This has to be seen to be believed: Wish you were here - you could help us pick up the trash on the beach....

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Wish you were here - you could help us pick up the trash on the beach....

 

Image: Sophon Cable

 

Every picture tells a story. This one comes from Jomtien beach in Pattaya where two foreign men are doing a spot of sunbathing.

 

They have found a spot on the beach to get some rays but are surrounded by great piles of trash.

 

Sophon Cable TV reported Monday that the recent heavy rains had made the trash on the beach situation in Pattaya much worse.

 

Operators confirmed the image saying it was the worst they had ever seen it.

 

Trash from the city after heavy rains had poured into the sea and then been blown back to shore competing with the tourists for space on the beach.

 

Sophon said there were heaps of plastic bottles, plastic bags, driftwood and filthy trash over several hundred meters of beach.

 

The situation from North to South Pattaya was not much better prompting the mayor of the resort Anan Jaroenchasri to order his men to clean up the unsightly mess - again....

 

Source: https://www.facebook.com/STVPattaya/posts/1681916321829295

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-10-16

 

 

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Garbage-strewn scene at Jomtien Beach after floodwater drains out to sea

 

 

Several foreigners still sunbathed on Jomtien Beach in Chon Buri province on Monday despite the garbage strewn across many parts of the beach following downpour-induced floods.

 

“When the floodwater drained out to sea, it brought along garbage. Waves then brought the garbage ashore,” said Santi Thianthong, operator of a beach-bed rental business. Another operator,

 

Chatwarin Wongthong, said the authorities should help clean up the beach, or else Jomtien’s image would be negatively affected.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30329426

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-16

 

 

[imaderbyfan]

wowwwww.

Wish I was there.

No 1 tourist destination in the world.....

Welcome to Pattaya Quality tourists........

[BEVUP]

& surely it's not that difficult to buy a couple of sand sifting machine (like they have in other countries ) that can be trucked around to different beaches

[Peterw42]

30 minutes ago, BEVUP said:

& surely it's not that difficult to buy a couple of sand sifting machine (like they have in other countries ) that can be trucked around to different beaches

The local ampher has people that clean the beach with equipment etc, You see them at the beach sometimes. The photo is probably taken early morning before they have got to that section of beach. I think they need to do it more often and employ more people. Also, they tend to clean at low tide.

Edited October 16, 2017 by Peterw42

[mok199]

I speak for myself..i am tired of cleaning up after thais and Chinese..its hard,but..I now walk over and around the garbage and try not to let it upset me...BUT IT DOES IT PISSES ME OFF..the laziness and disprespect in asia is unbelievable..WHEN WILL THESE PEOPLE GROW UP....

[The manic]

Jomtien beach is in Jomtien. However, what this story really illustrates is the need for some small groups of self employed entrepreneurs to hire out deck chairs and sun lounger to beach users.  Perhaps the authorities might arrange it. 

[KittenKong]

1 hour ago, Peterw42 said:

The photo is probably taken early morning before they have got to that section of beach.

 

The length of the shadows would appear to suggest otherwise.

 

I was recently on a wide (several times wider than here) 2km-long beach in a fairly small European town. It was out of season with few tourist around but every morning they had a machine out at dawn cleaning the whole beach which was 100% spotless.

[Chrisdoc]

The local ampher has people that clean the beach with equipment etc, You see them at the beach sometimes. The photo is probably taken early morning before they have got to that section of beach. I think they need to do it more often and employ more people. Also, they tend to clean at low tide.

I was at Pattaya beach around 2 pm Sunday. Tide coming in. Piles of rubbish. Never seen it so bad. Definitely hadn't been cleaned yet. I usually sympathise with the deck chairs guys but I can't understand why they don't clean up in front of their sites at least. It's not like they are really busy. I wouldn't sit in that but plenty sunbathing in the filth.

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[ukrules]

Don't worry, all of this will be back in pristine condition once the smoking ban begins

[Thechook]

Just your average thai beach in what they call a world class resort.  They had it all but destroyed their golden goose through greed.

[colinneil]

The  litter problem is not only on the beaches, but everywhere.

People here do not care, never clear up just throw things on the ground, not enough litter bins is also a problem, but then people will not throw litter in them, but just dump it on the ground.

