2014 Asian Beach Games
The Fourth Asian Beach Games are to be held in Phuket Island, Thailand. The games were originally scheduled for Boracay Island, Aklan, Philippines, but was affected by the OCA's hosting changes.
The games will fall on the same year of the 17th Asian Games.
It will be the seventh time for Thailand to host an Asia level multi-sports event, after Bangkok held four Asian Games (1966, 1970, 1978 and 1998), one Asian Indoor Games (2005) and one Asian Martial Arts Games (2009). However, it will be the first time that the event won't be held in Bangkok.
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