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KARNJANA KARNJANATAWE
Four Regions Floating Market in Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri is the latest attraction for tourists visiting Pattaya.
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| This is the latest addition to tourist attractions in Pattaya. |
Sitting by Sukhumvit Road that connects Bangkok and Sattahip, it is spread over 67 rai and built at a cost of 350 million baht. It had a soft launch last month and will formally open to tourists shortly.
Owned by local tycoon Warida Sae-eung, 34, it claims to be the biggest floating market in the eastern region featuring 111 shops selling food and specialties from all parts of the country.
Some 80 boats will be on standby to ferry tourists around the compound linked by a network of canals. The compound also features model farms, sunflower fields and a museum, due to open later, where on show will be rare pieces of crafted wooden products, and after dark there will be troupes performing dances native to the four regions of the country.
There is no entrance fee and the market opens daily from 10am to 11pm.
For direction and more information, visit http://www.pattayafloatingmarket.com or call 038-706-340.
Phayao plans aquarium
The provincial administration of Phayao plans a public park complete with the largest aquarium for freshwater fish in northern Thailand, a research centre and a giant bird cage 12.5 metres tall.
Located next to Phayao Lake in Muang district of the province, Suan Chalerm Phrakiat - as the park will be called - will formally open to the public in 2012 as part of celebrations to commemorate His Majesty the King's 85th birthday that year.
Construction starts next month and it is expected to cost 450 million baht.
Siam City chain hailed
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| The bay at Ao Hat Kha, Moo Ko Angthong marine park. |
Siam City Hotels & Resorts, a hotel chain with properties in Bangkok and Pattaya, is the proud recipient of the Total Energy Management (TEM) Award, accorded to hotels with exemplary record in energy consumption and concern for environment.
The recipients were Siam City Hotel (Bangkok), Siam Bayshore Resort & Spa (Pattaya) and Siam Bayview Hotel (Pattaya). All the hotels replaced traditional chiller systems with new-generation air-conditioning systems and switched from bunker oil to biodiesel for boiling water. Hotels within the chain also applied energy control measures to efficiently manage consumption.
The award is sponsored by the Energy Ministry, the Energy Research Institute of Chulalongkorn University and the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
Marine park cited
Moo Ko Angthong Marine National Park received the "2008 Clean Beach Award" from the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), part of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that sponsored the award.
It is presented in collaboration with 10 government agencies in Asia, among them from China, Indonesia, Korea and Thailand. The award aims to promote cooperation between local governments and coastal communities in managing their beaches to ensure clean, beautiful and safe environment for beach-goers as well as coastal ecosystems.
There was a winner in every country: in Thailand it was Ao Hat Kha on Ko Wua Ta Lab, Moo Ko Angthong Marine National Park.
Museum relocated
The Rare Stone Museum on Charoen Krung Road in Bangrak district of Bangkok relocated to Pathum Thani at the end of November.
Its new home is on Rangsit-Pathum Thani Road complete with a car park. For more information, contact the museum at 02-581-0803.
If you have any comments or news to share, mail them to karnjanak@bangkokpost.co.th.
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