Meanwhile, the military has been working to solve the problem of forest fires often spilling into the area, said Colonel Supakorn Reunsati, manager of the Huey Tueng Tao Reservoir Project under the 33rd Military Circle’s Civilian’s Affair Section. The military last year turned its 20-rai (3.2-hectare) demonstration rice field into a big-hit site for tourists, with a 200-metre-long “Chiang Mai’s Su Tong Pae bridge” plus several bamboo huts and a tent-setting ground for visitors to stay overnight, he said. The original Su Tong Pae (meaning a successful prayer in the local dialect) bamboo bridge, spanning 500 metres across rice fields is on the outskirts of Mae Hong Son City. The military’s aim is to now further develop this site as a “selfie attraction” with the large King Kong sculpture situated in front of the rice-growing demonstration plots. During the recent Songkran holidays, the reservoir project received 10,000 visitors per day.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 31, 2018 10:01 UTC