Sunday, March 4, 2012

Thailand's big fat wedding business

Sun, 03/04/2012 - 23:02 — Anonymous by Richard S. EhrlichIf you are a
wealthy resident of India, madly in love and planning your big fat wedding --
or being glumly pressured into an ostentatious arranged marriage -- Thailand
wants you to exchange vows in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Krabi or elsewhere
in this "wedding paradise." Feel free to invite hundreds of your friends and
relatives.  "We have incentives," says Tourism Authority of Thailand's
Deputy Governor for the Asia and South Pacific Market, Sansern Ngaorungsi,
describing glitzy, tempting lures to convince rich, heart-throbbing Indians
to travel here for the occasion.  "We start from overseas with the Indians.
They discuss with us when they want to have their wedding in Thailand. We
talk with our embassy and consulate in India to give facility services for
the visas.  "Not only the couples, there are also the parties' members who
they want to bring in. If some big family wants to bring their own chef to
come here, we provide them some facilities."read more

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