2 hours ago, johng said:

No Blaring !!!

Do you think they would mind if I borrowed the sign and put it up facing my neighbor.

Do you think they would mind if I borrowed the sign and put it up facing my neighbor.

I think they have all been "borrowed" already.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

But a deckchair vendor said it was all untrue. Wallop Ekwong, 44, said there were eight tourists - four children and four adults. 

Hold it crash bang wallop, what a stitch up! 

It blows may mind that any tourist would spend their hard earned money with a beach vendor in Pattaya.

5 hours ago, ExpatPH said:

 

Employee of TOT?

Native tourists you mean?

Photos please.

 

Then new photos after 21 April.

Yes native tourists. Much easier on the eye than the large bodied foreigners in g strings that are usually there.

 

Tourists are tourists. The vendors are flat out. 

 

Very nice fun vibe down there, just hard to get a park.

Have you noticed lately that foreign complaints have suddenly changed to Thai complaints... 

Foreigners have had enough of Thailand and have found other locations more foreigner friendly with better pricing.

Thais are now fleecing Thais to make ends meet

Som Nom Na !!

A bit surprised the banana boat vendor didn't come back to shore demanding 50,000 baht for damages to the boat caused by the children being passengers in the ride he was towing. 

Simple, they should set up a triangular course that the banana tow boats go around. The course should take 10 minutes at towing speed. 

1 hour ago, RobMuir said:

Yes native tourists. Much easier on the eye than the large bodied foreigners in g strings that are usually there.

 

Tourists are tourists. The vendors are flat out. 

 

Very nice fun vibe down there, just hard to get a park.

So where were the pics ??

 

6 hours ago, johng said:

No Blaring !!!

I totally agree.

Wouldn't  wish Blairing on anyone.

how awful that would be.  

 

Edited April 15, 20197 yr by stanleycoin

Definately !!....continue scamming foreigners, continue with the taxi and tuk tuk cheats, continue with all the hassles of the 90-day reporting or re-entry permit requirements,  continue Dual Pricing, continue to think all foreigners are stupid and only worth to keep for their money and one bright morning there will just be nobody left and the immigration counters at Swampy will plainly be empty.

 

Up to you....

Edited April 15, 20197 yr by observer90210

5 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

Definately !!....continue scamming foreigners, continue with the taxi and tuk tuk cheats, continue with all the hassles of the 90-day reporting or re-entry permit requirements,  continue Dual Pricing, continue to think all foreigners are stupid and only worth to keep for their money and one bright morning there will just be nobody left and the immigration counters at Swampy will plainly be empty.

 

Up to you....

 5555  It doesn't seem to matter what goes on in Thailand or what the Immigration police do or what the vendors do or what the policy-makers do or what Mother Nature does or what......you get the idea, people seem to keep coming, and they will continue to come until Thailand has VERY clearly gotten too xenophobic and expensive for its own good. It's heading that way, but it will still take a long time before the tourism well dries up. In the meantime, they don't see any need to change a thing. 

deck chair person not lie ,they have a large stop watch hanging from their awning, yeah right, me not lie either, (long nose coming on)

What is annoying at Jomtien &Pattaya beaches is as soon as a farang  sits on a rented chair or beach mat, the vendors come to you as persistent as flies being attracted to a fallen mango. The steady stream of vendors doesn’ end and the relaxation on the beach becomes an irritation. True, everyone needs to make a living but there should be a limited number of the walking “shopping mall” with legs on the beach. 

They let their kids get pulled by a speedboat in a third world country-were they trying to get rid of them?

4 hours ago, toenail said:

What is annoying at Jomtien &Pattaya beaches is as soon as a farang  sits on a rented chair or beach mat, the vendors come to you as persistent as flies being attracted to a fallen mango. The steady stream of vendors doesn’ end and the relaxation on the beach becomes an irritation. True, everyone needs to make a living but there should be a limited number of the walking “shopping mall” with legs on the beach. 

It's even worse on Bali where they  wake you up if you sleep on the beach....(or pretend to sleep).

 

 

I might be more put off by a ruddy great tractor riding around while I lay on my towel trying to nap in the sun. 

