A devotee gets pierced at Bang Neow Shrine during the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Town, Thailand. Thailand's tourism numbers are on track in

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A devotee gets pierced at Bang Neow Shrine during the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Town, Thailand. Thailand's tourism numbers are on track in 2023 to government projections of 28 million, but still off the 40 million pre-pandemic levels of 2019.

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Keywords: celebration, chinese, festival, people, phuket, piercing, taoism, thailand, tourism, trance, travel, vegetarian