BANGKOK, 17 March 2021: The Tourism Authority of Thailand
and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) share the honour of winning the
UN-Habitat award for the Thai capital’s Klong Ong Ang renovation project, a
walking street launched in November 2020.
Klong Ong Ang’s renovation project was named one of six 2020
Asian Townscape Awards from UN-Habitat Fukuoka, chosen for their landscape
improvement projects.
Klong Ong Ang Walking Street opens at the weekend; Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday from 1600 to 2200. Visitors browse the stalls crammed with
food and shopping stalls set out on the walking street that occupies both sides
of a city canal between the Damrong Sathit and Saphan Han bridges. The venue is