Bustling Bangkok

Paradise Park Mall got rid of its Christmas trees and colorful lights as it welcomes the Chinese New Year!  Thailand is a mainly a Buddhist country and has a new year of its own (Songkhran festival)  which happens in April.  Since there are lots of Chinese living in the country, Chinese new year is also celebrated.

Now malls like this one have red lights, lanterns and pillars.

Paradise Park or formerly known as Seri Center is a shopping mall located in Prawet District,Bangkok, Thailand. The retail giants Siam Piwat and MBK made a new joint-venture for new opportunities in the suburbs of Bangkok their Paradise Park Srinakarin transformed Seri Center at a total cost of Bt3.2 billion. The mall opened officially on August 24, 2010 . It has been a rival to a nearby mall, Seacon Square. Of the visitors to Paradise Park, about 70 per cent are people who live within a 3-kilometre radius, while the rest come from other areas of Bangkok as well as upcountry. The two companies bought the shares of Seri Centre Management for more than Bt975 million and transformed it into a new mega-mall that is expected to attract about 100,000 visitors a day.^{[1][2] (Wikipedia).}

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