A: As well as Eid al-Fitr, Southeast Asia is celebrating the Water Festival this week.
B: And this year, Thailand is expanding the celebration between April 12 and 16 for the event, officially known as the Songkran Festival, expecting to make 24.3 billion Thai baht in tourism revenue.
A: Does Taiwan celebrate the Water Festival?
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B: Some local cities and counties do have similar activities.
A: Let’s go experience the festival then.
A: 除了「開齋節」外，東南亞「潑水節」本週也盛大登場！
B: 泰國今年從4月12日到16日擴大「宋干節」連假，預估觀光收入可高達243億泰銖。
A: 台灣會慶祝「潑水節」嗎？
B: 有些縣市會舉辦類似活動。
A: 那我們也去體驗一下吧。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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