Chiang Mai is located 700km North of Bangkok with a population of around 1.5 million with over 200,000 people inside the city center
70% of Chiang Mai is covered by mountains and vegetation and is home to Doi Inthanon, Thailand's hightest mountain
Chiang Mai receives around 2 million foreign visitors a year
In the 13th century, Chiang Mai was the capital of the Lanna Kingdom, the name given to the North of Thailand meaning 'Land of a Million Rice Fields' which reflected the agricultural richness of the area.
Chiang Mai is the main base from which to do a Hill-Tribe trek with over 800,000 people living in the surrounding hills.
