Paris (France) – November 13, 2019 (travelindex.com) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased that UNESCO has designated Bangkok and Sukhothai as 66 new “Creative Cities.” This brings the total number of UNESCO Creative Cities in Thailand to four.

UNESCO announced on October 30 that Bangkok had been designated a "Creative City of Design" and Sukhothai a "Creative City of Crafts and Folk Arts." The UNESCO Creative Cities Network now comprises 246 cities, including Phuket, which was named a "Creative City of Gastronomy" in 2015, and Chiang Mai, which was designated a "Creative City of Crafts and Folk Arts" in 2017.

TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn said: “We are delighted to receive our second UNESCO Creative City designation. Sukhothai and Bangkok now join Chiang Mai and Phuket. We hope this is just the beginning, as the TAT continues to promote emerging destinations across Thailand and expand its sustainable tourism development agenda to all regions of the Kingdom.”