CityNews – Chiang Mai Vice Governor Supachai Iamsuwan, together with Montree Piyakun of Chiang Mai Provincial Office of Tourism and Sports, held press release on May 26 to promote Hill Tribes and tourism for an event in June.
The event, named “Charm of Hill Tribes” aims to prepare activities that support tribe culture tourism and the maintaining of beautiful traditions and cultures of ethnic groups in Chiang Mai.
There are 19 official hill tribes in the Chiang Mai province.
At the press conference earlier this week, there were several performances displaying tribe culture, and sought to promote these tribes within the tourism sector in order to develop cultural knowledge within the industry and build up knowledge and understandings between hill tribes and other community’s way of life correctly.
The “Charm of Hill Tribes” event will take place on June 5 – 9 at the Chiang Mai International Convention and Exhibition Center. It will included cultural performances, a showcase of traditional hill tribe products, and tourism based initiatives to promote the hill tribe way of life.
For more information about the event, call 093 145 0545.