Tourists flock to Bang Saen Beach to see rare clear water

By The Nation

 

 

Many tourists swarmed Bang Saen beach on Sunday after a photo of a clean beach and clear water was posted on social media. The beach became crowded again after a long silence.

 

When winter arrives, breeze normally pushes garbage away from the shore, making the water clear until the beginning of the next year.

 

 

A tourist said she had never seen such a clean beach and clear sea at Bang Saen before, while a Somtam salad vendor said she hoped the sea stayed clear like this, as all her spicy salad was sold out thanks to the tourists who appeared in droves.

 

Meanwhile in Songkla on the same day in the afternoon, Governor Jaruwat Kliangklao led military officers, administrative agents and locals in 20 boats to collect garbage from communities around Songkhla Lake.

 

 

“The amount of garbage in the area is impossible to collect in a day,” Jaruwat said. “However, if government officers cannot completely get rid of garbage on the island and do not rush to raise awareness among the people living near the lake, it will soon overflow with waste, which will later become a crisis as the waste tends to increase day by day.”

 

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/travel/30378726

 

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2 minutes ago, webfact said:

“The amount of garbage in the area is impossible to collect in a day,”

For people who claim to love their country so much, they sure do treat it like garbage. Pardon the pun.

I lived near there about ten years ago. If it is true, that is amazing. It was disgusting every time I was there,

20 minutes ago, dcnx said:

For people who claim to love their country so much, they sure do treat it like garbage. Pardon the pun.

Not all nationals of this country treat it like garbage.

3 minutes ago, YTP said:

Not all nationals of this country treat it like garbage.

That is true BUT too many do!!! If you compare this country to Australia, England....Japan...need I continue?? There IS a problem here! 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Tourists flock to Bang Saen Beach to see rare clear water

That will fix the clean beach and water as the visitors will leave rubbish all over the beach that will be blown into the water.

'breeze normally pushes garbage away from the shore'

 

Gulf of Siam must be full of the <deleted> then.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

A tourist said she had never seen such a clean beach and clear sea at Bang Saen before, while a Somtam salad vendor said she hoped the sea stayed clear like this, as all her spicy salad was sold out thanks to the tourists who appeared in droves.

Needless to inquire in what sort of containers the vendor sold her som tam.

 

And as per the quoted tourist: Has she never before been at Bang Saen beach during winter? After all...

1 hour ago, webfact said:

When winter arrives, breeze normally pushes garbage away from the shore, making the water clear until the beginning of the next year.

It's all still there. It's just floating a little further out at sea. 

Yeh, that should encourage tourism.

The headline says it all.

4 hours ago, YTP said:

Not all nationals of this country treat it like garbage.

Those people would be in the minority.

 

It’s up to them to educate the masses and make a real change. If not, Thailand will continue to grow into the land of litter.

2 hours ago, 300sd said:

Yeh, that should encourage tourism.

They’ll come by the millions.

4 hours ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

That is true BUT too many do!!! If you compare this country to Australia, England....Japan...need I continue?? There IS a problem here! 

Thailand is too developed to have this problem. They should have been able to deal with garbage and litter a decade ago. 
 

I suppose we could be thankful that Thailand isn’t a dirty as Cambodia. But I would wager Cambodia will clean up before Thailand.

4 hours ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

That is true BUT too many do!!! If you compare this country to Australia, England....Japan...need I continue?? There IS a problem here! 

 Exsqueeze me Mr 248 etc etc, the UK has just accepted the return of 42 containers of plastic waste sent to Malaysia. Here in Thailand, my garbage is collected everyday - in the UK maybe once a week or once a fortnight and that depends if you have separated it into its correct categories. Here in Thailand, we get paid for our recyclable waste, in UK - nope. Rubbish on beaches and fly-tipping is very much not just an issue in Thailand, it is very much a worldwide issue, including the countries that you mention...need I continue??

It is a world issue but it is VERY rare if not unheard of to see an Aussie thoughtlessly throw his chip packet (or whatever) out the window as he is driving along.....here, I see it OFTEN! Don't try to downplay the issue that is very real in THIS particular country we are in. A lot of Thais agree with me on this issue. 

