Street art in Phitsanulok’s Wang Thong welcomes high-season tourists
With the Covid-19 situation easing and the high season for tourism dawning, several provinces are displaying their selling points to attract tourists and stimulate local economies.
Phitsanulok's Wang Thong Subdistrict Municipality is one.
It has roped in popular local artist Witaya Radkum, who depicts the local way of life through his attractive paintings at Wang Thong Municipal Market.
Witaya uses acrylic and oil colours for his paintings on antique wooden house walls, concrete walls and zinc sheets to make a landmark which he hopes will attract tourists for photo shoots and to stimulate the economy post-Covid.
The artist said he was contacted by the Municipality Office to carry out the task.
He has painted a journey of events experienced by Wang Thong communities in the past 100 years so they can be shared and won’t “disappear”.
Witaya said the artwork is similar to his paintings on the walls of Wat Wang Thong Wanaram during a visit by then King Bhumibol the Great.
