Buddhist monks walk past elephants during an event to mark National Elephant Day at the Elephant Royal Kraal Village in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on Saturday. AFP
AYUTTHAYA: Thailand held a fruit banquet for dozens of elephants in the ancient capital Ayutthaya on Saturday, continuing an annual event which has been a big draw for foreign tourists in the hope they will return soon and revive the key tourism industry.
The feast marks the country’s Elephant Day, celebrating elephants as a source of national pride and cultural identity for Thailand throughout its history, used for labour, transport and in battlefield triumphs by warriors and kings.
Thailand held a fruit banquet for dozens of elephants in the ancient capital Ayutthaya on Saturday, continuing an annual event which has been a big draw for foreign tourists in the hope they will return soon and revive the key tourism industry.
Thailand held a fruit banquet for dozens of elephants in the ancient capital Ayutthaya on Saturday, continuing an annual event which has been a big draw for foreign tourists in the hope they will return soon and revive the key tourism industry.
AYUTTHAYA: Dozens of elephants were treated to a fruit banquet on Saturday in the country’s ancient capital, continuing an annual event that has been a big draw for foreign tourists in the hope they will return soon.
AYUTTHAYA, Thailand, March 13 Thailand held a fruit banquet for dozens of elephants in the ancient capital Ayutthaya today, continuing an annual event which has been a big draw for foreign tourists in the hope they will return soon and revive the key tourism industry. The feast marks the.