Ko Similan National Park opens on 15 October and closes on 15 May
  every year\; the park is shut to all visitors for the south-west monsoon 
 in between.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/cale
 ndar#similan-season
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SEASON
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#similan-season
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UID:chulalongkorn-day-2026-10-23@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261024
SUMMARY:Chulalongkorn Day
DESCRIPTION:The anniversary of the death of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 
 1910\, the monarch who abolished slavery and kept Siam independent\, and t
 he most personally venerated king in Thai memory after Bhumibol. Wreaths a
 re laid at his statues\, and in Phuket the ceremony is held at the provinc
 ial hall in the morning. Government offices\, banks and schools close. It 
 is the last public holiday before the high season begins\, and it often an
 chors a long weekend that fills the island's hotels with Bangkok visitors 
 — the domestic market that Phuket rarely sees between May and October.\n
 \nWhat it means for prices and crowds: A domestic long-weekend spike rathe
 r than an international one: Thai family bookings in Kata\, Karon and Pato
 ng\, busy beaches\, heavier traffic on the Chalong and airport roads. Gove
 rnment counters are closed.\n\nRepeats: 23 October every year\; a substitu
 tion day follows when it falls on a weekend.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Detail
 s: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#chulalongkorn-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#chulalongkorn-day
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UID:chulalongkorn-day-2027-10-23@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271023
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271024
SUMMARY:Chulalongkorn Day
DESCRIPTION:The anniversary of the death of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 
 1910\, the monarch who abolished slavery and kept Siam independent\, and t
 he most personally venerated king in Thai memory after Bhumibol. Wreaths a
 re laid at his statues\, and in Phuket the ceremony is held at the provinc
 ial hall in the morning. Government offices\, banks and schools close. It 
 is the last public holiday before the high season begins\, and it often an
 chors a long weekend that fills the island's hotels with Bangkok visitors 
 — the domestic market that Phuket rarely sees between May and October.\n
 \nWhat it means for prices and crowds: A domestic long-weekend spike rathe
 r than an international one: Thai family bookings in Kata\, Karon and Pato
 ng\, busy beaches\, heavier traffic on the Chalong and airport roads. Gove
 rnment counters are closed.\n\nRepeats: 23 October every year\; a substitu
 tion day follows when it falls on a weekend.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Detail
 s: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#chulalongkorn-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#chulalongkorn-day
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UID:dry-season-2026-11-01@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270401
SUMMARY:Dry season (north-east monsoon)
DESCRIPTION:The five months when the Andaman is flat and the rain stops. In
  the eleven-year normals behind our climate pages\, a median month between
  November and March has no rough-sea days at all on the west coast\, daily
  highs sit around 29 to 31 degrees\, and the five months together carry on
 ly a fraction of the year's rain. This is the season the brochures mean\, 
 and it is also when hotel rates\, villa rates and boat prices are at their
  annual peak. Every island day trip runs\, the Similans are open\, and the
  sunsets at Promthep and Laem Singh are clear rather than a cloud bank.\n\
 nWhat it means for prices and crowds: The reason the price index has two l
 evels: hotel and villa rates through these five months sit well above the 
 May-to-October ones\, and the Christmas fortnight sits above the rest of t
 he dry season again. Book villas for December and January six to nine mont
 hs ahead.\n\nRepeats: November to March every year\, the north-east monsoo
 n\; April and October are transition months and are labelled separately on
  this site.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/cale
 ndar#dry-season
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SEASON
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#dry-season
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UID:dry-season-2027-11-01@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280401
SUMMARY:Dry season (north-east monsoon)
DESCRIPTION:The five months when the Andaman is flat and the rain stops. In
  the eleven-year normals behind our climate pages\, a median month between
  November and March has no rough-sea days at all on the west coast\, daily
  highs sit around 29 to 31 degrees\, and the five months together carry on
 ly a fraction of the year's rain. This is the season the brochures mean\, 
 and it is also when hotel rates\, villa rates and boat prices are at their
  annual peak. Every island day trip runs\, the Similans are open\, and the
  sunsets at Promthep and Laem Singh are clear rather than a cloud bank.\n\
 nWhat it means for prices and crowds: The reason the price index has two l
 evels: hotel and villa rates through these five months sit well above the 
 May-to-October ones\, and the Christmas fortnight sits above the rest of t
 he dry season again. Book villas for December and January six to nine mont
 hs ahead.\n\nRepeats: November to March every year\, the north-east monsoo
 n\; April and October are transition months and are labelled separately on
  this site.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/cale
 ndar#dry-season
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SEASON
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#dry-season
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UID:diwali-india-2026-11-06@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261111
SUMMARY:Diwali (India) (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:Diwali is the week when Indian families travel\, and India is P
 huket's fastest-growing market. The main day in 2026 is 8 November\, with 
 the five-day festival running from the sixth to the tenth. It lands at the
  start of Phuket's dry season\, exactly when the sea has just calmed and r
 ates are beginning their climb\, which makes it one of the busiest weeks o
 f the early high season. Indian arrivals concentrate in Patong\, Kata and 
 — increasingly — in large family villas in Bang Tao and Layan\, and th
 e destination-wedding season effectively opens with it.\n\nWhat it means f
 or prices and crowds: Adds a demand wave to the first fortnight of the hig
 h season\, on top of rates that are already rising. Direct flights from De
 lhi\, Mumbai and Bengaluru sell out first\; villas that sleep eight or mor
 e are the tightest inventory on the island that week.\n\nRepeats: Five day
 s around the new moon of the Hindu month of Kartika\; the main day falls i
 n October or November and moves every year. In 2026 the main day is 8 Nove
 mber.\n\nApproximate date — confirmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 202
 6-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#diwali-india
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#diwali-india
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UID:loy-krathong-2026-11-24@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261125
SUMMARY:Loy Krathong (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:The night Thailand floats away the year's bad luck. Small rafts
