BANGKOK, April 10 – Almost 70 per cent of foreign tourists intend to celebrate the Thai New Year Songkran festival, and the northern province of Chiang Mai is the destination of most of them, according to a recent opinion poll by Bangkok University Research Center (Bangkok Poll).

The survey on “Foreign Tourists and Thailand’s Songkran Festival 2013”, conducted April 2-4, found 27 per cent of the respondents are attracted by Thailand’s historic sites, followed by some 24 per cent drawn to natural attractions and 14.5 per cent focusing on culture and folk arts.

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