The anniversary is a public holiday.
The Phuket News has been informed by an assistant to Phuket Police commander Maj Gen Pachara Boonyasit that alcohol sales will be banned for 24 hours from midnight at the end of April 5. The only exception will be sales in hotel bars.
For details of what is open on then day and what is not, see the attached graphic. For a larger version see the second graphic in the slider.