  of banana trunk and leaves\, carrying a candle\, three incense sticks and
  a coin\, are set on the water at dusk as an apology to the goddess of riv
 ers. Phuket is a coastal province rather than a river one\, so the krathon
 gs go out from the beaches and from Saphan Hin and the lake at Suan Luang 
 park in Phuket Town\, where the municipality runs the largest gathering. K
 ata\, Karon\, Patong\, Nai Harn and Rawai all hold beach ceremonies. Sky l
 anterns are a northern tradition and are restricted here because of the ai
 rport.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: A one-night event that fill
 s beachfront restaurants and the Phuket Town parks\; it does not move hote
 l rates. It falls inside the early high season\, when the sea is already c
 alm — the practical reason Phuket keeps it on the beach rather than on a
  river.\n\nRepeats: The full moon of the twelfth month of the Thai lunar c
 alendar\, always in November\; the date moves every year and shifts by rou
 ghly three weeks when the Thai calendar inserts a leap month\, as it did i
 n 2026.\n\nApproximate date — confirmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2
 026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#loy-krathong
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:FESTIVAL
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#loy-krathong
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UID:loy-krathong-2027-11-13@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271114
SUMMARY:Loy Krathong (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:The night Thailand floats away the year's bad luck. Small rafts
  of banana trunk and leaves\, carrying a candle\, three incense sticks and
  a coin\, are set on the water at dusk as an apology to the goddess of riv
 ers. Phuket is a coastal province rather than a river one\, so the krathon
 gs go out from the beaches and from Saphan Hin and the lake at Suan Luang 
 park in Phuket Town\, where the municipality runs the largest gathering. K
 ata\, Karon\, Patong\, Nai Harn and Rawai all hold beach ceremonies. Sky l
 anterns are a northern tradition and are restricted here because of the ai
 rport.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: A one-night event that fill
 s beachfront restaurants and the Phuket Town parks\; it does not move hote
 l rates. It falls inside the early high season\, when the sea is already c
 alm — the practical reason Phuket keeps it on the beach rather than on a
  river.\n\nRepeats: The full moon of the twelfth month of the Thai lunar c
 alendar\, always in November\; the date moves every year and shifts by rou
 ghly three weeks when the Thai calendar inserts a leap month\, as it did i
 n 2026.\n\nApproximate date: Projected twelfth-month full moon\; the Thai 
 calendar authority confirms the date closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-0
 9-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#loy-krathong
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:FESTIVAL
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#loy-krathong
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UID:phuket-kings-cup-regatta-2026-11-28@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261207
SUMMARY:Phuket King's Cup Regatta (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:Asia's oldest and largest keelboat regatta\, sailed in the Anda
 man since 1987\, when it was founded to mark King Bhumibol's sixtieth birt
 hday. A hundred-odd boats — IRC racers\, cruising classes\, multihulls\,
  dinghies and Optimists — race a course roughly a mile west of Kata Beac
 h for a week\, and the shore programme takes over the Kata beachfront hote
 ls every evening. It is the reason the island's yacht-charter fleet cluste
 rs in Phuket rather than Langkawi\, and it opens the Andaman sailing seaso
 n that runs on through the Bay Regatta and the Multihull Championship in t
 he new year.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Kata and Karon beachf
 ront hotels run near capacity for the regatta week and the marinas at Ao P
 o and Boat Lagoon fill with visiting boats. Everywhere else on the island 
 the effect is invisible\; the rate pressure comes from the season\, not th
 e racing.\n\nRepeats: The week that ends on or around 5 December\, the lat
 e King Bhumibol's birthday\; racing takes place off Kata Beach and the reg
 atta village is on the beachfront.\n\nApproximate date — confirmed close
 r to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/c
 alendar#phuket-kings-cup-regatta
LOCATION:Kata\, Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SPORT
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#phuket-kings-cup-regatta
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UID:king-bhumibol-birthday-national-day-2026-12-05@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261206
SUMMARY:King Bhumibol's birthday\, National Day and Father's Day
DESCRIPTION:Thailand's national day\, kept as the birthday of the late King
  Bhumibol and as Father's Day. Government buildings and the provincial hal
 l in Phuket Town are lit and decorated in yellow\, alms are offered in the
  morning\, and the King's Cup Regatta prize-giving is traditionally timed 
 to it. Banks\, offices and schools close. It is the last public holiday be
 fore the island's peak fortnight\, and it often falls at the start of the 
 first genuinely full week of the season\, when the airport handles its hea
 viest arrivals of the year outside Christmas.\n\nWhat it means for prices 
 and crowds: A domestic long weekend on top of an already busy internationa
 l week. Government counters close\; the airport\, the Chalong road and the
  Patong tunnel run at their December worst. Rates are already at high-seas
 on level and do not move for the holiday itself.\n\nRepeats: 5 December ev
 ery year\; a substitution day follows when it falls on a weekend.\n\nCheck
 ed 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#king-bhumibol-b
 irthday-national-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#king-bhumibol-birthday-national-day
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UID:king-bhumibol-birthday-national-day-2027-12-05@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271206
SUMMARY:King Bhumibol's birthday\, National Day and Father's Day
DESCRIPTION:Thailand's national day\, kept as the birthday of the late King
  Bhumibol and as Father's Day. Government buildings and the provincial hal
 l in Phuket Town are lit and decorated in yellow\, alms are offered in the
  morning\, and the King's Cup Regatta prize-giving is traditionally timed 
 to it. Banks\, offices and schools close. It is the last public holiday be
 fore the island's peak fortnight\, and it often falls at the start of the 
 first genuinely full week of the season\, when the airport handles its hea
 viest arrivals of the year outside Christmas.\n\nWhat it means for prices 
 and crowds: A domestic long weekend on top of an already busy internationa
 l week. Government counters close\; the airport\, the Chalong road and the
  Patong tunnel run at their December worst. Rates are already at high-seas
 on level and do not move for the holiday itself.\n\nRepeats: 5 December ev
 ery year\; a substitution day follows when it falls on a weekend.\n\nCheck
 ed 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#king-bhumibol-b
 irthday-national-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#king-bhumibol-birthday-national-day
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:constitution-day-2026-12-10@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261211
SUMMARY:Constitution Day
DESCRIPTION:The anniversary of Thailand's first constitution\, granted in 1
