Thailand Celebrates Elephant Day with Hopes for Tourism Recovery

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A child feeds an elephant during Thailand's National Elephant Day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 13, 2021. Thailand held a fruit banquet for dozens of elephants in the ancient capital Ayutthaya on Saturday (March 13) with hopes that coronavirus travel restrictions would ease soon and foreign visitors will return and revive the tourism industry. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

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A child feeds an elephant during Thailand's National Elephant Day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 13, 2021. The feast is part of a celebration to mark Elephant Day and in past years a big draw for foreign tourists. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

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A Buddhist monk feeds elephants during Thailand's National Elephant Day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 13, 2021. Elephants have been a source of national pride and cultural identity for Thailand throughout its history, used for labour, transport and in battlefield triumphs by warriors and kings. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

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A child feeds an elephant during Thailand's National Elephant Day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

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People attend the celebration of Thailand's National Elephant Day in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

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Young mahouts play with elephants in the Chao Phraya River after the celebrations of Thailand's National Elephant Day in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

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