LYCHEE AND CHIANG RAI PRODUCE FAIR 2011
May 20 – 26, 2011
At Sanam Ror Dor, Amphoe Mueang district, Chiang Rai provincial centre,
Chiang Rai province
Highlights and Activities
- Food fair and sales of lychees, pineapples, agricultural products, including those grown by Chiang Rai’s various hill-tribe communities, as well as processed food
- Lychee and pineapple contests
- Sufficiency Economy Orchards and Plantations Contest, The contests highlight the adoption of Sufficiency Economy principles advocated by His Majesty the King by various orchards and plantations in the 18 districts of Chiang Rai province.
- Fruit-eating contest
- OTOP Fair offering local village community products promoted under the OTOP – One Tambon One Product – label
- Miss Agriculture beauty contest
- Evening entertainment and activities staged during the seven nights of the fair
NANG LAE PINEAPPLE & BEST OF CHIANG RAI FAIR
June 3 – 5, 2011
In the garden of the Chiang Rai Department of Highways office situated near the foot of the bridge over the Kok River (Mae Nam Kok)
Activities
- Nang Lae Pineapple and Lychees Fair
- Nang Lae pineapple and lychees contests
- Sales of other agricultural products and OTOP village community products promoted under the One Tambon One Product brand
Lychee, one of the world’s favourite exotic fruits, is in season only for a brief period in May and June. This is also the time to visit the lychee orchards around Chiang Rai and savour the freshly-harvested fruit.
Peel back the reddish skin to reveal its sweet and juicy, white flesh with fragrant aroma. Chiang Rai’s lychee is considered to be among the best in Thailand, and the most delicious of its kind. Lychee is best eaten fresh, but it is also dried, frozen, and canned.
To promote its fine crop of lychees, Chiang Rai, the northernmost province of Thailand, organises an annual Lychee Fair. The colourful fair features agricultural displays and exhibitions, contests and sales of lychee and other agricultural products such as mango and the famous Nang Lae pineapple, local handicrafts, beauty contests and folk entertainment.
Enjoy the local flavours of lychee as well as other delicious northern Thai food and fruits, and purchase reasonably-priced handicrafts such as hand-woven cotton materials, dresses and hill tribe silver ornaments, and woodcraft.
Contact information:
Tourism Authority of Thailand, Chiang Rai
448/16 Singhaklai Road, Muang District, Chiang Rai 57000
Tel: +66 (0) 5371 7433, (0) 5374 4674-5
Fax: +66 (0) 5371 7434
E-mail: tatchrai@tat.or.th
Credit: TAT News (www.tatnews.org)
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