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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.
No to imported alms
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 01/02/2018
» Imported snacks are banned from alms offering in Luang Prabang. Giving alms to monks is a popular activity for tourists when visiting the old capital listed as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Taxi OK
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 11/01/2018
» Like Uber or Grab, the app will feature taxi booking reservations and evaluate drivers. It will also have a function for passengers to send a complaint to the DLT. The app is developed by King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang.
Plus-size sunflowers
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 14/12/2017
» Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University has opened its training and agricultural research centre to welcome tourists.
'Amazing Thailand' campaign launched
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 16/11/2017
» The Tourism and Sports Ministry has launched the "Amazing Thailand Tourism Year 2018" campaign at the World Travel Market in London.
Temple cities
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/11/2017
» Farmland stretches out and covers most of the flat land along the Irrawaddy River. From the aeroplane, I can see the green fertile land and the brown river before the aircraft lands in Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar after Yangon.
Travelling concerns
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 31/08/2017
» Business travellers bring more IT devices with them and feel more productive as they are on business trips, according to Connected Traveller Study of Carlson Wagonlit Travel, a global specialist in managing business travel, meetings and events.
To catch a (wildlife) criminal
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 30/08/2017
» A small round sample of smuggled ivory is put in a zip-locked plastic bag. Although the piece is the size of a bead, it is hard and must be hammered many times before being broken into little pieces. The specimen is put in a test tube so a freezer mill can grind and pulverise the ivory sample for a DNA test.
All the Queen's women
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 10/08/2017
» They were holding hands while walking, with smiles on their faces. Her Majesty Queen Sirikit and Khammai Yokhasing. Khammai, 84, still remembers the moment when the Queen held her hand at Klai Kangwon Palace in Hua Hin, 40 years ago.
Chiang Mai among world's best
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/07/2017
» Chiang Mai has been voted among the World's Top 15 Cities by readers of Travel + Leisure Magazine.