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Mae Hong Son (Thai: แม่ฮ่องสอน, pronounced [mɛ̂ː hɔ̂ŋ sɔ̌ːn]) is a town (thesaban mueang) in north-west Thailand, capital of Mae Hong Son Province. It is in the Shan Hills, near the border with Burma along the banks of the River Pai. As of 2018, the town had 7,066 inhabitants. [1]
Transport in Thailand is varied, with no one dominant means of transport. For long-distance travel, bus transport dominates. Low-speed rail travel has long been a rural long-distance transport mechanism, though plans are underway to expand services with high-speed rail lines extending to several major regions of Thailand. Road transportation is ...
Mae Hong Son Airport (IATA: HGN, ICAO: VTCH) is in Chong Kham subdistrict, Mueang Mae Hong Son district, Mae Hong Son province in northern Thailand. It has two main buildings, one each for departing and arriving guests. [1] It contains a convenience store, coffee shop, restaurant, souvenir shop, ATM, as well as a parking garage.
In 1994, a new route was cut to start at Ban Nong Khong. On Highway 107, which is a route bypassing the city of Mae Malai, [5] [6] the route was previously designated as a rural road, HRS 3045, [7] then Highway 1095 heads into Mae Hong Son Province, passing Pai district, Pang Mapha district and Mueang Mae Hong Son district. It enters Mae Hong ...
Two bus companies (Prem Pracha Transport Co and Sombat Tour Co.) operate four bus services: [29] Bangkok - Mae Hong Son, distance is 928 km, travel time is 17 hours. Chiang Mai - Mae Sariang - Mae Hong Son, distance is 359 km, travel time is eight hours. Chiang Mai (Pai District) - Mae Hong Son, distance is 250 km, travel time is six hours.
During World War II Japanese troops built a road from Pai to Mueang Mae Hong Son and further to Burma. Later people used the road for transport, using Ban Soppong Mae Umong (บ้านสบป่องแม่อูมอง) as the overnight stop. The government built a police station in 1948 in the area called Pang Mapha.
BANGKOK (Reuters) -More than a dozen Danish tourists in Thailand were injured after a bus lost control and crashed in the northern Mae Hong Son, a remote mountainous province, officials said on ...
The Interior Ministry upgraded Mueang Mae Hong Son to a fourth-class city under Monthon Phayap on 10 May 1910. [1] It then consisted of the four districts, Mueang Mae Hong Son, Mueang Yuam (now Mae Sariang District), Pai, and Khun Yuam. In 1917, the district was renamed from Mueang to Muai To (ม่วยต่อ). [2]