 932 when the absolute monarchy ended. It is an administrative holiday rath
 er than a festival: banks\, government offices and schools close\, and not
 hing on the island changes for visitors except the counters they cannot us
 e. In Phuket it matters mainly because it sits ten days before the peak fo
 rtnight\, in the last window when immigration\, the land office and the ve
 hicle-registration desks are quiet enough to handle a visa extension or a 
 licence conversion without a two-hour wait\, and because it can extend int
 o a domestic long weekend.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: No effe
 ct on rates or crowds beyond a possible Thai long weekend. Practical only:
  close visa\, licence and banking business before it\, because December co
 unters get busier every week afterwards.\n\nRepeats: 10 December every yea
 r\; a substitution day follows when it falls on a weekend.\n\nChecked 2026
 -09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#constitution-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#constitution-day
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:constitution-day-2027-12-10@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271211
SUMMARY:Constitution Day
DESCRIPTION:The anniversary of Thailand's first constitution\, granted in 1
 932 when the absolute monarchy ended. It is an administrative holiday rath
 er than a festival: banks\, government offices and schools close\, and not
 hing on the island changes for visitors except the counters they cannot us
 e. In Phuket it matters mainly because it sits ten days before the peak fo
 rtnight\, in the last window when immigration\, the land office and the ve
 hicle-registration desks are quiet enough to handle a visa extension or a 
 licence conversion without a two-hour wait\, and because it can extend int
 o a domestic long weekend.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: No effe
 ct on rates or crowds beyond a possible Thai long weekend. Practical only:
  close visa\, licence and banking business before it\, because December co
 unters get busier every week afterwards.\n\nRepeats: 10 December every yea
 r\; a substitution day follows when it falls on a weekend.\n\nChecked 2026
 -09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#constitution-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#constitution-day
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:peak-fortnight-2026-12-20@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270106
SUMMARY:Christmas and New Year peak fortnight (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:The most expensive seventeen days of the Phuket year\, and the 
 only period when the island genuinely runs out of rooms. Villa rates in Ba
 ng Tao\, Layan and Kamala double or triple against the same week in Novemb
 er\, minimum stays of seven to ten nights appear\, hotels add compulsory g
 ala dinners on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve\, and the airport transfer
  that costs one figure in June costs more in surge pricing on 27 December.
  Russian\, European\, Indian\, Kazakh and Australian school calendars all 
 overlap here\, which is why nothing releases: the demand is not from one m
 arket.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: The clearest price signal i
 n the index. Everything is at its annual maximum — hotels\, villas\, tra
 nsfers\, boat charters\, restaurants with set menus. Booked six to twelve 
 months ahead for villas\, three to six for hotels\; late cancellations rar
 ely reprice downwards.\n\nRepeats: Roughly 20 December to 5 January every 
 year\; hotels publish the exact peak-supplement dates in their own rate ca
 lendars\, and most add a compulsory gala dinner on 24 and 31 December.\n\n
 Approximate date — confirmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. 
 Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#peak-fortnight
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SEASON
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#peak-fortnight
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:peak-fortnight-2027-12-20@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280106
SUMMARY:Christmas and New Year peak fortnight (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:The most expensive seventeen days of the Phuket year\, and the 
 only period when the island genuinely runs out of rooms. Villa rates in Ba
 ng Tao\, Layan and Kamala double or triple against the same week in Novemb
 er\, minimum stays of seven to ten nights appear\, hotels add compulsory g
 ala dinners on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve\, and the airport transfer
  that costs one figure in June costs more in surge pricing on 27 December.
  Russian\, European\, Indian\, Kazakh and Australian school calendars all 
 overlap here\, which is why nothing releases: the demand is not from one m
 arket.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: The clearest price signal i
 n the index. Everything is at its annual maximum — hotels\, villas\, tra
 nsfers\, boat charters\, restaurants with set menus. Booked six to twelve 
 months ahead for villas\, three to six for hotels\; late cancellations rar
 ely reprice downwards.\n\nRepeats: Roughly 20 December to 5 January every 
 year\; hotels publish the exact peak-supplement dates in their own rate ca
 lendars\, and most add a compulsory gala dinner on 24 and 31 December.\n\n
 Approximate date: The peak window is a rate-card convention rather than a 
 fixed date: each hotel and villa publishes its own peak-supplement dates\,
  usually a few days either side of this range.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Deta
 ils: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#peak-fortnight
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SEASON
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#peak-fortnight
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:new-year-2026-12-31@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270102
SUMMARY:New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
DESCRIPTION:Both days are public holidays in Thailand\, and in Phuket they 
 are the centre of the island's commercial year. Patong closes Bangla Road 
 to traffic and fills it\; Kata\, Karon and Bang Tao hotels run beach galas
 \; Rawai and Nai Harn are quieter but fully booked. Fireworks go up from e
 very beach\, which is worth knowing if you have a dog or a small child. Re
 staurants switch to fixed-price menus for the night\, taxis abandon the me
 ter\, and the roads out of Patong after midnight are the worst of the year
  for drink-driving.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Maximum prices
  and maximum crowds. Compulsory gala dinners are added to the room rate at
  most beach hotels for 31 December\; transfer and taxi prices roughly doub
 le on the night\; a booked car with a driver is worth more than usual.\n\n
 Repeats: 31 December and 1 January every year\; substitution days follow w
 hen they fall on a weekend\, and the Thai break in practice runs from the 
 30th to the 2nd.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com
 /calendar#new-year
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#new-year
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:new-year-2027-12-31@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280102
SUMMARY:New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
DESCRIPTION:Both days are public holidays in Thailand\, and in Phuket they 
 are the centre of the island's commercial year. Patong closes Bangla Road 
 to traffic and fills it\; Kata\, Karon and Bang Tao hotels run beach galas
 \; Rawai and Nai Harn are quieter but fully booked. Fireworks go up from e
