Yappofloyd
06-10-06, 06:41 PM
This has been mooted for some time but I really don't understand how it it being sold as "eco-tourism"!?! Is BMA calling it eco-tourism just because they are not demolishing heritage areas and building shopping centres?
ECO-TOURISM Rattanakosin development gets go-ahead
SUPOJ WANCHAROEN Bkk Post 06/10/06
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has given the green light to push ahead with an 80-million-baht redevelopment plan for the eco-tourism attractions on Rattanakosin Island, including Ban Bu community-Wat Suwannaram. Deputy Bangkok Governor Buddhipongse Punnakanta said Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin agreed to the plan after the committee overseeing the project submitted its study last week.
Mr Buddhipongse said the renovation, expected to be completed within two years, is divided into two phases. The first phase involves improving the piers at Wat Thong market and Wat Suwannaram (Wat Thong) and laying tiles on the footpath along Khlong Bangkok Noi from Ban Bu community to Wat Suwannaram. There will also be improvements to the sewage system and lighting facilities, with some re-landscaping work to be done.
The deputy Bangkok governor said the second phase calls for the redevelopment of Ban Bu community, home to bronze bowl handicrafts, Wat Thong Market, and a cluster of Thai traditional houses in the neighbourhood.
Chanin Rungsaeng, project coordinator, said the various sectors would be invited to help run the project in the future. Mr Chanin revealed that the second-phase improvement ran into problems after tenants who rented space in the Wat Thong market refused to give up their rights to occupancy in order to facilitate its redevelopment. He said many hung on to their tenancy rights after learning the area will be upgraded to a tourist attraction.
ECO-TOURISM Rattanakosin development gets go-ahead
SUPOJ WANCHAROEN Bkk Post 06/10/06
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has given the green light to push ahead with an 80-million-baht redevelopment plan for the eco-tourism attractions on Rattanakosin Island, including Ban Bu community-Wat Suwannaram. Deputy Bangkok Governor Buddhipongse Punnakanta said Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin agreed to the plan after the committee overseeing the project submitted its study last week.
Mr Buddhipongse said the renovation, expected to be completed within two years, is divided into two phases. The first phase involves improving the piers at Wat Thong market and Wat Suwannaram (Wat Thong) and laying tiles on the footpath along Khlong Bangkok Noi from Ban Bu community to Wat Suwannaram. There will also be improvements to the sewage system and lighting facilities, with some re-landscaping work to be done.
The deputy Bangkok governor said the second phase calls for the redevelopment of Ban Bu community, home to bronze bowl handicrafts, Wat Thong Market, and a cluster of Thai traditional houses in the neighbourhood.
Chanin Rungsaeng, project coordinator, said the various sectors would be invited to help run the project in the future. Mr Chanin revealed that the second-phase improvement ran into problems after tenants who rented space in the Wat Thong market refused to give up their rights to occupancy in order to facilitate its redevelopment. He said many hung on to their tenancy rights after learning the area will be upgraded to a tourist attraction.