Banthoeng Kruawong, chairman of the community tourism club in Chiang Rai, said tourists had been visiting Phu Chi Fa since the beginning to this month to enjoy the chilly weather and sea of mist from the cliff view, with an estimated average 400 tourists.
Banthoeng said he expected that the number of tourists from the end of this month to the New Year holidays would be about 2,000 to 3,000 per day.
On Thursday, the temperature on the mountaintop that overlooks the Thai-Lao border was about 15 degrees Celsius.