I was there for a couple of weeks in late March - early April, 2009, on an escorted tour. No resort areas; we were in Bangkok, then visited the mountainous areas in the west where the Japanese infamously put POWs to work in WWII to build a railroad, then in the North Central area including Chiang Rai, Phrae, Chiang Mai. We went back to Bangkok to see more temples, and then home.