• Start year:
• Type: Regulation
• Status: In operation

Patong Town Municipality is about 50 kilometers distance from Phuket international airport, Phuket province. The city is the most popular tourist destinations of Phuket. The number of visitors traveling to Patong can be caculated at 56.55% of all tourists in Phuket, so there are a lot of nonregistered population in the city. Patong town has been improving its infrastructures and public unities that supported the expansion of tourism activities especially in street vendors who were seen as trespassing on public space and pavement. The municipality and responsible organizations received feedbacks from tourists who want to walk around the city streets to explore the culture and surroundings but the stalls block pedestrians from using the pavement. The passers-by and tourists had to increasingly use gasoline-powered vehicles to travel in town. This resulted in both the increasing number of gasoline consumption and the higher statistical rate of automobile accidents involving tourists in town. Patong town municipality has done GHG Inventory Management during the year 2015-2016, it was found that the main source of GHG emission came from gasoline consumption of transport in the city at 37%. Thus, the management of Patong town saw the importance of promoting “Walking” aimed at creating a positive image of Patong town as sustainable tourism city with zero accidents and enhancing better health for local people. Walking is simple, easy, and no-cost activity. In addition, in social level, walking can slow down the speed of travel, and distribute income to vendors in town. It can develop grassroots economy and promote more interaction and communication among people. Therefore, Patong town municipality has created “Patong town ... Tourism and Walking city” under the campaign “Walking with sightseeing and Walking in folllowing the footstep of the King” to motivate the tourists and local people in Patong town municipality to choose the walking to travel along the main street and in developed municipal park. There were 5 important activities as follows: 1. Clearing and Cleaning Pavement 2. Creating more green space in the parks and public areas. 3. Changing the old street lighting to LED street lighting to save energy and provide more safety to pedestrains. 4. Promoting walking in the city for local people and tourists and 5. Big Cleaning Week project. The outcomes of these activities included the clean and beautiful pavement, no steet stalls to block the walking ways, and the number of tourists who prefer walking around the town to using motorcylces or cars has been increased. The municipality planned to collect the date to measure GMG emission reduction rates resulted from this walking campaign.

• Start year:
• Type: Regulation
• Status: In operation

Patong Town Municipality is about 50 kilometers distance from Phuket international airport, Phuket province. The city is the most popular tourist destinations of Phuket. The number of visitors traveling to Patong can be caculated at 56.55% of all tourists in Phuket, so there are a lot of nonregistered population in the city. Patong town has been improving its infrastructures and public unities that supported the expansion of tourism activities especially in street vendors who were seen as trespassing on public space and pavement. The municipality and responsible organizations received feedbacks from tourists who want to walk around the city streets to explore the culture and surroundings but the stalls block pedestrians from using the pavement. The passers-by and tourists had to increasingly use gasoline-powered vehicles to travel in town. This resulted in both the increasing number of gasoline consumption and the higher statistical rate of automobile accidents involving tourists in town. Patong town municipality has done GHG Inventory Management during the year 2015-2016, it was found that the main source of GHG emission came from gasoline consumption of transport in the city at 37%. Thus, the management of Patong town saw the importance of promoting “Walking” aimed at creating a positive image of Patong town as sustainable tourism city with zero accidents and enhancing better health for local people. Walking is simple, easy, and no-cost activity. In addition, in social level, walking can slow down the speed of travel, and distribute income to vendors in town. It can develop grassroots economy and promote more interaction and communication among people. Therefore, Patong town municipality has created “Patong town ... Tourism and Walking city” under the campaign “Walking with sightseeing and Walking in folllowing the footstep of the King” to motivate the tourists and local people in Patong town municipality to choose the walking to travel along the main street and in developed municipal park. There were 5 important activities as follows: 1. Clearing and Cleaning Pavement 2. Creating more green space in the parks and public areas. 3. Changing the old street lighting to LED street lighting to save energy and provide more safety to pedestrains. 4. Promoting walking in the city for local people and tourists and 5. Big Cleaning Week project. The outcomes of these activities included the clean and beautiful pavement, no steet stalls to block the walking ways, and the number of tourists who prefer walking around the town to using motorcylces or cars has been increased. The municipality planned to collect the date to measure GMG emission reduction rates resulted from this walking campaign.