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BHUMIBOL DAM INVITATION INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKE CHAMPIONSHIP 2008
At Bhumibol Dam, Tak Province
23 - 24 AUGUST 2008

Bhumibol Dam in Tak province will be hosting the Bhumibol Dam Invitation International Mountain Bike Championships for the fourth consecutive year on August 23 – 24, 2008. Noted for its scenic landscape, Bhumibol Dam provides an ideal setting for the mountain bike races.

The event is being jointly organized by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) in cooperation with the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) and Bhumibol Dam to promote ecotourism in tandem with outdoor sports at both a national and international level.

ACTIVITIES :
1. Sweat Mountain Bike (60 km.) on 23 Aug.
start 08.00 hr. Tak Province - Bhumibol Dam
2. Family Bike (16 km.) on 23 Aug.
start 13.00 hr. Bhumibol Dam
3. Funny Bike (10 Km.) on 23 Aug.
start 14.00 hr. Bhumibol Dam
4. Conqueror Bike (5 km.) 0o 23 Aug.
5. International Mountain Bike (39 km.) on 24 Aug.
start 09.00 hr. Bhumibol Dam
6. Amateur Bike (24 km.) on 24 Aug.
start 09.30 hr Bhumibol Dam

Other activities :
- Funny bike (sightseeing around Bhumibol Dam)
- Bike equipment shops (special price)
- OTOP products of Tak Province
- Flok music by Bhumibol Dam youth club. (evening)
- Youth activities for environ mental prootection and global warming concerns.

Contact information :
- TAT Call Center: 1672
- Events Promotion Division, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)
Tel. 66-2250-5500 ext. 3495-8
- TAT Tak, Tel. 66-5551-4341-3 E-mail: tattak@tat.or.th
- Public Relations Department, The Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand
Tel. 66-2436-4822, 66-2436-7864
- Reservation Department, Bhimibol Dam
Tel. 66-5554-9509, 66-5559-9093-7 ext. 4001, 4002
- www.bhumiboldam.egat.com, www.tourismthailand.org

Festivals & Events

Loi Krathong Sai Thailand's lovely annual Festival of Lights on the full moon night in November, is celebrated in a unique manner in Tak. Local people thread together their krathongs which are launched simultaneously and appear as lighted necklaces on the Ping River. Taksin Maharachanusorn Fair Celebrated annually from December 28-January 3 at the Taksin Shrine and provincial sports field, the fair features religious ceremonial and processions, displays and nightly folk entertainment