 

A few days ago i went to big C, past a small lake just outside our village.

There was a group of people sat at the side of the lake eating/drinking.

On my way home, they were gone, the mess they left behind was disgusting.

Edited October 17, 2017 by colinneil

[lapd]

I have a very simple solution to this.  Give people maybe 5 or 10 baht per kg of plastic beach trash. The place would be spotless in a week.

Edited October 17, 2017 by lapd

[ksamuiguy]

can not, no work permit.

[klauskunkel]

11 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

“When the floodwater drained out to sea, it brought along garbage. Waves then brought the garbage ashore,” said Santi Thianthong

A good example of causality, well done. Now, just take it that little bit further and enlighten yourself on why there is that much garbage in the first place...

[rodney earl]

I swam there ONCE. I ended up with lice all over me. NEVER AGAIN.!!!

[Get Real]

Looks like everything in Pattaya starts to be equal. It´s comforting to see that the shit is spreading everywhere.
There´s no more hiding. The shit sees everything, and the tourist sees the shit. Time to clean up from the beach to the bone, heart and soul.

[Formaleins]

11 hours ago, BEVUP said:

& surely it's not that difficult to buy a couple of sand sifting machine (like they have in other countries ) that can be trucked around to different beaches

Don't worry, they will buy one once they have fleeced enough tourists for dropping cigarette ends - after of course making sure their pockets are well filled first.

[timber]

Beach needs to be cleaned first thing in the morning and at low tide. Failure to due results in word of mouth spread at home which results in people not coming to this area for their vacation. 50 people per day in no shows when beach is like this?

[thailand49]

As they continue to build roads and cater to the Chinese, everything else is left unattended especially the necessary facilities like sanitation treatment plants so it doesn't drain into the sea, more garbage cans throughout Pattaya not only in the tourist area, a way to capture rain water runoff instead of dumping it into someone empty land. 

[peperobi]

On the way to becoming 1st class destination!

[nontabury]

9 hours ago, KittenKong said:

 

The length of the shadows would appear to suggest otherwise.

 

I was recently on a wide (several times wider than here) 2km-long beach in a fairly small European town. It was out of season with few tourist around but every morning they had a machine out at dawn cleaning the whole beach which was 100% spotless.

Last month I was also on a beach in the east of England. They  had a machine cleaning the whole beach, the driver told me they do it for 5hrs each day, staring at 3am. This is from March to November. Not one pierce of rubbish to be seen.

[hobz]

No worries, who goes to the beach for anything but a nice selfie anyway? Just hold the camera in an angle that does not see the trash and/or edit out the trash before posting on social media. Sunbathing? Swimming? What types of savages are you?

Edited October 17, 2017 by hobz

[Pattaya28]

...... and cigarettes butts are "priority" number 1.

[Curmudgeon1]

11 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

The local ampher has people that clean the beach with equipment etc, You see them at the beach sometimes. The photo is probably taken early morning before they have got to that section of beach. I think they need to do it more often and employ more people. Also, they tend to clean at low tide.

Not so. I hiked jomtein yesterday from 2-5 .... it was no better and even worse in many places.... particularly around the the boat ramps.

Edited October 17, 2017 by Curmudgeon1
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[baansgr]

The weekend was jam packed with THAI families on the beach with their food, the mess that was left behind was discusting, no fine yet 100,000 for a Foreigner dropping a cigarette butt. Seems priorities are wrong somewhere.

[marquis22]

12 hours ago, imaderbyfan said:

wowwwww.

Wish I was there.

No 1 tourist destination in the world.....

Welcome to Pattaya Quality tourists........

That chair looks a bit sus to be squatting on ???

[Somtamnication]

For a moment there, I thought that was Phuket! 

[Emster23]

I've lived in Jomtien for around13 years now, never seen it so bad. They do have cleaners, but they don't come every day, but action is like putting a band aid on a cancer: fix it at the source. Oh, they might want to try to give clean up duties to the 4 "life guards" so they could do something useful besides clotting together in the shade starting at their smartphones.

[Curmudgeon1]

1 hour ago, lapd said:

I have a very simple solution to this.  Give people maybe 5 or 10 baht per kg of plastic beach trash. The place would be spotless in a week.

And refundable bottles... for sure more garbage bins along the beaches