News Forum - 2018 Thai cave rescue inspires new attraction in Chiang Rai

[Thaiger]

Taking inspiration from the 2018 cave rescue in the northern province of Chiang Rai, one billion baht will be invested in a new attraction and exhibition called The Caventure. A soft opening is expected in October next year. The 17-day rescue in 2018, or the Tham Luang cave rescue, at Tham Luang Nang Non Cave in Chiang Rai, was an extraordinarily dangerous mission that had the globe captivated. It was a massive operation and cooperation was needed from several Thai and international departments to save a football coach and 12 youngsters from the Wild Boar football team. International divers, rescue […]

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[ronnie666]

Will be nice many people go to chiang Mai and forget that chiang rai has a lot to offer

[janchangtha]

...other notable incidents in history, such as 7/11

LOL

[Cabra]

If you are interested In dramatic retelling of the story, I'd suggest streaming the new Ron Howard film "13 Lives" 

[DesperateOldHand]

8 hours ago, ronnie666 said:

Will be nice many people go to chiang Mai and forget that chiang rai has a lot to offer

But it always did......one of those principle attractions was/is that it's somewhat vacant of the touristy types and a relatively low count foreign residents. 

Another province on it's way to ruin.

Oh well.....

[ronnie666]

I love it here, people are kind and is a lovely place to be, to be honest I am happy there are not many foreigners, that is not why I live in Thailand for.

 

I do not see what you mean with ruin. Because chiang rai does not run on tourist at all. I think   you got it wrong buddy. Chiang Mai runs on tourist income and these other tourist places. All that nonsense of double pricing and many other things you do not see here at all almost everywhere entrance is just 50 thb for thai or foreigner.

Edited August 11, 2022 by ronnie666

[Augratin]

I hope it features Elon Musk's unsolicited, laughable self-serving intrusion into the incident.

[Chatogaster]

On 8/10/2022 at 6:02 PM, Thaiger said:

The real rescue equipment and possessions of the coach and children, like the clothes they wore and the bicycles they rode to the cave, will be exhibited in this room.

 

I'm sadly suspicious that it actually makes sense commercially to have trivia like that up for display. 

What is it that makes people appreciate useless objects more than useful concepts? BTW: that's a rhetorical question (I can guess at its reasons or rather its causes). 

Based on the projected revenue of THB 300-650M/yr, I just hope the original owners had the commercial sense to lease out the items.