 very beach\, which is worth knowing if you have a dog or a small child. Re
 staurants switch to fixed-price menus for the night\, taxis abandon the me
 ter\, and the roads out of Patong after midnight are the worst of the year
  for drink-driving.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Maximum prices
  and maximum crowds. Compulsory gala dinners are added to the room rate at
  most beach hotels for 31 December\; transfer and taxi prices roughly doub
 le on the night\; a booked car with a driver is worth more than usual.\n\n
 Repeats: 31 December and 1 January every year\; substitution days follow w
 hen they fall on a weekend\, and the Thai break in practice runs from the 
 30th to the 2nd.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com
 /calendar#new-year
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#new-year
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:russia-new-year-holidays-2026-12-31@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270109
SUMMARY:Russian New Year holidays (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:Russia stops working for the first week of January\, and Phuket
  is one of the handful of warm destinations with direct flights from Mosco
 w\, Novosibirsk\, Yekaterinburg and Irkutsk. The Russian market is the isl
 and's most seasonal: it arrives in November\, stays until April and rents 
 by the month rather than the night\, which is why Bang Tao\, Layan\, Rawai
  and Kamala have Russian schools\, clinics and bakeries. The New Year week
  is its peak\, booked a year ahead\, and it is the reason Phuket's peak fo
 rtnight extends a week further into January than European demand alone wou
 ld carry it.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Stretches the peak fo
 rtnight to 8 January instead of 2 January. Long-stay villa inventory in Ba
 ng Tao\, Layan and Rawai is committed by the previous spring\; the January
  arrivals wave is what keeps January rates level with December's.\n\nRepea
 ts: The Russian statutory New Year break runs from 1 to 8 January\, with t
 he exact bridge days set by government decree each autumn\; Orthodox Chris
 tmas on 7 January sits inside it.\n\nApproximate date — confirmed closer
  to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/ca
 lendar#russia-new-year-holidays
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#russia-new-year-holidays
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:chinese-new-year-2027-02-06@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270213
SUMMARY:Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
DESCRIPTION:Phuket keeps Chinese New Year twice over: as the island's secon
 d-largest inbound wave\, and as a local Hokkien festival that predates tou
 rism. The Old Town shrines and the Jui Tui temple hold rites for a week\, 
 Thalang Road runs a lantern-lit street fair\, and the Baba-Peranakan famil
 ies who built the sino-portuguese shophouses hold their own ceremonies. Ma
 inland and Malaysian-Chinese arrivals concentrate in Patong and Karon\; Ph
 uket Town is where the festival itself happens. It falls in the middle of 
 the dry season\, so unlike Golden Week in October the weather cooperates c
 ompletely.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: The island's second pri
 ce peak after Christmas. Patong and Karon hotels are booked months ahead a
 nd rates approach their December level\; flights from China\, Hong Kong an
 d Kuala Lumpur are the binding constraint. Phuket Town accommodation is ti
 ght for the street-fair nights.\n\nRepeats: The first day of the Chinese l
 unar year\, between 21 January and 20 February\; the mainland public holid
 ay runs from new year's eve to about the seventh day. In 2027 the new year
  falls on 6 February.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravel
 s.com/calendar#chinese-new-year
LOCATION:Phuket Town\, Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:FESTIVAL
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#chinese-new-year
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UID:phuket-old-town-festival-2027-02-01@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270301
SUMMARY:Phuket Old Town Festival (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:For one weekend a year Thalang\, Krabi\, Dibuk and Phang Nga ro
 ads close to traffic and the sino-portuguese quarter turns into a walking 
 street. Shophouse façades are lit\, Baba-Peranakan families open their ho
 uses\, and the programme mixes Hokkien opera\, a costume parade\, Peranaka
 n food stalls and the mass Baba wedding in which couples marry in nineteen
 th-century Straits Chinese dress. It is the most photographed weekend in P
 huket Town and the clearest window onto the island's pre-tourism history a
 s a tin-mining port with a Chinese merchant class.\n\nWhat it means for pr
 ices and crowds: Phuket Town hotels and guesthouses fill for the weekend\;
  the beach areas are unaffected. The Old Town streets are closed to cars f
 rom the afternoon\, so arrive by taxi or minibus and expect to walk the la
 st few blocks.\n\nRepeats: Three days in February\, usually a Friday-to-Su
 nday\, announced by Phuket City Municipality a few weeks ahead\; the 2026 
 edition ran on 12–14 February. The window given here is the whole month 
 because the 2027 dates are not published yet.\n\nApproximate date — conf
 irmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettr
 avels.com/calendar#phuket-old-town-festival
LOCATION:Phuket Town\, Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:FESTIVAL
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#phuket-old-town-festival
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:seollal-korea-2027-02-16@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270216
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270219
SUMMARY:Seollal (Korean lunar new year) (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:Seollal is the Korean lunar new year and\, with Chuseok\, the w
 eek when Korea travels. It falls about ten days after Chinese New Year in 
 2027\, which puts two of Phuket's largest short-haul markets in the island
 's high season within a fortnight of each other. Korean visitors skew youn
 ger and shorter-stay than the Russian or European winter crowd\, concentra
 te in Patong and Karon\, and fill the golf courses at Blue Canyon and Lagu
 na\, which are at their driest and firmest in February.\n\nWhat it means f
 or prices and crowds: Follows Chinese New Year with a second Northeast Asi
 an wave\, keeping February hotel occupancy at the level of December and Ja
 nuary. Incheon and Busan flights are the constraint\; golf tee times need 
 booking weeks ahead.\n\nRepeats: The first day of the Korean lunar year an
 d the days either side\; it tracks the Chinese lunar new year and moves ev
 ery year\, usually landing in late January or February.\n\nApproximate dat
 e — confirmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https:
 //phukettravels.com/calendar#seollal-korea
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#seollal-korea
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:makha-bucha-2027-02-21@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270221
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270222
SUMMARY:Makha Bucha (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:One of the three great Buddhist holy days\, marking the spontan
 eous gathering of 1\,250 disciples to hear the Buddha teach. Merit is made
  in the morning and\, at dusk\, congregations walk three times clockwise a
 round the ordination hall carrying candles\, incense and lotus buds — at
  Wat Chalong the wian thian is the largest on the island and worth seeing.