18 hours ago, RobMuir said:

It is packed down here today on Jomtien Beach. Everyone is double parked. Car parks full. The beach is full.

 

Tourism appears to have recovered.

it is holiday time ......thats why everywhere is full....DID YOU NOT KNOW?????

11 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Definately !!....continue scamming foreigners, continue with the taxi and tuk tuk cheats, continue with all the hassles of the 90-day reporting or re-entry permit requirements,  continue Dual Pricing, continue to think all foreigners are stupid and only worth to keep for their money and one bright morning there will just be nobody left and the immigration counters at Swampy will plainly be empty.

 

Up to you....

Nah, the scams have been going on for decades. And tourism has been on the rise for decades to one of the most profitable in the world. So your theory doesn’t stack up to the reality.

 

taxis are very cheap in Thailand compared to where most of the tourists come from, 90 day reporting is a very simple form and takes about 10 minutes, dual pricing happens in all countries.

 

Your wishful thinking won’t happen. 99% of tourists seem to be coping quite well. Only mugs get scammed.

19 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

There is no tourists on jomtien beach

Sounds perfect to me.

This "ban" with the noise is cute.

Everyone knows nobody cares. Why do they spend money for "ban posters", I do not know.

Me and the wife were at Jomtien beach a few years back. I had a foot massage and the wife had her nails painted. The gal asked for 1500 baht. We called the police over and she lost her lisence on the spot. Never been back.

3 minutes ago, pieeyed said:

Me and the wife were at Jomtien beach a few years back. I had a foot massage and the wife had her nails painted. The gal asked for 1500 baht. We called the police over and she lost her lisence on the spot. Never been back.

You broke the golden rule. ALWAYS ask how much first before and not after as its to late then and the police may not always be around to help you

 

You never went back because of some old issarn massage lady upset you? 

2 minutes ago, madmen said:

You broke the golden rule. ALWAYS ask how much first before and not after as its to late then and the police may not always be around to help you

 

You never went back because of some old issarn massage lady upset you? 

I would agree.  Perhaps this was the lady trying to make a rent payment etc.  There is no way she would try this on a consistent basis and it is unfair she loses her license when so many operate by overcharging.  Wrong thing to do.  The right thing to do is to ask first and not overreact after.  Only common sense.

Thais need always to blame somebody for their failure!

The best to find foreigners!

Now you learn more and more why beaches, restaurant ect, not taken over by chinese visitors, are empty!!!

I walk along Jomtien beach road regularly and I would say this high season looked busier than ever. Although I would never dream of going into the water I find sitting reading the paper or whatever a very relaxing and pleasant experience. The deckchair operators I've used have always been polite and friendly. As for the walking vendors, I feel a certain sympathy because it's a hard way to eke out a subsistence living.

On 4/15/2019 at 3:05 PM, Razek said:

15 minutes 600 Bath = 20 Dollars

1 hours = 80 Dollars

So.etimes i think i m  Not in Thailand. May be in japan

well at least in Japan the girls look better

On 4/15/2019 at 2:21 PM, Spidey said:

The drop off correlates exactly with the ban on smoking on the beach.

Yes, and soon food and drink will also be banned.

Doubt breathing will be banned though. 

On 4/15/2019 at 2:21 PM, Spidey said:

Speak to any beach chair vendor and they will tell you the same story as to why there has been a dramatic drop of in customers lately.

 

The drop off correlates exactly with the ban on smoking on the beach.

555. Only 7 % of people smoke! And they are a dieing breed, literally!

On ‎4‎/‎18‎/‎2019 at 7:38 PM, sunnyboy2018 said:

555. Only 7 % of people smoke! And they are a dieing breed, literally!

You need to provide a link to that figure (including tourists in Pattaya).

 

Also, smokers have friends. Usually went to the beach as part of a party of 4. Now, none of us spend the day on the beach.

 

I certainly don't advocate smoking but neither do I advocate pointless regulations that drive tourists away, the prime example being the illegality of vaping. According to NHS guidelines, 95% safer than smoking. I wouldn't smoke, but vape in Thailand if it were legal, absolute madness.