Chiang Mai, Temples in Chiang Mai Province are rushing to prepare waiting areas to receive tourists who will walk up the mountain tonight. Stopped to rest and pay homage to sacred things. There are a total of 14 points, a distance of 11 km, while people have begun to reserve almshouses on the roadside to serve free food and drinks. It is expected that this year there will be hundreds of thousands of people walking up Doi Suthep.
Various temples in Chiang Mai have prepared their places to receive the wave of people who will walk up Doi Suthep. In the Visakha Bucha Festival important world days This year falls on May 22nd and there will be a tradition of climbing Doi Suthep. this evening
Monks and novices came to prepare the place early in the morning. So that people can pay homage to the sacred things of each temple. There is also an almshouse giving out free food and drinks. Along the walking route is 11 kilometers.
As for the area in front of Wat Pha Lat Alms tents were set up from Wat Chedi Luang to dis
tribute free vegetables. There were also people with faith who came to occupy space on the roadside. The route up Doi Suthep to set up an almshouse Free food and drinks are provided as well. Residents and tourists from all over the northern region are expected. Hundreds of thousands of people come to join the tradition of climbing Doi Suthep. Last year there were 70,000 people and more than 15 tons of trash left behind by tourists. This year there are thousands of volunteers helping to collect trash along the route. From the foot of Doi Suthep to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
Tradition of walking up the mountain Held every year and stopped during the COVID situation before coming back to organize it again Today the road will be closed at 5:30 p.m. from in front of Chiang Mai University.
Source: Thai News Agency