Thailand mulls lifting 53-year-old ban on afternoon alcohol sale in bid to boost tourism
[Channel NewsAsia] - 02/14/2025
In Thailand, the sale of alcoholic beverages is banned between 2pm and 5pm and on important Buddhist religious days, following a decree by a coup regime in 1972 intended to target civil servants’ habit of extended lunch-time drinking.
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