Beach chair vendors put on notice

[reader]

From Pattaya Mail

 

 

Pattaya has confirmed new rules for beach chair vendors that will see them kicked off the sand two days a week and confined to smaller spaces the rest of the time.

 

Pattaya City Council Chairman Anan Ankanawisan and other board members informed the unhappy umbrella dealers of the final rules promulgated on military orders June 1.

 

Vendors now will be limited one 63-sq.-meter block of sand – instead of renting multiple 49-sq.-meter parcels – on both Pattaya and Jomtien beaches. Whether those vendors will be subject to annual lottery draws to keep their spaces – as proposed earlier – was not announced.

 

To keep the beach tidy, vendors will be barred from putting out chairs until requested by a customer. They also will have to remove all their chairs, umbrellas and other property from the beach Tuesday night and bring it back Friday morning.

 

http://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-confirms-big-changes-beach-chair-vendors-177207

[Guest]

Idiotic, totally idiotic.

 

1  Under current rules, the parts of the beach with no chairs have a much lower density of customers, with large spacing between them.

2  Hardly anyone at all goes to the beach on the 1 closure day.

3  Jomtien beach goes a long way down the coast.   Anyone wanting space can keep going south until they find it.

4  Putting chairs out when customers arrive is just going to mean slow service.

5  Customers can go to other countries where there ARE no silly rules.   Of course, those who patronize the gogo bars will continue to visit Pattaya.   I'm sure we are the type of tourist they want to encourage.

6  Anyone wanting an unspoilt beach resort is not going to go to Pattaya anyway.

 

I'm not sure what the military gain from this ?   Admittedly a few of us did venture off to a water park on a beach closure day last year, so if they are shareholders there, maybe they gain from the increased turnover.  

 

Does the tourism authority seek any feedback from customers ?