Chiang Mai is Thailand`s second largest metropolis and is home to more than 200,000 people. Most of the people of Lanna, however, are still farmers and live in suburban places. Most of the farming is rice cultivation. “Lanna” could be translated as “land of a million ricefields”, though in the middle seventies a number of new yields were introduced by the Thai government, among them brussels, flowers, strawberries, sprouts and other vegetables and fruits That was done mainly in order to replace the unlawful cultivation of poppies for opium production as well. Chiang Mai was a town full of beautiful traditional teakwood houses and surrounded by rice fields. The city has always been a favorite objective for tourists from other parts of the country, especially from Bangkok, who enjoy much cooler climate and the mountain scenery and in recent fifty years it is becoming more and more popular for tourists from around the world as well.