BANGKOK, Aug 16 (TNA) — The Public Health Ministry is encouraging partners to improve the quality of street food to boost tourism and the economy.
Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha discussed the issue with about 130 people in a meeting in Pathum Thani province. They included representatives from the Department of Health, provincial health offices, local administrative organizations and the organizations of street food vendors.
Mr Sathit said that more people were depending on street food and statistics showed that last year there were 93,261 street food stalls and 84.72%, or 79,012 stalls, met standards for tastes and hygiene.
The government wanted to further improve their quality so that street food would show off local characteristics, boost the tidiness of public places and promote local tourism and economy, the deputy public health minister said.
Local administrative organizations would play leading roles in improving the quality of local street food and they could copy pilot projects concerning the promotion of street food in their areas, he said. (TNA)
