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Dinosaur tracks become tourist bait
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 18/01/2025
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Local tourism operators will promote the site where the fossil tracks of a species of dinosaur, Siamopodus khaoyaiensis, were found, as a new tourism attraction in the province.
Officials gear for Korat Expo 2029
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 24/03/2024
» The government will highlight Nakhon Ratchasima as a centre of innovation and sustainability during the 2029 International Horticultural Expo, which will be hosted in the province, deputy spokeswoman Kenika Ounjit said on Sunday.
Correcting the fossil record
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 19/03/2023
» At its best, paleontology opens windows into trillions of other lifetimes spent swimming, scuttling, stomping and soaring across this planet. Scientists, the press and the public alike tend to tell and retell these success stories, lionising intrepid researchers.
Ancient log site eyed as tourism hotspot
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/09/2022
» A plan is afoot to develop the site of the world’s longest petrified log in Tak province into a world-class geological tourism destination, according to the government.
Tak Pleasance Thailand claims Guinness World Record for "longest fossil-silicified tree trunk"
Published on 12/07/2022
» Tak Geo Park has claimed the Guinness World Record (GWR) world record for "Mai Tak" as the world’s longest fossil-silicified tree trunk in the world. The Geological Society of Thailand, in partnership with leading private sector entities such as PTT and PTTEP cooperated in achieving the world record certification with the objective of opening up a new perspective on geological tourism in Tak centred on Mai Klai Pen Hin Tak Geo Park, encouraging learning among young people and enhancing the community economy.
Big log earns Guinness World Record plaudit
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/07/2022
» A 70-metre petrified log in Tak on Friday earned a Guinness World Record for being the longest fossilised tree trunk in the world.
Thailand seeks world record for petrified wood
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/07/2021
» A ministry has planned to apply for a new Guinness World Record for the longest petrified log after realising the piece found in Tak province 18 years ago was longer than the current record holder in China.
Extraordinary automata
Life, Noko, Published on 09/10/2020
» One of Jaquet Droz's 18th-century android automata, The Draughtsman, amazingly sketched a cherub on a chariot chasing a butterfly. Dating back to 1774, the drawing titled Le Papillon Conduit Par L'Amour (Butterfly Driven By Love) comes alive in Loving Butterfly Automaton.
Gearing up for tourists
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/03/2018
» After harvesting season, rice farmers in the Northeast hold an annual merit-making ceremony to express gratitude to Mae Phosop (the Goddess of Rice). The farmers bring a portion of their newly harvested rice and pile it up on a temple ground for monks to bless.
New fossilised fish species discovered in Thailand
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 05/05/2017
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Researchers on Friday confirmed the discovery of a new fossilised fish species dating back 150 million years, found in Nakhon Ratchasima and named Khoratichthus gibbus.