The organizing committee of the World Tattoo Arts Festival & Exhibition Thailand is holding the event this year for second consecutive year after enjoying an overwhelming success in the first year with over 7,000 Thai and international visitors. This year’s event will highlight the combination of traditional Thai arts and tattoo arts, while promoting strong professional ethics with attempts to upgrade Thailand’s tattoo industry to the international level.

“The objective of this year’s event is to have a venue for all tattoo artists and tattoo enthusiasts from Thailand and around the world to meet and exchange ideas and information as well as the traditional arts with attempts to upgrade the standard of the tattoo industry and strengthen the ethics among tattoo professionals.

“There will be around 70 booths from participants around the world who will be divided into zones namely Thailand, Asia, Japan, Europe and America. Each booth will showcase tattoo cultures from countries around the globe with participation from over 100 world renowned tattoo artists.

"In addition, other attractions to the program include Khone performance, Thai cultural art exhibition, tattoo contest, body painting, making of Knone masks and many more. The event is well supported by Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) and Boon Rawd Brewery Co., Ltd.," said a spokesperson for the organising committee

“In order to complement the objective of the festival, the organizing committee is initiating an international seminar entitled ‘Tattoo Spirit’ on Friday 16 May 2008 at 1.00 pm at Manita Hotel Pattaya. The seminar is held in cooperation with international tattoo artists and the Jimmy Wong family, Thailand’s representative, to discuss matters promoting higher professional ethics which include not accepting tattoo work on teenagers aged below 20 years, and building Thailand as a hub for tattoo related conferences and business venue.

“The organizing committee hopes this year’s World Tattoo Arts Festivals & Exhibition Thailand will help promote the traditional Thai arts among foreign visitors and generate income worth 400 million baht through the prosperity of local tattoo SME business and trading of knowledge and technologies. It also helps stimulate the economy through tourism promotion", they concluded.

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