Recent travel news for Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai pays homage to city pillar
14 May 2012
Chiang Mai residents will be going to one of the city’s famed temples this week to pay their respects to the city pillar. The pillar is known as Sao Inthakin and is housed in a custom built shrine on the grounds of Chedi Luang Temple in the heart of the old city.
Chiang Mai garners top travel website ranking
7 May 2012
The northern Thai city of Chiang Mai has been ranked as one of the 25 top travel destinations in the world. Major travel website TripAdvisor has issued the Traveller's Choice Destinations list for the current year which places Chiang Mai at number 24.
New museum at Flight of the Gibbon
30 Apr 2012
One of Chiang Mai’s premier adventure destinations, the Flight of the Gibbon, has opened a museum themed around northern Thailand’s hilltribes. The museum is located in Maekompong Village, where people taking Flight of the Gibbon zipline tours begin their thrilling odyssey through the treetops of pristine rainforest.
New Chiang Mai flight route promo deal
23 Apr 2012
Thai AirAsia is celebrating the inauguration of its new Chiang Mai to Macau services with a special promotional fare. The new route starts on 22 May and for a four-day period this week travellers can book one-way tickets for the bargain basement price of 2,500 Baht.
University research team finds heart spice
16 Apr 2012
A team of researchers at Chiang Mai University (CMU) has published a paper claiming turmeric can help the heart. The team’s leader, Wanwarang Wongcharoen, stated that a pigment in the spice could help reduce the risk of a heart attack in patients who had recently undergone heart bypass surgery.
Briton walks to Chiang Mai for charity
9 Apr 2012
A British graduate student is in the process of walking up from the Thai capital of Bangkok to Chiang Mai in aid of his favourite charity. Luke Pritchard is getting close to the northwest town of Tak which is around two-thirds of the way through his gruelling 700km trek.
