Date : 26 - 28 March 2010
Venue : Along the Mekong river, Amphoe Mueang Nong Khai, Nong Khai
Sports enthusiasts travel to a Mekong river border town to compete
for glory and a handsome purse.

Triathlon enthusiasts are a healthy and resilient bunch. They travel
far and wide, against all odds, to participate in their favourite
three-discipline sport. That was very apparent when just days after
Bangkok’s airports reopened, following a week of down time, late last
year, the Phuket Triathlon hardly missed a beat in attendance.

Organisers reported less than 5% cancellations, a solid confirmation
that sports tourism in Thailand is on a roll.

So no surprises when a host of new triathlon events appear on Thailand’s
annual events calendar One of them is scheduled for Nong Khai, a town on
the banks of the Mekong River, facing neighbouring Laos.

This small northeast town picked up the baton to host an event endorsed
by the International Triathlon Union. It promises to put the upper Northeast
region on the tourism map.


source :: http://www.tourismthailand.org/festival-event/grand-content-6818.html. Thailand-sawasdee.blogspot.com