Ayutthaya to be nominated as World Expo site

Thailand will nominate the old capital of Ayutthaya as the site for World Expo 2020.

The cabinet yesterday approved Deputy Prime Minister Sanan Kachornprasart’s proposal to nominate the central province as the World Expo site, reasoning that the ancient city has the strongest potential among the candidate locations of Chonburi, Chanthaburi, Phetchaburi, Chiang Mai and Phuket.

Mr Sanan is chairman of the site selection committee.

Read more: Bangkok Post

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