No smoking? Now Hua Hin police get tough with beach booze ban

[TSF]

Getting beyond absurd now.

[jenny2017]

1 minute ago, TSF said:

Getting beyond absurd now.

 

 Yep, and we all don't say a tone when all prices for beer and cigarettes go up. I beg your pardon, but isn't that a bit too much now?

 

  When does the beach ozon tax start? 

[yosib157]

The irony is that the police officers arresting any offenders would have already had a liquid lunch or two themselves. But of course, they didn't drink it on the beach but in some little seedy karaoke place .......

[SpicyMeatball]

No peeing in the ocean either!

[alven]

Serious. This has to be the local police, trying to be the best in class. 

[Johnboxer]

5 hours ago, wirat69 said:

What do you drink on the beach if it isn’t Chang or Leo... some unhealthy sugary drinks?? Get real... remember that fish sh*t in the water!!

Coconut water

[sambum]

7 hours ago, Gunnar Horpestad said:

Hurrayyyyyyyy for stupidity
What in the hell are they thinking?
They must be totally brain dead.
On the beach:
No eating
No drinking
No smoking
What is next???
No swimming????

Or sunbathing in bikinis could be on the list!

[sambum]

2 hours ago, thhMan said:

Less skin infections from the dog pooh on the sand and human pooh in the water cant be a bad thing.

Maybe all the laws are to prevent people from all the nasties on the beach/sewer?

Maybe to prevent the beach from people the way they are going!

[nickmondo]

its getting even more ridiculous here now.

Im off!

bye

[dennnis]

7 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

same as USA. Everything on the beach in California is banned.

parking in some areas is 600 baht.

you can eat and drink non alcoholic beverages.

beaches closed after dark.

no swimming without lifeguard.

in Southern California beaches are patrolled after dark by police with FLIR night vision mounted on top of their vehicles to locate and arrest anyone on the beach.

 

same in many other states. exceptions are a few camp sites on beaches.

 

consuming alcohol anywhere in a public place in illegal.

Europeans are not used to such totalitarian regimes.

[Top man]

2 hours ago, petedk said:

I know this isn't every beach yet but that is what I predicted when they banned the sale of alcohol. The next stage would be a complete ban of alcohol. I am sure other beaches will soon follow.

 

I can't see this being enforced though. I go to a small beach south of Pattaya (Baan Ampur) and in the evenings there are hundreds of Thais sitting on the beach eating, drinking whiskey and smoking.

 

It isn't only tourists that will be hit but also locals enjoy a drink and a smoke on the beach.

You are right, but think of this, who will get get their fines from, thais or tourists, this country is becoming more and more against tourists than ever before. Good luck. 

[hobobo]

8 hours ago, Gunnar Horpestad said:

Hurrayyyyyyyy for stupidity
What in the hell are they thinking?
They must be totally brain dead.
On the beach:
No eating
No drinking
No smoking
What is next???
No swimming????

No lying down?

[hobobo]

Just now, hobobo said:

No lying down?

No standing still? No walking? No beach! Farang go home!

[JAG]

4 minutes ago, Top man said:

You are right, but think of this, who will get get their fines from, thais or tourists, this country is becoming more and more against tourists than ever before. Good luck. 

No, no, no - the people who put up that sign are very keen on tourists. They stand to make lots of money from tourists, at least until word gets out and they stop coming...

[SunsetT]

3 hours ago, khunano said:

Returning to my home country after many years in Thailand I will become a potential tourist. Though I'm not quite sure whether I will want to spend my vacation time in a country where I'm not even allowed to choose what kind of drink I can enjoy on my beach chair. Cheers!

Did u forget? The beach chairs were the first to be banned..........................

[Bangkok Barry]

If there is no LAW against it then they can't enforce a ban as you are not breaking the law. Same as all the other nonsense proclamations they come up and then promptly ignore and forget.

[farcanell]

3 hours ago, Thechook said:

Please stay off the sand

Yer... but that’s a public health warning

[terryofcrete]

8 hours ago, White Christmas13 said:

Yeah swimming should be banned

Based on what is being demanded re water samples it does not seem safe to swim at Hua Hin. 

[mark01]

Everything is now against the law BUT nothing is enforced!

Booze is openly sold on Pattaya beach, people smoke, illegal hawkers sell, etc, etc, etc....

 

Essentially EVERYTHING will eventually be against the law in Thailand but laws will be selectively used

Money, money, money......

[Just Weird]

2 hours ago, jenny2017 said:

Good looking girls in bikinis are allowed, prostitution isn't.

Why are you telling me that?

 

Ahh, you're suggesting that good-looking girls on Hua Hin beach are prostitutes, yes?

[ujayujay]

6 hours ago, wirat69 said:

What do you drink on the beach if it isn’t Chang or Leo... some unhealthy sugary drinks?? Get real... remember that fish sh*t in the water!!

Maybeeeeee.....let me think...........Water?

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, sambum said:

Or sunbathing in bikinis could be on the list!

Only allowed if you're ugly.

[chickenslegs]

May I suggest some alternative signs ...

 

 

 

 

 

[Just Weird]

6 hours ago, wirat69 said:

What do you drink on the beach if it isn’t Chang or Leo... some unhealthy sugary drinks?? Get real... remember that fish sh*t in the water!!

Get real?  Hmmm.

 

You think that the only thing that people drink on a beach is beer and that the only beers drunk on the beach are Chang or Leo?  Good heavens, you have my sympathy.

 

You also seem to be suggesting that Chang and Leo are healthy drinks compared to whatever sugary things you have in mind!  Have you ever heard of drinking water, tea, coffee, fresh fruit juices (Thailand grows a lot of fruit), I've heard that some people drink those.

 

But next time I'm thinking about drinking sea water I'll bear your sensible reminder in mind, thanks for that.

[gamini]

9 hours ago, Gunnar Horpestad said:

Hurrayyyyyyyy for stupidity
What in the hell are they thinking?
They must be totally brain dead.
On the beach:
No eating
No drinking
No smoking
What is next???
No swimming????

so Australians and new Zealanders are stupid too! Booze  on the beach is banned there!

[gamini]

I guess the negative remarks from farangs are from those who have never been outside Thailand. No booze on the beach in Australia or New Zealand

[balo]

This is just one sign at a local beach , it's not written in the law unlike the ban on smoking.  Local Thais will still enjoy their drinks on the beach.

[dennnis]

39 minutes ago, gamini said:

I guess the negative remarks from farangs are from those who have never been outside Thailand. No booze on the beach in Australia or New Zealand

I guess you have never been in Europe.

[Si Thea01]

13 hours ago, Gunnar Horpestad said:

Hurrayyyyyyyy for stupidity
What in the hell are they thinking?
They must be totally brain dead.
On the beach:
No eating
No drinking
No smoking
What is next???
No swimming????

You're probably right given what is seem floating in the water. 

[bangkok8]

4 hours ago, dennnis said:

I guess you have never been in Europe.

This is why we are went to Thailand for the freedom from oppression.  I spend 10 years there but not any more.  I am finished with the nonsense.