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Golden Triangle
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Chiang Rai is the capital of Thailand's most northerly province. Chiang Rai
has ambitious plan for the future. Lying close to what has been termed the
"Golden Triangle" linking Thailand with Laos, Myanmar and southern
China, the city's politicians and businessmen hope to cash in on the opening -on
of the latter three countries. Always searching for catchy phrases to talk up a
nascent idea, they even talk of the "Five Chiangs strategy" referring
to the five towns of Chiang Tung (or Kengtung in Myanmar), Chiang Rung ( in
China), Chiang Thong ( in Laos), Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai ( both in Thailand)
Chiang Rai is the largest town in the far north of Thailand and a popular
tourist centre. Chiang Rai has become Thailand's second-largest trekking centre,
and is used as a base to explore the towns of the Golden Triangle and settlement
on Mekong River, Chiang Saen, 60km northeast of Chiang Rai.
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