"Thailand's famous cleanest beach" opens to tourists again as pandemic restrictions eased

[webfact]

"Thailand's famous cleanest beach" opens to tourists again as pandemic restrictions eased

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Manager reported that a bay and beach named several years ago as Thailand's cleanest are now back up and running. 

 

Saplee Bay and Thung Wua Len beach in Chumphon had been closed for the best part of two months until they were opened last week. 

 

Now with restrictions lifted on piers, hotels and other tourism sites the province is fully getting back to normal from today. 

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

In a survey by Thai environmentalists in 2017 Saplee Bay and Thung Wua Len beach were named the cleanest in Thailand. 

 

Talay Waek in Krabi and Tonsai on Koh Phi Phi were three and four and Chong Saem San, Chonburi, rounded out the top five. 

 

Manager said that the area in Chumpon was "famous all over the world" but had been deserted for nearly two months.  

 

Source: Manager Online

 

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[smedly]

getting back to normal ?

[ThreeEyedRaven]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thailand's famous cleanest beach" opens to tourists again

Oh praise the Lord! They are on about Chumpon. For a moment I thought some belter was going to try and tell us that Pattaya was in tip top condition, which would obviously be impossible, but that hasn't slowed them down in the past.

[petermik]

7 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

Oh praise the Lord! They are on about Chumpon. For a moment I thought some belter was going to try and tell us that Pattaya was in tip top condition, which would obviously be impossible, but that hasn't slowed them down in the past.

the clue is in the words "the cleanest"........

[drbeach]

I've been to Chumporn, nice enough beach, but I can't imagine it would be cleaner than say, the islands of the Koh Moo Surin chain, far off the coast, with no permanent residents and closed off every rainy season.

 

Maybe they meant "cleanest mainland beach", in which case, they could be right. On the other hand, in my experience, the least touristy beaches tend to be the dirtiest, since no one cleans them up. This was confirmed in a Thai TV tourism show I watched recently, where they head to a villa in Sam Roi Yod, Prachuab Khiri Khan, and the anchor mentions how the beach isn't that clean because there's no cleaning staff. By contrast, Hua Hin is cleaned every day, he said.

Edited June 1, 2020 by drbeach

[Deli]

Tonsai Bay at PP Island is a dump when the island is operative, with 1000's of Chinese day trippers

[DPKANKAN]

2 hours ago, smedly said:

getting back to normal ?

Yeah that means covered in rubbish, plastic and general waste!!!????????????????????????????????

[Knocker33]

2 hours ago, drbeach said:

I've been to Chumporn, nice enough beach, but I can't imagine it would be cleaner than say, the islands of the Koh Moo Surin chain, far off the coast, with no permanent residents and closed off every rainy season.

 

Maybe they meant "cleanest mainland beach", in which case, they could be right. On the other hand, in my experience, the least touristy beaches tend to be the dirtiest, since no one cleans them up. This was confirmed in a Thai TV tourism show I watched recently, where they head to a villa in Sam Roi Yod, Prachuab Khiri Khan, and the anchor mentions how the beach isn't that clean because there's no cleaning staff. By contrast, Hua Hin is cleaned every day, he said.

A couple shots of Thung Wua Laen last week. Nice and clean wouldn't you say. The beach gets cleaned a few times a week .I know because most of businesses pay a little towards it. 

[phantomfiddler]

I remember about 10 years or so ago seeing a brass plaque on Pattaya Beach saying that it had been voted the cleanest beach in S.E. Asia !! No kidding, Ching Ching  !

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

In a survey by Thai environmentalists

Speaks volumes... 

[Magenta408]

The plastic crud and body parts have not had time to settle to the bottom in that the beaches are now open again. Much ado about nothing. Nothing will change.

[SoilSpoil]

Went to Thung Wua Len once, and it is indeed stunning. Shame the the thousands of white wingedcsand flies make it impossible to enjoy this beach. Totally infested.

 

My vote goes to Khao Lak.

Edited June 1, 2020 by SoilSpoil

[Mick501]

Aka, Thailand's least filthy beach.

[Sametboy2019]

Manager said that the area in Chumpon was "famous all over the world" but had been deserted for nearly two months. 

 

Not even famous in Thailand.

[19DL86]

Yeah this is a beautiful part of coastline.  We spent christmas and New Years down there 2015, lots of Thais , so on my early morning jog lot of waste and plastic, same eveywhere to be honest.

I found Krabi, Ao Nang and Railee to be very clean in March/April.

[In the jungle]

I live 20km away and I first went to that beach in 1992. The beach is normally strewn with rubbish and inhabited by rats. It will be again as soon as visitors return there.

 

The bars and restaurants are low rent and often tacky and there is a big problem with mosquitoes in the evening.

 

Some poor sod must have given TV some money for this puff piece.

[MarineEquine]

12 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

Oh praise the Lord! They are on about Chumpon. For a moment I thought some belter was going to try and tell us that Pattaya was in tip top condition, which would obviously be impossible, but that hasn't slowed them down in the past.

This post is in the Southern Thailand sub-forum 

[whaleboneman]

please move to humour sub-forum

[bodga]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Manager said that the area in Chumpon was "famous all over the world"

Only in their tiny  world

[apophyss]

Thailand's famous quiet beach...

[zaZa9]

21 hours ago, Knocker33 said:

A couple shots of Thung Wua Laen last week. Nice and clean wouldn't you say. The beach gets cleaned a few times a week .I know because most of businesses pay a little towards it. 

May look good in pics , but not my idea of a great beach.

Like those in Prachuap , you need to walk out a half kilometer to get your waist wet .

Stinging things like that kind of water to.

[Knocker33]

16 hours ago, In the jungle said:

I live 20km away and I first went to that beach in 1992. The beach is normally strewn with rubbish and inhabited by rats. It will be again as soon as visitors return there.

 

The bars and restaurants are low rent and often tacky and there is a big problem with mosquitoes in the evening.

 

Some poor sod must have given TV some money for this puff piece.

Which beach are you talking about as two beaches are mentioned 

[In the jungle]

7 hours ago, Knocker33 said:

Which beach are you talking about as two beaches are mentioned 

Thung Wah Len

[Knocker33]

All these beach connoisseurs.One has not been there for 30 years and another saying the water is not deep enough.

You probably have to walk out about about 50 meters to get in deep water and rats and rubbish .Maybe when you were there ,not now. Can you see any rubbish or rats in the photo and there are mosquitoes everywhere.or dont you get out much