Looks better than last time I was at Bang Saen where a dead dog was floating in the brown, murky water along with other garbage.......and people were still swimming!

Uhmm... and what do these clean countries do with their rubbish?

 

Ship it to 3rd world countries. 

 

Please don't litter but just offload these ships so we can get another load...

Why would anyone swim in the sea anywhere near Chonburi or indeed anywhere around/north of Pattaya?

7 hours ago, Toadie said:

Uhmm... and what do these clean countries do with their rubbish?

 

Ship it to 3rd world countries. 

 

Please don't litter but just offload these ships so we can get another load...

Thais are pretty <deleted> at taking care of their IMMEDIATE environment. People DO carelessly throw rubbish onto the street, into the klong....etc etc here. As to the rubbish from Western countries, and where it ends up ,you are right its a big problem. 

17 hours ago, webfact said:

When winter arrives, breeze normally pushes garbage away from the shore, making the water clear until the beginning of the next year.

Something you won't read about in the glossy brochure!

go into the mountains, walk anywhere actually....you will see trash.  after years your mind gets used to seeing just a little trash here and there.....but it's everywhere.  clean is now relative.  yea, it's pretty bad.  then you have the smoke, chemicals, car pollution....it adds up.  

I want to see a photo after the tourists left for the day.........

16 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

That will fix the clean beach and water as the visitors will leave rubbish all over the beach that will be blown into the water.

Yeh it's the culture of taking huge amounts of food and drink to the beach.

If you go to most European beaches nobody does that

Add a bit of laziness and wind and you have filthy beaches

 

9 hours ago, marf said:

Why would anyone swim in the sea anywhere near Chonburi or indeed anywhere around/north of Pattaya?

Or anywhere near Thailand for that matter. First clean beaches seem to be at Maldives. Maybe there are a few in southern Myanmar - won't be long before they too are gone. Just too many people with polluting habits.

I’m an Aussie n Aussies treat their country appallingly regarding garbage, and many other forms of pollution!

the general apathy in Aussie about environmental impact of our behaviours is atrocious., illegal dumping, individual

and business pollution, disregard for legislation to protect, throwing <deleted> out car windows, eating take out n dropping it where people eat, refusal To embrace changes ... a great example of what Aussies are really like at a national level was the blowback and blatant  agro against major retailers not giving out free gross plastic shopping bags.

our rivers are screwed by water being stolen and sleezily taken out of rivers by farming and business concerns to make money with no regard for the environment.

thais are not different from most other countries on the planet we all are turning our world into one spherical cesspit.

16 hours ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

Thais are pretty <deleted> at taking care of their IMMEDIATE environment. People DO carelessly throw rubbish onto the street, into the klong....etc etc here. As to the rubbish from Western countries, and where it ends up ,you are right its a big problem. 

 

True ! just look at places where they live...

 

14 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Or anywhere near Thailand for that matter. First clean beaches seem to be at Maldives. Maybe there are a few in southern Myanmar - won't be long before they too are gone. Just too many people with polluting habits.

so true !

google maldives trash island

 

13 hours ago, Tropposurfer said:

I’m an Aussie n Aussies treat their country appallingly regarding garbage, and many other forms of pollution!

the general apathy in Aussie about environmental impact of our behaviours is atrocious., illegal dumping, individual

and business pollution, disregard for legislation to protect, throwing <deleted> out car windows, eating take out n dropping it where people eat, refusal To embrace changes ... a great example of what Aussies are really like at a national level was the blowback and blatant  agro against major retailers not giving out free gross plastic shopping bags.

our rivers are screwed by water being stolen and sleezily taken out of rivers by farming and business concerns to make money with no regard for the environment.

thais are not different from most other countries on the planet we all are turning our world into one spherical cesspit.

There was-and remains-very little blowback against anyone about the decreased use of plastic bags in Australia as you merely bring your own or purchase one for 15 cents or thereabouts.

As for our (Aussie) trashed filled environment...it's hell but someone has to live here..????????