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 Kham be reduced to ashes. Also, the number of people growing opium poppies was increasing. At the king's command, the royal project was created to provide alternative sources of income for hill tribe villages that formerly relied on opium production and swidden agriculture. The meaning of the words "Doi Kham" comes from two northern Thai words. The word "doi" means 'mountain' or 'hill' while the word "kham" is a shortened word for "thongkham" which means 'gold'. The Royal Project Foundation operates four research stations and thirty-five development centres that work with 295 villages containing 14,109 families. Involved are approximately 85,000 rural