Want to celebrate the onset of a fresh new year in the most tranquil and serene surroundings? Then Chiang Mai is the ideal destination for you and your family. Celebrating New Year in Chiang Mai with your loved ones will positively be a long cherished experience for your life.

Chiang Mai is one the most popular tourist hot spots in Northern Thailand. Tourists from all over the world love to visit Chiang Mai for their New Year celebrations. Songrkan which is a Thai New Year is celebrated in the serene city of Chiang Mai with full enthusiasm. So, if you want to participate in Songkran, then Chiang Mai is the most ideal place for you. People wait for the whole year to take part in Songkran. Songkran attracts large number of tourists from all over the world to this city.

During the Songkran, the devout Buddhists usually visit the temple for offering prayers. They even listen to the sermons in the temple. On the holy Buddha images like that of the Phra Buddha Sihing image lustral water is poured. Lustral water is also poured on the hands of holy monks as a sign of admiration. People also make donations to the temple during this period. People not only visit the temples to offer prayers but also to enjoy some authentic Thai traditional cultural programs by some eminent Thai artists. Thai traditional cultural programs are organized in the premises of the temple itself.


The people of Chiang Mai also celebrate the New Year eve on 31st December with vigor. Culinary representatives from across the world set up their food stalls during this period. The eateries of Chiang Mai also serve a wide array of appetizing cuisines to its guests at a very affordable rate. To celebrate New Year in Chiang Mai, the guests can also visit the nightspots of the city. Heart throbbing music are played in these night spots by both local and international artists. In Chiang Mai, the visitors can entertain themselves with some world-class cultural performances, before the dazzling fireworks are seen to dominate the sky at midnight.


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