  It is a national holiday and one of the alcohol-free days: shops\, superm
 arkets and most bars stop selling alcohol for the twenty-four hours\, thou
 gh hotels serving in-house guests are generally an exception.\n\nWhat it m
 eans for prices and crowds: No alcohol sales island-wide for the day\, whi
 ch surprises visitors more than any other Thai holiday rule. Government of
 fices closed\; hotels and beaches otherwise normal\, in the middle of the 
 high season.\n\nRepeats: The full moon of the third month of the Thai luna
 r calendar\, usually in February or early March\; the Cabinet confirms the
  exact date and any substitution day for each year.\n\nApproximate date 
 — confirmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://
 phukettravels.com/calendar#makha-bucha
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#makha-bucha
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:nauryz-kazakhstan-2027-03-21@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270324
SUMMARY:Nauryz (Kazakhstan)
DESCRIPTION:Nauryz is the Central Asian spring new year and Kazakhstan's lo
 ngest guaranteed break outside the January holidays. Almaty and Astana hav
 e direct and one-stop flights to Phuket\, and the Kazakh market behaves li
 ke a smaller version of the Russian one: winter-long stays\, families\, a 
 preference for villas and serviced apartments in Bang Tao\, Rawai and Kama
 la. Nauryz lands at the hot\, calm end of the dry season\, when the sea is
  still flat\, the rains have not started and the March rate card is a step
  below February's.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: A small but con
 centrated late-March wave into an otherwise softening month. It has little
  effect on island medians\; it matters for direct-flight seats and for the
  long-stay villa segment that turns over at the end of the winter season.\
 n\nRepeats: 21\, 22 and 23 March every year in Kazakhstan\, with adjacent 
 weekend days often bridged into a longer break.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Det
 ails: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#nauryz-kazakhstan
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#nauryz-kazakhstan
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:chakri-day-2027-04-06@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270407
SUMMARY:Chakri Memorial Day
DESCRIPTION:The anniversary of the founding of the Chakri dynasty by King R
 ama I in 1782. Wreaths are laid at royal memorials\, government offices an
 d banks close\, and in Phuket the ceremony is held at the provincial hall.
  It sits a week before Songkran\, and in years when the two run into each 
 other the island effectively has an eleven-day national holiday in April\,
  which is why April is the month with the heaviest Thai domestic travel of
  the dry season. For visitors it is an administrative closure rather than 
 an event.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Closed government counte
 rs and a domestic long weekend at the start of the busiest domestic month.
  Beaches\, restaurants and boats all operate\; hotel rates are still at hi
 gh-season level but softening from the February peak.\n\nRepeats: 6 April 
 every year\; a substitution day follows when it falls on a weekend.\n\nChe
 cked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#chakri-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#chakri-day
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:phuket-bike-week-2027-04-01@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270501
SUMMARY:Phuket Bike Week (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:Southeast Asia's largest motorcycle gathering\, run in Patong s
 ince 1994 and timed to the Songkran week so that riders from Malaysia\, Si
 ngapore\, Indonesia and across Thailand can make the trip. Custom bike sho
 ws\, a ride-out around the island\, stunt and trials displays and several 
 days of live music take over Loma Park at the south end of Patong beach. I
 t is loud\, it is a genuine motorcycling event rather than a tourist re-en
 actment\, and it collides with the wettest\, most crowded and most chaotic
  week in the Phuket calendar.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Pato
 ng hotel demand on top of Songkran demand — the two together make mid-Ap
 ril the hardest week of the dry season to book in Patong. Beach Road and t
 he Loma Park end are closed or reduced for the event\; scooter rental supp
 ly tightens island-wide.\n\nRepeats: Several days in April\, staged around
  Songkran at Loma Park and along the Patong beachfront\; the organiser ann
 ounces the dates a few months ahead\, so the window given here is the whol
 e month.\n\nApproximate date — confirmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 
 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#phuket-bike-week
LOCATION:Patong\, Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SPORT
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#phuket-bike-week
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:songkran-2027-04-13@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270413
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270416
SUMMARY:Songkran (Thai New Year)
DESCRIPTION:The Thai new year\, and the only national holiday that visitors
  experience as a three-day water fight. The traditional form is gentle —
  water poured over the hands of elders and over Buddha images\, merit made
  at Wat Chalong and Wat Phra Thong — and the street form is not: Patong'
 s Bangla Road and the Beach Road strip become a soaking free-for-all from 
 midday until night\, while Saphan Hin in Phuket Town runs the local\, fami
 ly version with stages and food stalls. Phones need waterproof bags\, and 
 scooters are dangerous in it.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: The 
 last big peak of the dry season: Patong is fully booked\, rates hold at hi
 gh-season level into mid-April and only fall afterwards. Expect road closu
 res\, surge-priced taxis\, closed government offices for several days and 
 a spike in road accidents — the Thai press calls the week the seven dang
 erous days.\n\nRepeats: 13\, 14 and 15 April every year\, with substitutio
 n days when they fall on a weekend\; Phuket in practice runs water fightin
 g for longer than the three statutory days.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details
 : https://phukettravels.com/calendar#songkran
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#songkran
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:labour-day-2027-05-01@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270502
SUMMARY:National Labour Day
DESCRIPTION:Thailand's labour day. Banks and most private businesses close\
 , government offices do not necessarily\, and in a tourist province almost
  nothing visible changes: hotels\, restaurants\, boats and shops run as us
 ual because their staff are working. Its practical significance for Phuket
  is the calendar position — it opens the month in which the south-west m
 onsoon returns\, the Similan park closes for the season and hotel rate car
 ds drop to their low-season level. In some years it combines with the Chin
 ese May Day holiday to produce a brief\, weather-defying arrivals bump.\n\
 nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Almost none on the island. Rates are
  already switching to low season\; the visible effect is a short Chinese a
 nd Thai domestic long weekend at the start of the wet months.\n\nRepeats: 
 1 May every year. It is a holiday for employees and banks rather than for 
 government offices\, so some state counters stay open.\n\nChecked 2026-09-
 08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#labour-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#labour-day
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UID:china-may-day-holiday-2027-05-01@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270506
SUMMARY:China May Day holiday (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:The smaller of China's two golden weeks\, and the last concentr
 ated Chinese travel window before the summer school holidays. It lands exa
 ctly on the turn of the Phuket year: the north-east monsoon has finished\,
  the south-west monsoon is arriving\, the Similan park closes on 15 May an
 d hotel rate cards have just dropped. Chinese groups that travel in this w
 indow get low-season pricing with a sea that is still usable in the mornin
 gs\, and the Phang Nga Bay trips — sheltered from the swell — carry mo
 st of the boat demand.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: A brief arr
 ivals bump in a month whose rates are falling\, so it shows up in occupanc
 y rather than in price. Worth knowing if you want a quiet early-May island
  trip: the first week is not it.\n\nRepeats: A statutory break around 1 Ma
 y\, extended to about five days by weekend adjustments\; the State Council
  publishes the exact bridge days each winter.\n\nApproximate date — conf
 irmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettr
 avels.com/calendar#china-may-day-holiday
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#china-may-day-holiday
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:coronation-day-2027-05-04@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270504
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270505
SUMMARY:Coronation Day
DESCRIPTION:The anniversary of the coronation of King Maha Vajiralongkorn i
 n May 2019. Government offices\, banks and schools close\, ceremonies are 
 held at the provincial hall\, and public buildings fly yellow flags. For a
  visitor it is the same practical picture as the other royal holidays: shu
 t counters\, open beaches. Its position in the calendar is more useful tha
 n the holiday itself — the first week of May is the hinge between the dr
 y and wet halves of the Phuket year\, when rates have dropped but the sea 
 has not yet turned\, and it is one of the best-value weeks of the whole tw
 elve months.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: No commercial effect.
  It marks the point at which the low-season rate card is fully in force wh
 ile the west-coast sea is often still calm — the value week that experie
 nced returnees book.\n\nRepeats: 4 May every year\, marking the 2019 coron
 ation of King Vajiralongkorn\; a substitution day follows when it falls on
  a weekend.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/cale
 ndar#coronation-day
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#coronation-day
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UID:green-season-2027-05-01@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271001
SUMMARY:Green season (south-west monsoon)
DESCRIPTION:Five months when the wind turns onto the west coast and the rai
 n returns. In the eleven-year normals a median green-season month carries 
 several times the rain of a dry-season one\, spread over roughly half the 
 days\, and the west-coast swell puts red flags on Patong\, Kata\, Karon\, 
 Surin and Kamala on a meaningful share of them. Rain here usually means an
  hour or two of hard afternoon downpour rather than a grey day. Hotel and 
 villa rate cards drop to their low level\, boats to the exposed islands ar
 e cancelled on rough days\, and the sheltered east coast keeps working.\n\
 nWhat it means for prices and crowds: The low half of the index. Hotel and
  villa medians sit well below the November-to-April figures\, tours discou
 nt\, and the trade-off is the sea rather than the sky: swimming on the wes
 t coast is unreliable\, and Phang Nga Bay\, Phuket Town and the east coast
  carry the itinerary.\n\nRepeats: May to September every year\, the south-
 west monsoon\; October is a transition month with the heaviest rain but a 
 calming sea\, and is labelled separately on this site.\n\nChecked 2026-09-
 08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#green-season
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SEASON
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#green-season
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UID:west-coast-red-flag-season-2027-05-01@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270501
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271101
SUMMARY:West-coast swell and red-flag season
DESCRIPTION:The part of the monsoon that actually decides what a Phuket hol
 iday looks like. Marine reanalysis behind our climate pages counts rough-s
 ea days per month on the west coast: they are zero in a median dry-season 
 month and rise through the monsoon to a peak in mid-season. On those days 
 lifeguards fly red flags on Patong\, Kata\, Karon\, Kamala\, Surin and Ban
 g Tao\, and rip currents — not the waves — are what drowns people. The
  east and south coasts\, Panwa\, Rawai\, Chalong and Phang Nga Bay\, stay 
 workable throughout because they face away from the swell.\n\nWhat it mean
 s for prices and crowds: Explains the low-season discount better than the 
 rain does. It is also the reason island day trips are cancelled at short n
 otice between May and October: book refundable\, and treat a calm west-coa
 st beach day as a bonus rather than the plan.\n\nRepeats: May to October e
 very year\, following the south-west monsoon swell\; the rough-sea count p
 eaks in the middle of the window and falls away through October.\n\nChecke
 d 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#west-coast-red-f
 lag-season
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SEASON
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#west-coast-red-flag-season
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UID:visakha-bucha-2027-05-20@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270521
SUMMARY:Visakha Bucha (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:The holiest day in the Theravada year: the Buddha's birth\, enl
 ightenment and death are all held to have fallen on this full moon. Temple
 s are busy from dawn\, and the evening candlelit circumambulation at Wat C
 halong draws the largest crowd of the Phuket Buddhist calendar after Makha
  Bucha. It is a national holiday and an alcohol-free day\, so shops and mo
 st bars stop selling for twenty-four hours. It falls in the first weeks of
  the wet season\, when the island is at its emptiest and cheapest\, which 
 makes it an unusually good day to see a Thai religious observance without 
 a crowd of visitors.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Alcohol sales
