Chiang
Rai is Thailand's northernmost province. It is home to the
notorious Golden Triangle area in Chiang Saen district, where
the borders of Thailand, Laos and Burma converge. Chiang Rai
is also famed for its delicious fruit, especially its tasty
lychees and papaya.
Similar
to Chiang Mai province, Chiang Rai is a wealth of historical
interest that goes back to the late 13th century. It was once
the first capital of the Lanna Tai kingdom that ruled the
whole of the north of Thailand, parts of Burma, Laos and southern
China.
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The
distinctive and unique culture known as Lanna is indigenous
to Chiang Rai and several other northerly provinces.
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Chiang Rai province is Thailand's northernmost province. It
is also home to the legendary Golden Triangle area where Thailand,
Laos and Myanmar all meet.
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Chiang
Rai province is home to over 1.2 million people. It is renowned
for it's many hilltribe communities as well as its generally
friendly and hospitable inhabitants.
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Since
the 1931 this province has been governed by Bangkok. Once
renowned for its poppy cultivation and opium trade, the province
is now much more dependent on general agriculture, agricultural
product processing and tourism as its main income sources.
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