snoop1130 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 CHIANG MAI, April 5 (TNA) – Chiang Mai is gearing up to welcome the Songkran Festival, anticipating over 100,000 tourists, with confidence that the smog issue will have minimal impact. Municipal officials in Chiang Mai have begun draining water from the city moat, along with spreading disinfectant before letting them dry in the sun. They are preparing to refill the moat with fresh water to allow tourists to enjoy water splashing during the traditional New Year celebration or Songkran Festival in the city comfortably. Full story: Thai News Agency 2024-04-05 Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post proton Posted April 5 Popular Post Share Posted April 5 Think being the worst polluted city in the world recently might put a few off going there 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 49 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Chiang Mai is gearing up to welcome the Songkran Festival, anticipating over 100,000 tourists, with confidence that the smog issue will have minimal impact. <insert smoke-blowing emoji here> (cough cough cough) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ikke1959 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Smof will have a minimum impact for Songkran,, who believes that crap?? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nick Carter icp Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 News report doesn't even say when Songkran starts in CM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejets Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 13 hours ago, snoop1130 said: They are preparing to refill the moat with fresh water to allow tourists to enjoy water splashing during the traditional New Year celebration or Songkran Festival in the city comfortably. mmmmm...no thanks. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 invideo-ai-720-Choking Reality_ Thailand's Air Pollution Crisis-2024-04-04T08_07_40.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arithai12 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 10 hours ago, ikke1959 said: Smof will have a minimum impact for Songkran,, who believes that crap?? I was at Imm a couple of days ago, I was probably the only foreigner wearing a mask. Yesterday I saw a young farang riding his scooter at full speed (way over the limit) in 40C with PM2.5 well over 100, no shirt, no helmet, no mask. So yes, I think that crap is probably correct at least as far as foreign tourists are concerned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommers Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Since the pollution became critical there has already been a reported drop off in forward hotel bookings. My partner runs a tourism dependent business that has done record turnover for over a year until a month ago when business dropped off a cliff with revenue being up to 40% down on numerous days. Meanwhile the governor holds a presentation telling everyone that pollution better than a year ago, but fails to mention that CM has had a record numbers of days when it is world number one. The extended crapshoot of Songkran events is heading for a financial disaster for many businesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikke1959 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 maybe good to know is that in the Netherlands last week there was an item that because of airpollution probably 400 more deaths were in Covid period, as air pollution has a bad fluence on the lungs and makes the Covid more dangerous... How would that be in Chiang Mai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulhamster Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Pretty sure it was also reported that Songkran in CM will be alcohol and tobacco free, That will really bring in the tourists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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