  suspended island-wide for the day\; government offices closed. No effect 
 on rates — May is low season and the holiday is domestic.\n\nRepeats: Th
 e full moon of the sixth month of the Thai lunar calendar\, usually in May
 \; the Cabinet confirms the date and substitution day each year. In 2026 i
 t fell on 31 May because the Thai calendar inserted a leap month.\n\nAppro
 ximate date — confirmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Detai
 ls: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#visakha-bucha
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#visakha-bucha
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UID:queen-suthida-birthday-2027-06-03@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270604
SUMMARY:Queen Suthida's birthday
DESCRIPTION:The birthday of Queen Suthida\, made a public holiday after the
  2019 coronation. Purple flags and portraits go up on government buildings
 \, alms are offered in the morning and the provincial hall holds a ceremon
 y. Banks\, offices and schools close. It is the quietest public holiday of
  the Phuket year by some distance\, because it falls in the first full mon
 th of the monsoon when the island is at its emptiest: the beaches belong t
 o residents\, the west-coast surf schools are working\, and hotel occupanc
 y in the MOTS series is near its annual floor.\n\nWhat it means for prices
  and crowds: None on prices. A Thai long weekend when it bridges\, which f
 ills the east-coast seafood restaurants at Rawai and Panwa with Phuket fam
 ilies rather than with visitors.\n\nRepeats: 3 June every year\; a substit
 ution day follows when it falls on a weekend.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Detai
 ls: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#queen-suthida-birthday
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#queen-suthida-birthday
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UID:laguna-phuket-marathon-2027-06-12@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270612
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270614
SUMMARY:Laguna Phuket Marathon
DESCRIPTION:The island's biggest participation sports event\, run since 200
 6 and certified by AIMS. The course starts and finishes inside the Laguna 
 Phuket resort complex in Bang Tao and runs out through the lanes\, rubber 
 smallholdings and beach roads of Cherng Talay and Layan. Distances run fro
 m a two-kilometre children's race and a five and ten kilometre on the Satu
 rday to a marathon\, half-marathon and marathon relay on the Sunday. Start
 s are before dawn because it is June: heat and humidity\, not hills\, are 
 what the field is racing.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Fills Ba
 ng Tao\, Layan and Cherng Talay accommodation for one weekend in the middl
 e of the low season — the only time of year those villas price like high
  season for two nights. Road closures around Laguna and Bang Tao beach on 
 the Sunday morning.\n\nRepeats: A June race weekend based at Laguna Phuket
  in Bang Tao: the shorter races and the kids' run on the Saturday\, the ma
 rathon and half-marathon starting before dawn on the Sunday.\n\nChecked 20
 26-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#laguna-phuket-marath
 on
LOCATION:Bang Tao\, Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SPORT
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#laguna-phuket-marathon
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UID:source-market-summer-holidays-2027-06-15@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270906
SUMMARY:Northern-hemisphere summer school holidays (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:The window in which most of Phuket's long-haul families can tra
 vel\, and the reason the island is busier in July and August than the weat
 her alone would justify. British\, French and German school holidays run f
 rom roughly the end of June into early September\; Russian schools break f
 rom June to August\; Chinese and Korean summer holidays fill July and Augu
 st\; the Australian winter break falls in July. All of them land inside th
 e south-west monsoon\, which is why families arriving in these months find
  warm rain\, red flags on the west coast and restricted island boats.\n\nW
 hat it means for prices and crowds: A visible occupancy bump inside the lo
 w half of the index without a matching price rise — the monsoon caps wha
 t hotels can charge. Family rooms\, connecting rooms and villas with big p
 ools are the inventory that actually gets tight in July and August.\n\nRep
 eats: Staggered by country and\, in Germany\, by federal state: roughly la
 te June to early September in the United Kingdom\, Germany\, France and Ru
 ssia\, July and August in China and Korea\, and the July winter break in A
 ustralia. Exact dates are set by each education authority each year.\n\nAp
 proximate date — confirmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. De
 tails: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#source-market-summer-holidays
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#source-market-summer-holidays
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UID:asalha-bucha-khao-phansa-2027-07-18@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270720
SUMMARY:Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:Asalha Bucha marks the Buddha's first sermon\; Khao Phansa\, th
 e following day\, begins the three-month rains retreat during which monks 
 stay in one temple. Candles are offered to the temples — the carved-cand
 le processions are a northern speciality but Phuket temples hold their own
  version — and many Thais give up alcohol for the whole retreat. Both da
 ys are national holidays and both are alcohol-free days\, so shops and bar
 s stop selling for forty-eight hours across the island\, which regularly c
 atches visitors out in the middle of the summer holiday season.\n\nWhat it
  means for prices and crowds: Two consecutive alcohol-free days in the bus
 iest month of the low season. Government offices closed\; a Thai domestic 
 long weekend that fills the east-coast and Phang Nga day trips. No effect 
 on hotel rates.\n\nRepeats: The full moon of the eighth month of the Thai 
 lunar calendar and the day after\; usually July\, confirmed by the Cabinet
  each year. In 2026 they fell on 29 and 30 July after a leap month.\n\nApp
 roximate date — confirmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Det
 ails: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#asalha-bucha-khao-phansa
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#asalha-bucha-khao-phansa
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UID:king-vajiralongkorn-birthday-2027-07-28@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270728
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270729
SUMMARY:King Vajiralongkorn's birthday
DESCRIPTION:The birthday of the reigning King Maha Vajiralongkorn\, Rama X.
  Yellow flags and portraits go up across the island\, alms are offered at 
 dawn\, and the provincial hall in Phuket Town holds the main ceremony\; vo
 lunteer clean-ups of beaches and public spaces are organised in the King's
  name in several districts. Banks\, government offices and schools close. 
