SURAT THANI, Feb 7 – Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani will host a mass wedding ceremony at sea on popular Koh Phangan Island next week on the special occasion of Valentine’s Day.

Surat Thani Deputy Governor Chalorsak Vanitchareon and Ko Pha-ngan District Chief Prawes Thaiprayoon jointly told a news briefing on Tuesday that the event is aimed at boosting tourism on the resort island in the Gulf of Thailand, which is well-known for the Full Moon Party among Thai and foreign tourists, as well as to preserve local tradition.

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