BANGKOK, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Phuket island in southern Thailand has launched a Green Season campaign to attract tourists with a street food festival on the upcoming weekend.
Phuket provincial governor Norapat Plodthong said on Monday Phuket Street Food Festival 2017 will be held on Saturday and Sunday in Phuket City to promote the island resort as one of the world's 18 leading gastronomic cities.
Phuket Street Food Festival 2017 will feature the island's gastronomic characteristics as earlier endorsed by UNESCO so that it has more to offer its visitors other than tropical beaches and shores of the Andaman Sea, according to the provincial governor.
In Phuket, September is the time of a year for food festivals, featuring health food, seafood and rare delicacies of Thai, Chinese and Malaysian cuisines contributed by hotels, restaurants and sidewalk food stalls throughout the island.