 It falls at the height of the northern summer holidays\, so the island is 
 moderately busy with families while its own institutions are shut — a co
 mbination that catches out anyone planning a visa run or a licence appoint
 ment that week.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: No effect on rates
 . Government counters\, banks and the land office are closed\, often for a
  bridged long weekend\, in the middle of the busiest low-season month.\n\n
 Repeats: 28 July every year\; a substitution day follows when it falls on 
 a weekend.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calen
 dar#king-vajiralongkorn-birthday
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#king-vajiralongkorn-birthday
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UID:maya-bay-closure-2027-08-01@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271001
SUMMARY:Maya Bay annual closure
DESCRIPTION:Maya Bay on Phi Phi Leh — the beach from the film — closes 
 to visitors for two months every year so the reef and the blacktip reef sh
 ark nursery can recover. The bay was shut completely from 2018 to 2021 aft
 er tourism destroyed the coral\, and the annual August-September closure i
 s part of the management regime that let it reopen. Access rules apply all
  year: boats moor at Loh Samah on the back of the island and visitors walk
  in through a boardwalk\, and swimming inside the bay is not permitted at 
 any time.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Phi Phi day trips still 
 run in August and September\, at low-season prices\, but they skip the one
  stop most people book them for. Operators do not always say so before you
  pay — check the itinerary for those two months.\n\nRepeats: 1 August to
  30 September every year\, set by Thailand's Department of National Parks 
 for reef and shark-nursery recovery\; the rest of the Phi Phi day trip run
 s as normal.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/cal
 endar#maya-bay-closure
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:SEASON
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#maya-bay-closure
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UID:queen-mother-birthday-2027-08-12@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270813
SUMMARY:Queen Mother Sirikit's birthday and Mother's Day
DESCRIPTION:The birthday of Queen Mother Sirikit\, kept nationally as Mothe
 r's Day. Light-blue flags and portraits appear on public buildings\, schoo
 lchildren give jasmine garlands\, and the provincial hall holds a morning 
 ceremony. Banks and government offices close. It falls in the last full mo
 nth of the monsoon\, when Phuket is quiet\, wet and cheap\, and it usually
  produces a Thai domestic long weekend — one of the few times in August 
 when the seafood restaurants at Rawai and Panwa and the resorts on the eas
 t coast fill with Thai families rather than foreign visitors.\n\nWhat it m
 eans for prices and crowds: A domestic long weekend in a low month: east-c
 oast restaurants and Thai-oriented resorts busy for three days\, internati
 onal rates unmoved\, government counters closed.\n\nRepeats: 12 August eve
 ry year\, also observed as Mother's Day\; a substitution day follows when 
 it falls on a weekend.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettrave
 ls.com/calendar#queen-mother-birthday
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#queen-mother-birthday
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UID:australia-september-school-holidays-2027-09-18@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271011
SUMMARY:Australian September–October school holidays (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:The better of the two Australian school breaks for a Phuket tri
 p. The July holidays land in the middle of the monsoon\; the September bre
 ak catches the end of it\, when the rain is easing week by week\, the swel
 l is dropping and the Similan park is about to open on 15 October. Austral
 ian visitors are among the island's longest-established markets\, concentr
 ated in Patong\, Karon and Kata\, and the direct flights from Sydney\, Mel
 bourne and Perth make it a five to nine hour trip rather than a long-haul 
 one.\n\nWhat it means for prices and crowds: Adds demand to the last weeks
  of the low season\, when rate cards have not yet switched over. Combined 
 with the Chinese Golden Week at the start of October it makes the first ha
 lf of October busier than the second half of September\, at the same price
 .\n\nRepeats: The spring term break\, roughly the last two weeks of Septem
 ber into early October\, staggered by state\; each state education departm
 ent publishes its own dates.\n\nApproximate date — confirmed closer to t
 he time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calenda
 r#australia-september-school-holidays
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#australia-september-school-holidays
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UID:european-autumn-half-terms-2027-10-16@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271102
SUMMARY:European autumn half-terms (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:The autumn breaks in the three big European source markets clus
 ter in the second half of October\, and they are the first European wave o
 f the Phuket season. They arrive at the best-value moment of the year: the
  monsoon is ending\, the Similan park reopens on 15 October\, the sea is s
 ettling and hotel rate cards have not yet moved to their November level. T
 he rain figures are still high — October is the wettest month in the nor
 mals — but the rain comes in bursts and the sea is calmer every week.\n\
 nWhat it means for prices and crowds: The first real demand of the season\
 , still at low-season prices in most of the island. Villas and hotels that
  publish a mid-October rate change are the exception\; book before the swi
 tch and the same room costs meaningfully less than in the first week of No
 vember.\n\nRepeats: The Toussaint break in France\, the Herbstferien in th
 e German states and the October half-term in the United Kingdom\, each set
  by its own education authority and mostly falling in the second half of O
 ctober.\n\nApproximate date — confirmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2
 026-09-08. Details: https://phukettravels.com/calendar#european-autumn-hal
 f-terms
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#european-autumn-half-terms
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UID:malaysia-year-end-school-holidays-2027-11-20@phukettravels.com
DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280101
SUMMARY:Malaysian year-end school holidays (approximate)
DESCRIPTION:Malaysia is Phuket's nearest large market — a ninety-minute f
 light from Kuala Lumpur or Penang\, and a drive-and-ferry trip from the no
 rth for those who want it — and its year-end school break overlaps the w
 hole start of the Phuket high season. Malaysian families take short trips\
 , often four nights\, and spread across Patong\, Kata and Karon\; Malaysia
 n-Chinese families return again for the lunar new year in February. The Ku
 ala Lumpur and Penang flights are the first to sell out on the school-holi
 day weekends of late November and December.\n\nWhat it means for prices an
 d crowds: Steady short-stay demand through the ramp into the peak fortnigh
 t\, concentrated on weekends. It is one of the reasons December rates rise
  before the European and Russian holiday traffic actually arrives.\n\nRepe
 ats: The long year-end break in the Malaysian school calendar\, roughly fr
 om the second half of November to the end of December\; the Ministry of Ed
 ucation publishes the exact dates each year.\n\nApproximate date — confi
 rmed closer to the time.\n\nChecked 2026-09-08. Details: https://phukettra
 vels.com/calendar#malaysia-year-end-school-holidays
LOCATION:Phuket\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:MARKET HOLIDAY
URL:https://phukettravels.com/calendar#malaysia-year-end-school-holidays
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