People in Phu Kradueng district in favour of cable car project : district chief

The district chief officer of Phu Kradueng district, in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Loei, has claimed that almost all the people there are in favour of the proposed cable car, to promote tourism in the province with an expectation that the project will generate up to 70 billion baht in annual revenue.

Phurivat Chotenopparat said that 99% of the people in Phu Kradueng district, from shop owners and hotel owners to porters, agree with the project, to which they have been looking forward for a long time.

He said that fewer people are visiting the elevated national park each year because many elderly people are unable to walk uphill to the peak of the mountain, which is the highlight for visitors. They have to use porters to carry them up, adding that there is also a shortage of porters, as many have retired.

He also said that, in case the visitors are in need of immediate…