A border crossing Thawon is the bridge late in the first and second of the Mae Sai District of Chiang Rai. Responsibility by barrier Mae Sai. Chiang Rai Province Shares a border with Myanmar Tachiliek border crossing is open every day except holidays from 06.30 - 18.00. The bridge over the river located approximately 2.5 kilometers to the east is also the border crossing points
Mae Sai border trade is retail market especially consumer goods and see the negotiation of the Mae Sot border market for less than the wholesale customers is regular customers. The original group of merchants for retail can be seen along the border, only to sell foreign tourists. This trade is the exchange of goods between the people who live along the border. The small traders will sell goods from Myanmar to Thailand. Products sold back to Burma and Thailand.
Mae Sai border trade is happen for promote sales in local, to enlarge the market in Chiang Rai, and to spread an earnings for local people. Mae Sai border trade is important border trade in Chiang Rai. Local venders can sales product in Mae Sai border trade because in the past local merchants have product but there are don’t have place to sale so the happening of Mae Sai border trade is good for local merchants because it is the place to sale their product. Not only Thai merchants but the merchants in Myanmar can cross to sale their product in Mae Sai that make Mae Sai border trade have various products and but the people in Myanmar can come to buy product that make to enlarge market to promote economic in Chiang Rai. Mae Sai border make to more spread earnings for the local people.
The good effects of Mae Sai border trade are cheap goods and promote local economic in Chiang Rai. In addition the foreign tourist always come Mae Sai for travel and Shopping that make the economic in Mae sai are developed very fast.
However, it have some bad effect is the commerce competition such as, make price cutting and quality of goods is lower.