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Bangkok Post
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HISTORICAL FACTS: Bma mulls longer hours for visitors - The Untold Story

Khao San Road teems with vendors and visitors as City Hall works on a plan to help nightspots pull in more tourists. The tourism sector was one of the hardest-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, but the business is picking up after public health and travel restrictions have been eased, and borders fully reopened. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt hopes to stimulate the local economy by encouraging some tourist attractions, especially those along the Chao Phraya River, to stay open until midnight.

Mr Chadchart on Sunday said the extended opening hours of the city's tourist attractions, such as museums and temples, would not attract only foreign visitors, but also domestic tourists, to stay longer in the capital.

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