Sunday, March 4, 2012

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Thailand's big fat wedding business

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 08:02 AM PST

by Richard S. Ehrlich

If 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."

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