CHIANGMAI, April 3 (TNA) – The situation of forest fires in Chiang Mai continues to be severe, resulting in high levels of air pollution. This has impacted hotel bookings during the Songkran Festival.

 

This morning, the level of PM2.5 in Chiang Dao District reached as high as 820 micrograms per cubic meter, ranking it as the worst air quality in the world.

 

The Chiang Mai skyline remains covered with smoke haze from ongoing forest fires, both from deliberate burning and transboundary haze.

 

Full story: Thai News Agency 2024-04-03

 

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Great news!  Hit them in the wallet 🙂

4 hours ago, Yorkshire Tea said:

Great news!  Hit them in the wallet 🙂

Spot on.

That is the only thing that will bring results in putting out the fires.

CM provincial governor Nirat Wongsitthithavorn... aka Mr. Doofus... had the audacity to tell a recent meeting of representitives from 15 consulates in the province that air quality in the region has improved since last year and "Hopes are rising for good air quality in the future..."

What a load of codswallop when you consider how little is being done and how feeble are the plans for controlling the widespread agricultural burning and wildfires.

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The situation of forest fires in Chiang Mai continues to be severe, resulting in high levels of air pollution. This has impacted hotel bookings during the Songkran Festival.

Good, they might kick back and make some changes to the annual practice of burning.

In Chiang Mai our car park to the condo is almost empty so lots of expats & domestics getting out. Perhaps the Hotel associations will put pressure on these nonsensical Politician's who are supposed to be for the people....oh!! I forgot the election winners are not in control "I get it now". We were up in the City last Friday & it was very quiet hope Songkran is a disaster...might tell them something.

820. Probably the equivalent of 50 cigarettes a day. 

Except for locals in nearby provinces etc one must be quite silly to fly to CM during pollution in the first place.

2 hours ago, les1 said:

We were up in the City last Friday & it was very quiet hope Songkran is a disaster...might tell them something.

I doubt they will, they are record holders in being naive and lazy in the beautiful north. Even most business owners still seem to not get that they have to offer better prices and promotions, (as well as girls), to get it ever back on track there, aside from pollution even.

 

They all say; yeah we will if have more customer first, yeah doesn't work that way. I don't get it to be honest, they all want 80-100-120 baht for a bad small beer there too, while they could easily sell for 60 baht and make profit on volumes, just like they do in plenty of other places in TH.

 

Seems they rather sell 5 beers for 80 baht than they can sell 30 beers for 60 baht (225 baht profit margin VS 750 baht profit margin). Not to mention that having a few people in a bar, also attracts more people, and that in return again attracts more freelance girls. Anyway, CM is a lost case since 2016.

 

Most places even further increased their prices, offering like for example <deleted>ty box wine in a garden, with a staff that doesn't care for 220 a glass. That same place used to do 120-140 a glass and prices really didn't go up that much to justify it. Result? Even fewer customers....

3 hours ago, les1 said:

In Chiang Mai our car park to the condo is almost empty so lots of expats & domestics getting out. Perhaps the Hotel associations will put pressure on these nonsensical Politician's who are supposed to be for the people....oh!! I forgot the election winners are not in control "I get it now". We were up in the City last Friday & it was very quiet hope Songkran is a disaster...might tell them something.

Chiang Mai Expats Club cancels its regular monthly meeting due to so many fleeing the city for cleaner air.

7 minutes ago, Wrwest said:

Chiang Mai Expats Club cancels its regular monthly meeting due to so many fleeing the city for cleaner air.

Probably due to them being bored to tears listening to so-called experts. 

... yep, what I'm drawing outta my bong is definitively healthier, lol.

 

Nah, seriously ... where was I ... yeah, just seen an early (!) forecast with 40 resp. 60% probability for rain for next Tue and Wed for up north, let's hope so, also with regard to temperature ...

 

 

they don't care, even the tourists never come back, they got the money, today

 

the only day that is important, tomorrow, they could be death

 

spend now