Mountain resort places. Other places like the Northern Areas which include Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir are also a choice. In the Philippines, the American colonial government built its first summer capital in Baguio to escape Manila's heat. In Turkey, city dwellers traditionally spent summer vacations at mountain resorts known as yaylas, to escape the summer heat. In Cyprus the most popular mountain resort is Platres In Thailand the third highest mountain is a popular resort at Doi Ang Kang in Chiangmai province Fang District. Mountain resort A mountain resort is a place to holiday or vacation located in a mountainous area. The
Doi Inthanon at Doi Luang, which was then renamed in his honour. Today, the summit of Doi Inthanon is a popular tourist destination for both foreign and Thai tourists, with a peak of 12,000 visitors visiting the summit on New Year's Day. In addition to a range of tourist facilities on the summit, there is also a Royal Thai Air Force weather radar station at the summit and the Thai National Observatory (TNO) at km44. Doi Inthanon is the highest peak of the Inthanon Range () of the Thanon Thong Chai Range, a subrange of the Shan Hills in the Thai highlands