The thick smog and haze currently in Chiang Mai is coming from hundreds of fires that have been lit by subsistence farmers to burn fields just before replanting starts. Fires are probably to continue at least a further few weeks, generating any stop by to the city very unpleasant.
However for Thailand, which just lost hundreds of millions of dollars final year in tourist income due to devastating floods hitting 1 third of the country, not only are the fires a substantial well being hazard, but they are also destroying the tourist market in eight northern Thai provinces, such as Chiang Mai.
Chiang Mai, 1 http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/chiang-mai-province/chiang-mai/sights/museums-galleries/chiang-mai-city-arts-cultural-centre of Thailand's prime tourist destinations is presently experiencing some of the worst smog and haze in current years. But this year is particularly terrible. The fires, nevertheless, are not just coming from the northern Thai area, but also from more than the border in Laos, exactly where farmers are carrying out the identical. Smog and haze levels are now so bad it really is making breathing hard and the Thai government is warning the elderly and youngsters should really keep indoors if attainable. So a great deal so that the Thai prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has now ordered urgent action from the ministries of Organic Resources and Atmosphere, who are sending the military to pour water on fires lit by farmers in an effort to cease them.
If you can cancel your trip to Chiang Mai, I suggest performing so. The health hazard from all these fires has now been essential for practically two weeks.
If rescheduling is not a dilemma, contemplate coming to Bangkok (we don't have the smog here), or down to southern tourist destinations like Phuket or http://www.thedailymeal.com/travel-guide-food-culture-and-responsible-tourism-chiang-mai-thailand Koh Samui. They are beautiful and fully smog-no cost.
However for tourists, if you have a trip planned to Chiang Mai, it genuinely is not a city you will take pleasure in visiting at the moment.
Chiang Mai constantly has smog difficulties from fires at this time of year and the Thai government has performed little about it in past years a reality handful of who live in the city can realize. Not only will it be inconvenient to get there, and may require getting bused in from a further airport, but once you are there you will not be able to see lots of of the city's wonderful tourist attractions -- actually.
