During the three-day Songkran celebrations in Chiang Mai a ban on vehicles travelling on the moat road didn’t seem to stop loads of motorbikes, cars and pick-up trucks filled with people and containers of water from enjoying their annual New Year’s…
Major tourism associations in Thailand are reporting that the rate of hotel occupancy by foreign visitors at Chiang Mai hotels and resorts over the recent Songkran festival fell from the 2008 level of 90-95 per cent to 40-45 per cent this year.
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On the evening of 24 March, four American missionaries invaded bars in the “red light” area on Changklan Road in Chiang Mai, shouting at patrons, bar owners, bar girls and passers-by that drinking and sex would land them in hell. They added that they had been sent by the Lord to spread the message so […]
On Sunday 22 March anti-governmental demonstrators returned to Chiang Mai, where they staged “red shirt” rally at the 700 Year Stadium in support of exiled ex-prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra. The political event was organised by leaders of the U…
