Amazing Thailand is very well known as a Dream Wedding Destination and has always been the most popular destination for the grand Indian weddings and other celebrations such as milestone birthdays, anniversaries and family reunions.
Popular Destination
The popular beach destinations for wedding celebrations are Hua Hin, Phuket, Khao Lak, Pattaya, Krabi , Bangkok and Rayong. For celebrating similar special occasion celebrations, Tourism Authority of Thailand will be promoting destinations such as Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and KohSamui for the luxury Indian travelers.
Thailand is a preferred choice for Indian weddings celebrations because of the following reasons:
• Proximity to India
• Thai Hospitality
• Beautiful locales
• Value for money destination
• World Class Hotels
• Varieties of Cuisines from in house chef to catering services or even bring your own chef.
• Modern excellence combined with traditional details
• Serves all the wedding needs
• Can Do Mindset of Thai people
Thailand can fulfil every need of an Indian wedding from the customs, the space needed, lavish set up, expansive decor, dancers, celebrity entertainers, floral arrangements, ice sculptures and culinary experience to arranging horses, elephants, henna artists, makeup artists as well as priests (Punditjis). All this combined with reasonable pricing option and Thai Hospitality makes Thailand the ideal location.
Some of the unique small wedding experiences in Thailand have been organized in the cultural city of Ayutthaya, on the river bank of River Kwai in Kanchanaburi, Elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Golden triangle in Chiang Rai, private islands near Phuket &KohSamui and onboard river cruises on Chaopraya River in Bangkok.
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Nature of Weddings
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Themes in the past
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Themes this year
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1. Off-beat Weddings
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Alice in Wonderland
Great Gatsby
Batman theme
Jungle theme
Beach / tropical theme
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2. Traditional Weddings
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Punjabi wedding theme
South Indian wedding theme
Gujarati wedding theme
Jain wedding theme
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Pinki Arora, Marketing Representative North & East India, Bangladesh & Nepal, Tourism Authority of Thailand
There are many offbeat wedding and special occasion celebrations in Thailand. However since Indian weddings are usually large in number, they are mostly held at hotels and resorts in the popular Thai destinations.
As of now since Thailand has opened up and eased restrictions, there are currently no limitations on number of guests at a wedding. However having social distancing and good ventilation is always recommended.
On an average for wedding celebrations of 200-300 pax, the cost per person is around USD 1000-1500 for 2-3 nights at a luxury hotel/resort in Thailand. If it’s a smaller wedding of 50 pax, the amount will vary depending upon the venue, location and inclusions.