Surin Province is best known for its Elephant Roundup which lasts for a weekend in the third week of November. The province elephants, which usually live in the fields, come together once a year to entertain crowds with races, soccer games, and colourful processions.

Other attractions of the province are its hand-woven cloth, woven basketry, and silver ornaments made in artisanal village near the town of Surin. Surin also has its share of Khmer ruins, including Prasat Phumipon which, dating from the 7th century, is one of the oldest surviving examples of Khmer architecture.