CHIANG MAI, 17 October 2014 The cold weather in the North has prompted an influx of tourists to Doi Inthanon National Park, where the temperature reached as low as 6 degrees Celsius this week.
Since last weekend, more than 5,000 tourists have visited Doi Inthanon National Park to make their way up to Thailand’s tallest peak to experience the cold. The visitors typically experienced morning temperatures of 8 or 9 degrees Celsius at the highest points of the national park. Of the 5,000, 4,600 were Thais.
National park officials are planning to limit the amount of tourists by only allowing a limited number to visit each site at a time. The parking spaces at each of the national park’s attractions will be considered; full parking lots means no more visitors will be allowed into the area until the next time period. The measure to curb visitor numbers is expected to be put to use during December and January, the peak season for tourism.
