“Phayao, Chiang Rai, Phrae, Nan” join forces with 4 provinces in the upper northern region to organize a grand event, the Eastern Lanna City Run.

Mr. Bamrung Sangkhao, Deputy Governor of Phayao Province, along with Mr. Kunakorn Kotchahiran, Deputy Governor of Phrae Province, Mr. Wiphu Wisetsing, Tourism and Sports of Phayao Province, Ms. Nopparat Satarat, Tourism and Sports of Nan Province, and Ms. Mukpharasmi Phrom-ariya, Representative of Tourism and Sports of Chiang Rai Province, jointly held a press conference for the Eastern Lanna Run at the Cattleya Room 1, 1st Floor, Rama Gardens Hotel, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Lak Si District, Bangkok on October 10, 2024. Lt. Col. Rangsan Chomnuan, Senior Analyst and Policy Plan Representative of Tourism and Sports of Phrae Province, also attended the event. Mr. Bamrung Sangkhao, Deputy Governor of Phayao Province, talked about the overall picture and readiness in organizing the event. For the Lanna Run this time, the Upper North 2 Provinces, consisting of Chiang Rai, Phayao, Nan, and Phrae Provinces, are co-hosting the event in accordance with the 13th National Economic and Social Development Plan, Goal 2: Th ailand is a destination for quality and sustainability tourism, which aims to adjust the tourism structure to rely on domestic tourists and to distribute economic opportunities more, in order to increase income from Thai tourists and income from tourism in secondary cities by developing specific activities and forms of tourism through running and cycling activities in the Upper North 2 Provinces, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Nan, and Phrae. The objective is to promote sports tourism in the upper northern provinces 2 and to develop the economy of the upper northern provinces 2 through creative tourism activities. There will be 7 events, including a running activity linking tourist attractions, running along Wiang Lanna East (Wiang Lo, Phayao, Wiang Nong Lom, Chiang Rai, Wiang Sa, Nan and Wiang Kosai, Phrae) 4 times (Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Nan) with no less than 700 participants per time, both Thais and foreigners. The competition is divided into 3 categories: Marathon 42 kilometers, Half Marathon 21 kilometers, a nd Fun RUN not less than 5 kilometers. The competition will start in Phayao Province. Field 1, Run along Wiang 1, Wiang Lo, Phayao, between November 30 - December 1, 2024, with the start point and finish line at Wiang Lo historical site, Lo Subdistrict, Chun District, Phayao Province. Field 2, Run along Wiang 2, Wiang Nong Lom, Chiang Rai, between December 7-8, 2024, using the race route at Chanchawa Witthayakhom School, FINISH point Wiang Nong Lom, Chanchawa Subdistrict, Mae Chan District, Chiang Rai Province. Field 3, Run along Wiang 3, Wiang Sa, Nan, between December 14-15, 2024, the start point and finish line at Khuang Muang Sa, Klang Wiang Subdistrict, Wiang Sa District, Nan Province. Field 4: Run along Wiang 4 Wiang Kosai, Phrae, between 21 - 22 December 2024, the starting point - the finish line, Wiang Kosai National Park, Mae King Subdistrict, Wang Chin District, Phrae Province. For the running activities to promote tourism in Phayao Province, there will be 3 times, divided into the following: Chiang Muan District Tourism Promotion Running Activity, distances of 5 kilometers and 10 kilometers, between 19-20 October 2024, Chiang Muan District, Phayao Province at Fang Ta Public Park; Night Run Kwan Phayao Running Activity, distances of 5 kilometers and 10 kilometers, between 2-3 November 2024, Mueang Phayao District, Phayao Province; and Bo Sip Song Trail Running Activity, Phayao Province, distances of 5 kilometers and 21 kilometers, between 16-17 November 2024, Mae Chai District, Phayao Province. The deputy governor added that every activity organized by Phayao Province has been prepared in every aspect, whether it be the competition venue, accommodation, food. In terms of standards and safety, there will be knowledgeable and experienced officials who have been trained by government agencies. A virtual tour system has been created in the form of a 360-degree rotating animation on various platforms, which contains a database of community tourism in the upper northern provinces group 2 (Chiang Rai, P hayao, Phrae, Nan), totaling 20 communities, to be displayed and support the use of 3 languages: Thai, English, Chinese. Ms. Mukpharasmi Phrom-ariya, Chiang Rai Tourism and Sports Representative, revealed that for the second field, Chiang Rai Province has chosen Wiang Nong Lom, Chanchawa Subdistrict, Mae Chan District, Chiang Rai Province as the venue for the event, which will be held on December 7-8, 2024, with the START point at Chanchawa Wittayakhom School, running through Wiang Nong Lom, Chanchawa Subdistrict, Mae Chan District, Chiang Rai Province. Wiang Nong Lom is an important historical site in the northern part of Thailand because it is linked to the legend of the origin and collapse of an ancient community called 'Mueang Yonok Nakhon Phan Singhanawat Nakhon' or 'Wiang Nong Lom' or 'Wiang Nong Lom'. Ms. Nopparat Satarat, Tourism and Sports Officer of Nan Province, revealed that for the 3rd field, Nan Province has chosen Wiang Sa, Klang Wiang Subdistrict, Wiang Sa District, Nan Province as the venu e for the event, which will be held on December 14-15, 2024, with the START-FINISH point at Khuang Muang Sa, Klang Wiang Subdistrict, Wiang Sa District, Nan Province. Mr. Kunakorn Kochahiran, Deputy Governor of Phrae Province, revealed that for the 4th field, Phrae Province has chosen Wiang Kosai (Wiang Kosai National Park), Mae King Subdistrict, Wang Chin District, Phrae Province as the venue for the event, which will be held on 21st - 22nd December 2024. The START - FINISH points are Wiang Kosai National Park, Mae King Subdistrict, Wang Chin District, Phrae Province. The name 'Wiang Kosai' comes from the mountain where Phra That Cho Hae, a sacred pagoda that has been a symbol of Phrae, is located, which is Doi Kosiyathachak Banpot, meaning the mountain of silk. Muang Phae is the name that appears on the stone inscription of King Ramkhamhaeng the Great, Pillar 1, Side 4. The word 'Phae' likely comes from the faith of the townspeople in the Phra That Cho Phrae or Cho Hae that was built. After the city was b uilt, they called their city Muang Phae, which later became the current Phrae city. Source: Thai News Agency