Thailand in February is at the last leg of the chaotic peak season for tourism to the nation.
In this month, Thailand plays host to the final influx of tourists before the offseason starts somewhere around mid-March
- Chiang Mai Flower Festival
- Makha Bucha Day
- Chinese Lunar New Year
- 14th February - Valentine’s Day
- Underwater Wedding in Trang
- Burapa Bike Week
1. Chiang Mai Flower Festival
The Chiang Mai Flower Festival is usually held in the first weekend of February. This festival showcases the Chiang Mai’s extraordinary floral culture.
This colourful festival is supplemented with a street parade of floral floats, live music and local people in traditional attires.
2. Makha Bucha Day
Makha Bucha (also known as Magha Puja) or Makha Bucha day is the second most important festival celebrated in Thailand.
This festival marks a special date in the Buddhist calendar and is celebrated in the third lunar month, on a full moon day.
Thailand observes a public holiday on this day. On this auspicious day, Buddhists visit temples, perform the candle ceremony known as Wian Tian and take part in merit-making activities with the spiritual aim of purifying one's mind and not to commit any sins.
3. Chinese Lunar New Year
With there being a large Chinese immigrant community in Thailand, each year, the Chinese New Year is celebrated on a grand scale.
It is a lovely time, where different communities come together, break bread and wish each other good fortune for the year ahead.
Streets are decorated in bright red with gorgeous Chinese paper lanterns hanging from above and dragon dancers along the road.
Chinese New Year basically takes place according to the Lunar Calendar, and it falls either in January or February.
To get the feel of this day, you should visit Bangkok’s Chinatown, Chiang Mai or Phuket where Chinese people reside the most.
4. 14th February - Valentine’s Day
Celebration of the universal day of love in Thailand is seen as - ‘Old wine in a new bottle’.
For Valentine’s Day in Thailand, people make a trip to Bangkok’s ‘shrine to love’, the Trimurti Shrine located in the heart of the Thai capital.
Trimurti stands for three most powerful Hindu gods; Brahma- the creator, Vishnu- the preserver and Shiva- the destroyer. Altogether they represent love and unity.
Couples can be seen making a beeline for the shrine to light red candles and place red roses.
5. Underwater Wedding in Trang
Couples in recent times are choosing exotic unconventional ways of tying the knot.
While some choose to marry 33,000 feet up in the sky, others choose to do so underwater, just like the Underwater Wedding Ceremony in Trang.
The Trang Chamber of Commerce has started organizing Trang Underwater Wedding annually from February 13th-15th with the actual wedding ceremony held on Valentine’s Day.
The couple is taken by boat to the island of Ko Kradan, and there the ceremony takes place. On completion of the ceremony, a waterproof marriage certificate is handed over to the couple.
The catch to be eligible for this ceremony is that you need to be certified divers.
6. Burapa Bike Week
This events is basically for bike enthusiasts. It takes place in Pattaya around Mid-February. Loud music, electric environment and loads of foods garner young bunch of people luring around bikes.