A man looks at a cannabis plant on display during the first day of the inaugural Pan Ram weed festival in the northeastern Thai province of Buriram in April. Photo: AFP A man looks at a cannabis plant on display during the first day of the inaugural Pan Ram weed festival in the northeastern Thai province of Buriram in April. Photo: AFP
A man looks at a cannabis plant on display during the first day of the inaugural Pan Ram weed festival in the northeastern Thai province of Buriram in April. Photo: AFP
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Cannabis tourism in Thailand – high time for medical marijuana-inspired travel

  • Officials hope to launch medical marijuana tourism in the Southeast Asian nation to attract ‘quality’ visitors
  • Estimates suggest the nascent industry could bring in as much as US$687 million by 2024

Mercedes Hutton
Mercedes Hutton

Updated: 8:30am, 18 Sep, 2019

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A man looks at a cannabis plant on display during the first day of the inaugural Pan Ram weed festival in the northeastern Thai province of Buriram in April. Photo: AFP A man looks at a cannabis plant on display during the first day of the inaugural Pan Ram weed festival in the northeastern Thai province of Buriram in April. Photo: AFP
A man looks at a cannabis plant on display during the first day of the inaugural Pan Ram weed festival in the northeastern Thai province of Buriram in April. Photo: AFP
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Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton

Mercedes Hutton is a Hong Kong-based journalist. She joined the Post in 2018, where she writes about culture, the environment and history for Post Magazine, and covers travel and tourism in Asia in a weekly column, Destinations Known.