Thursday, December 9, 2010

Type of leisure programmes

Festival
There are many festivals celebrate in Chiang Mai whole year round. The main festival in Chiang Mai is the Flower Festival, Songkran and Loi Kratong.
The Flower Festival is best to watch before the cool season end. There are floats beautified with beautiful flowers that will show the theme chosen. Songkran festival represents the traditional new year of Thailand and the event lasts for three days. Loi Kratong Festival, also refer to as Yi Peng in the north, is the riches in colours. The festival also lasts for three days during November. The people who participate in the festival believe that by letting go of the floats and balloons, they can get rid of bad luck.
Flower Festival

Songkran Festival

Loi Kratong Festival
Entertainment and Nightlife
There are night clubs for locals and tourists to chill themselves at night after a tiring day. Performances such as traditional Thai dance also available for tourists to watch.
There is also night bazaar for tourists and locals to visit.

Sport
With the beautiful valley and mountain, it is an ideal place for playing golf. Thus golf is one of the most common sport activities that people engage when they visit Chiang Mai. As Chiang Mai located near mountain areas, trekking and biking riding are also the favourite sports that the people engage themselves during their leisure time.


 

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