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Bangkok plans to ban all street food by year's end
The Thai capital's world famous street food scene may soon be a thing of the past. Authorities say they want to impose order and cleanliness, but for many street food is a part of the culture. All street food stalls will be cleared from Bangkok's roads by the end of the year in a bid to bring order and hygiene to the Thai capital's streets, a city official said Tuesday.
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Never visited but when I hear stories of Bangkok they often include street food vendors. This seems like a very stupid idea if they enjoy tourism money.
It's literally what Bangkok is known for. How do you make such a stumble, corporate greed is my guess.
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Like the article points out: it's part of their culture... Many of the vendors survive because of street food selling. And how about tourists? A lot of them, when visiting Bangkok are enjoying street food.