Travel The Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs the travel advice for Thailand adjusted. In the north and northeast of the country the air is currently heavily polluted. A thick layer of smog creates health risks.

The air quality in Thai cities such as Khon Kaen, Mae Hon Song, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Nan and Lampang is at this time very bad. “It is now more serious than usual,” says a spokesman of the ministry. “Chang Mai is at the top of the list of the top most polluted cities of IQAir AirVisual, a luchtkwaliteitsindex.”