Chiang Mai city dubbed ‘The Rose of the North’, attracts tourists by Flower Festival, which takes place from 7th to 9th February.
The over 700-year-old city of culture, Chiang Mai, about an hour's flight from Bangkok, attracts tourists by Little Miss and Master China, Chinese culinary fairs, cultural and music performances. Besides, the ‘Rose of the North’ city also organizes Chiang Mai Flower Festival.
During the festival, Suan Buak Hat, the only park in the city, will be covered by a splendid carpet of flowers. Coming here, you can admire the wonderful ‘race’ of fragrance and beauty of various flowers, especially Damask, the unique type of rose only existing in Chiang Mai. The flower procession on the opening day of the festival (February 8) features brilliant boats of flowers. They are also meticulous artworks in the shape of temples, animals or illustrating vividly Buddhist legends.
In addition, within the framework of Flower Festival, there are several interesting sideline activities lasting 3 days from 9 am to midnight at Suan Buak Hat Park, such as Miss Flower and Miss Flower Blooming Beauty Contest, agricultural exhibitions, mini gardens, local product fairs, plant and flower trading, small concerts and so on. They also interest visitors very much.
Before Flower Festival and Lunar New Year, Chiang Mai also holds O Bor Sang, lasting from January 17 to 19. This is a marvelous opportunity for visitors to explore many famous traditional jobs in this city. Apart from the festival, Chiang Mai also has many other attractive destinations such as Wiang Kum Kam, Doi Inthanon National Park, Doi Doi Suthep-Pui, Ratchaphruek, many gorgeous temples like Wat Chedi Luang, Wat Cha Long, and Chiang Mai Zoo where the well-known panda called Lin Hui is expected to give a birth of her second child in this month.
At that time, Thailand is also jubilant and eventful with a variety of activities in order to prepare for Lunar New Year (from late January to early February), which are held in major cities where many Chinese people live. The seaside city of Hua Hin, about 250 kilometers from Bangkok, is bustling with such activities as dragon dance, lion dance, food stands and so on. Meanwhile, Pattaya welcomes visitors with spectacular performances of lion and dragon dance taking place on wooden poles, magic shows, multimedia presentations and especially the talent and beauty contest Miss Pattaya China Girl to honor the beauty of the Thai Chinese.
Meanwhile, Phuket attracts tourists by fireworks displays, unique lion dance, big clearance sales and so on. Also, Wat Chalong fair with a wide range of stalls specializing in food, clothing and accessories and the pedestrian street Thalang with many recreational events and shopping on weekends also bring thrilling new experiences to tourists.
In addition to organizing programs for national holidays, ‘the land of smiles’ also notes the implementation of security measures in order to ensure tourists’ safety such as making a special lane for the buses carrying tourists, preparing maps of protest sites etc.
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