Footpaths on the famous tourist strip of Khao San Road will be revamped, with clear vendor zoning established to ensure orderliness and safety, according to City Hall.

The work is set to begin in October and finish in February next year at a cost of 48 million baht, said deputy Bangkok governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul.

He said the improvement is necessary as Khao San Road is one of the city's best-known tourist attractions. 

The work will involve repaving the footpaths and making them level all the way along the road. The surface will also be re-done using tiles.

The street vendors will be assigned fixed trading spaces on the footpaths with railings to clearly divide the footpath and the road for safety reasons.

Altogether, there will be 240 vendors trading from 9am to 9pm, according to the deputy governor.

Mr Sakoltee added the Khao San area will be off-limits to vendors with pushcarts and no vending stalls will be allowed to encroach on the road or trade outside the zones.