Visa says during Songkran its cardholders made 15 per cent more transactions, spending 6 per cent more during the 2019 holiday compared to the year prior.

Over a quarter of Thais (28 per cent) have travelled overseas “solo” in the past two years, ahead of the Global (24 per cent) and Asia-Pacific (23 per cent) averages, according to Visa’s Global Travel Intentions Study.