CHIANG MAI, 6 January 2015 (NNT) – As many as 400,000 tourists arrived in Chiang Mai during the five ‘peak’ days of the New Year’s holiday period, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Wisut Buachum, director of the TAT’s Chiang Mai office, said hotel rooms in the province were 95% full during the […]
CHIANG MAI, Jan 1 — An improvised explosive device was seen early today at the base of a tree on a Charoen Prathet Road footpath near Chai Mongkol temple opposite the French consulate in central Chiang Mai. Bomb experts destroyed it with water jets and security officials are examining surveillance camera footage looking for a […]
A 38 year old Dutchman was knocked unconscious following a dispute over a 30,000 baht bill in a Chiang Mai karaoke bar on Christmas Day. “Rob” visited the unnamed karaoke bar with a few friends for a Christmas night out but when it came time to check bin things turned sour when he disputed the […]
The Chiang Mai’s Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Centre has declared 21 districts of the province disaster-affected zone after average temperatures falling below 15 degrees Celsius. The latest declaration of more areas stricken by the cold spell was an increase from 12 districts which local relief authorities have declared a few weeks earlier. Read more: […]
CHIANG MAI, 5 December 2014 (NNT) – Chiang Mai has been voted as the ‘Best Destination for Festivals’ by readers of the world renowned magazine, Lonely Planet Traveller. The award presenting ceremony was held in Bangkok last month. The award is just an addition of honor to Chiang Mai after the province was voted by […]
CHIANG MAI – Police arrested a German man who had stolen donated money from a temple’s money trees after being “swindled” by a Thai wife. Pol Capt Thanongsak Janjuakwa, a duty officer at Muang Chiang Mai police station, said Steffen Renner, 39, was caught stealing 280 baht from Wat Pantao in tambon Phra Singh on […]
CHIANG MAI, Nov 20 – Residents of Fang district in Thailand’s northern Chiang Mai province have been besieged by winter temperatures below 15 degrees Celsius for the past two weeks and have asked the provincial office to declare the district as a winter stricken zone, to be provided urgent help. Over 70 households of Baan […]
BANGKOK — A British man who reportedly lost 10 million baht in a fraud scheme was found dead in his guesthouse room in Chiang Mai province today. The 38-year-old Briton had been dead for two days before cleaning staff at a guesthouse in Muang district found his body at 10 am this morning, police say. […]
