Strawberry Festival in Chiang Mai

CHAING MAI, Jan 25 (TNA) – The northern province of Chiang Mai will hold the annual strawberry festival in Samoeng district, the country’s largest growing areas of high quality strawberry. Deputy Chiang Mai governor, Wirun Panthewee said the 18th strawberry festival will run from Feb 6-10 at the Agricultural Productivity Efficiency Increasing Learning Center in Bor Kaew sub-district. The event will promote tourism and premium farm products in Samoeng, which encompasses about 1,560 acres of strawberry plantations. Most of the products are the tasty Prarachatan 80 variety, developed under the royal project. In Bor Kaew sub-district alone, about 1,120 acres of strawberry plantations produce more than 10,000 tonnes of strawberries each year, resulting in economic value of several hundred million baht. It is also expected that at least ten million baht will be circulated during the five-day festival. - (TNA)