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Chiang Mai Return: Thailand's Hub for Cultural Tourism "par excellence" and a nice place to be

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November 22nd 2010
Travel Days 67-77 I spent most of them in Chiang Mai......my favorite spot to travel in Thailand. (The last one and a half days were in Bangkok waiting for my flight home). Thailand is a hub for tourism in Southeast Asia and Bangkok is a traveling hub for visitors to the region. In the South are Thailand's beaches and a vibrant resort tourism, the Northeast offers a great look at the role o ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more