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Chiang Mai vendors embrace tourists’ romantic photo ops

By Watcharapong Jingkhaojai 
The Nation

 

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Local traders have reaped the benefit of the popularity among Chinese tourists of Chiang Mai’s Tha Pae Gate, which is used as a backdrop for pre-wedding photographs.

 

Chinese couples wearing bridal costumes and other smart clothes are a common sight at the gate, where the pigeons that gather to be hand-fed by tourists are often used as photo props.

 

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Some photographers intentionally make a sudden loud noise to provoke the birds into flying en-masse from the area, creating a beautiful backdrop for their romantic pictures.

 

The growing use of Tha Phae Gate, the main entrance to the northern old town area within centuries-old walls and a moat, has been welcomed by local vendors, especially those selling bird food.

 

“The more tourists that come to the area, the better our incomes and the tourism atmosphere,” said a local vendor.

 

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Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30333304

 
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Was at the Gate a few months back, a Nigerian was trying to sell me bird seed, hmm wounder how he got a work permit for that? Well, at least I didn't get ran over by an unaccompanied red bus. 

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7 hours ago, SkyNets said:

Was at the Gate a few months back, a Nigerian was trying to sell me bird seed, hmm wounder how he got a work permit for that? Well, at least I didn't get ran over by an unaccompanied red bus. 

What is an unaccompanied red bus? Unaccompanied by whom and what? Please explain

Do you mean a driverless bus, the most recent new bus that doesn't need a driver? But that is an automated driverless bus not an unaccompanied bus.

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