Loei seeing more tourists, especially on weekends
By Digital Content



LOEI, Oct 20 -- Popular tourist destinations in Loei's Phu Rua, Chiang Khan and Phu Kradung districts are packed with enthusiastic tourists these days, especially on weekends.

But the newest tourist destination in Loei gaining popularity now is Phu Pa Poh, situated in a wildlife conservation area in a Nong Hin district village.

It allows visitors to view another hill called Phu Hor which looks similar to Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft), an active volcano that last erupted more than 300 years ago.

Because it reminds viewers of similarity, tourists called it the ‘Fuji of Loei’.

To get close enough to appreciate its beauty, visitors must travel by small vehicle some 1.5 kms. The transport fare is 60 baht per visitor.

Reaching the top of Phu Pa Poh, tourists can view the beauty of nature in four directions, including the sun and the thick sea of fog.

Resorts at popular destinations in Loei are now fully booked as tourists continue their stay to appreciate the stunning natural beauty, even as the temperature in some areas dropped to 13 Celsius early yesterday.

Thousands of tourists also converge on the royal villa and the Mae Fah Luang Gardens of the late Princess Mother in the northernmost province of Chiang Rai to see and admire the beauty of flowers and plants which are usually seen in the West.

Many bought flowers and plants to decorate their homes to welcome the upcoming Christmas and New Year holiday.

Elsewhere in the country, Khao Kradong is an extinct volcano some 265 metres above sea level in the northeastern province of Buri Ram, tourists can view a wooden bridge across the ancient extinct volcano and worship to Phra Suphattharabophit, an important Buddha image of the province.

More than 300,000 visitors are expected to tour the area during this winter season and several million baht would circulate there. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-10-20

Yup, looks exactly like Fuji. This has all the hallmarks of a TAT article but they don't seem to be laying claim to it...........

The tourists that are not going to Trat?

By passing more like it

Bang saen beach was the busiest i have seen it all year.

"It allows visitors to view another hill called Phu Hor which looks similar to Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft), an active volcano that last erupted more than 300 years ago."

My, my, how high is that "hill" then? And is it also an active volcano? And does it brandish a permanent snow cap, too?

And once visitors get to the top of that hill, they can admire views in FOUR directions. Who would have thought. Amazing, isn't it?

By the way: Pattaya looks similar to St. Tropez, Baiyoke II Tower resembles the Empire State, Phuket is reminiscent of Tahiti, and if we wouldn't know it better the Kwae Yai could be easily mistaken for the Nile. Allegedly.

Interesting... I live in Loei and saw 7 or 8 more farangs than normal this year - maybe that was the tourism influx they are referring to - one of them even had a camera and a backpack!

Loei is moving up in the world. It must be the safety of the coup.

I often wonder why they refer to monies put in circulation by Thai tourists in Thailand as being such a benifet to the economy, Its is just being moved around in the local market place that is being visited and not spent back at their local markets. Some Thai vendors gain, others lose, kind of like the one working/drawing a wage in the family giving money to his neighbor instead of his son.

Then there are many things I do not understand so this is another mystery for me to contenplate over a good drink someday, while in the company of those considered economic experts.

I often wonder why they refer to monies put in circulation by Thai tourists in Thailand as being such a benifet to the economy, Its is just being moved around in the local market place that is being visited and not spent back at their local markets. Some Thai vendors gain, others lose, kind of like the one working/drawing a wage in the family giving money to his neighbor instead of his son.

Then there are many things I do not understand so this is another mystery for me to contenplate over a good drink someday, while in the company of those considered economic experts.

The story of the $100 note...

In a little known one-horse East Texas town near Long View Texas there is one road in and one road out. The town is suffering severely from the great depression of 2009. Money is as scarce as hen's teeth. A wealthy traveling salesman walks into the ancient hotel, the only hotel in town and lays a nice crisp $100 dollar bill on the hotel counter and announces to the hotel owner that he is going to walk upstairs to inspect the rooms.

The hotel owner picks up the $100 dollar bill, smiles, and sticks it in his shirt pocket. He walks out of the hotel and enters the Cafe next door. The entire town has been running on credit since the depression began. The hotel owner owes the Cafe owner a $100 dollar bill for services rendered at the hotel.

The Cafe owner picks up the $100 dollar bill, smiles, and sticks it in his shirt pocket. He walks out of the Cafe and walks next door to the butcher shop. The entire town has been running on credit since the depression began. The Cafe owner owes a $100 dollar bill to the butcher for meat that was served at the hotel.

The butcher picks up the $100 dollar bill, smiles, and sticks it in his shirt pocket. He walks out of the butcher shop and walks across the street to a prostitute standing on the corner. The entire town has been running on credit since the depression began. The butcher owes a $100 dollar bill to the prostitute for secret services rendered on credit.

The prostitute picks up the $100 dollar bill, smiles, and sticks it inside her bra. She walks across the street to the hotel. The entire town has been running on credit since the depression began. The prostitute owes a $100 dollar bill to the hotel owner for rooms she used on credit. The hotel owner smiled, accepted the money and laid the nice crisp $100 dollar bill back on the counter.

The wealthy salesman comes back downstairs, and states that the rooms were not acceptable, picked up the $100 bill from the counter, and walked out the door.

The moral is that all of the debts were paid, all the books were balanced, the economy continued as normal, and everyone was happy, except for the salesman who still needed a room.

Always liked Loei. Very nice place to live.

Anything more likely to discourage foreign is hordes of loud local tour group their karaokes price gouging double pricing and racism .

As other note internal tourism is just shuffling around in the pot and no foreign exchange is earnt.

Not sure time to educate loclas before becomes first world by 2025555555

There is very realistic virew of Mt Fuji at local Japanese retaurant

I have lived here for many years and I am yet to see any more tourists, total TOT lies

In my opinion living close by, most of the tourist are young Thai, probably students who spend their weekends in Chiang Khan.

The sporty ones go up to Puh Kradung. Hardly any farang.

Looks like TAT is trying to promote non-sights in Nakhon Nowhere by claiming hordes of tourists are now cramming into their tour buses just to get there. Complete <deleted> as usual.

Wabothai is absolutely right. There are thousands of tourists - yes - but most are Thai and most are in Chiang Khan.

Even on a quiet rainy Tuesday immigration trip recently to Chiang Khan I was surprised to see so many cars from other provinces.