Xayaboury to open forest as latest visitor attraction
Xayaboury province is opening up its largest forest as one of its visitor attractions, hoping to draw more people to experience its natural beauty and raise its profile as a tourist destination. Director of the province’s Information, Culture and Tourism Department, Mr Chanthi Simanichan, said recently that provincial authorities had surveyed the forest in Phieng district, which is 80 km from the provincial capital. The biggest trees in Phieng district are maitaekha (Sindora cochinechinensis) which can grow up to 15 metres in width and more than 10 metres in height. There are more than 30 trees, of which three trees are particularly large. Nine or ten people could stretch their aims around the biggest one, Mr Chanthi said.
