Bangkok, Thailand, March 17, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to announce that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has won a UN-Habitat Award for its Klong Ong Ang renovation project, the Thai capital's newest pedestrian zone, which opened in November 2020.

The Governor of Bangkok, Police General Aswin Kwanmuang, announced on his personal Facebook page (@aswinkwanmuang) that the Klong Ong Ang renovation project has been awarded the UN-Habitat Fukuoka Asian Townscape Award 2020, making Thailand one of six countries selected for the landscape improvement project.

Governor Aswin also invited everyone to visit the Klong Ong Ang pedestrian zone, which is open every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM. In addition to a diverse range of food and goods, the pedestrian zone offers charming street art along both sides of the canal, from the Damrong Sathit Bridge to the Saphan Han Bridge, as well as live music, other performances, and kayaking activities.

The Asian Townscape Awards 2020, organized by the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in collaboration with the Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Centre, the Asian Habitat Society and the Asia Townscape Design Society, honor cities, regions, projects, etc. that have played a significant role as role models in landscape design to create a living environment that is happy and fulfilling for the people of Asia.

“Landscape is a visible form of the environment around which people’s daily lives revolve and which consists of various natural, visible and conceptual elements; such as mountains, rivers, green spaces, urban space, buildings, local culture and the activities of the people who live in and around it,” states the document “2020 Asian Townscape Awards: Call for Applications”.

Five other countries that also received the Asian Townscape Award 2020 were Japan, South Korea, China, Nepal and Malaysia.