Bangla business operators urging Patong officials to clean up food, drink vendors, and alleged transgender prostitutes on Bangla Road

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By Goongnang Suksawat

Patong – Business operators on Bangla Road in Patong are urging relevant officials to clean up food, drink vendors, and allegedly more than 100 transgender prostitutes.

The Patong Entertainment Business Association (PEBA) President Mr. Weerawit Kreuasombat told the Phuket Express. “While Patong officials are now increasing safety management measures on Bangla Road, transgender prostitutes should be cleaned up too.

 

We consistently get complaints that they are being annoying and aggressive to tourists. We have had multiple reports of pickpocketing and theft from them. Most of these transgender prostitutes are from Pattaya and Bangkok. The Bangla Road should not have transgender prostitutes and they should be banned from the area.”

 

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[2baht]

46 minutes ago, webfact said:

We consistently get complaints that they are being annoying and aggressive to tourists. We have had multiple reports of pickpocketing and theft from them. Most of these transgender prostitutes are from Pattaya and Bangkok. The Bangla Road should not have transgender prostitutes and they should be banned from the area.”

A hustle here and a hustle there

Bangla Road, Patong's the place where

They say "Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side!"

LR

[kotsak]

[spidermike007]

Which part is alleged? The transgender part, or the prostitute part? 

[Geoffggi]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

We consistently get complaints that they are being annoying and aggressive to tourists. We have had multiple reports of pickpocketing and theft from them. Most of these transgender prostitutes are from Pattaya and Bangkok. The Bangla Road should not have transgender prostitutes and they should be banned from the area.”

Don't forget to ban the robing taxi drivers also - Oh forgot, they are above the law ............................LOL

[bkk6060]

Seems the things they are complaining about are why people go to Bangla.  If nothing else, the transgender have become some what of a tourist attraction there.  And, the food/drink vendors are popular.  Probably a bunch of over priced bar and restaurants making the complaints.

[HuskerDo2]

So the problem is with transgender prostitutes and the rest of the prostitutes are ok being there?

[HuskerDo2]

"transgender prostitutes should be cleaned up too".... is the problem that they need to bathe first before hitting the streets?

[ezzra]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Patong – Business operators on Bangla Road in Patong are urging relevant officials to clean up food, drink vendors, and allegedly more than 100 transgender prostitutes.

The first part should be easy, the second part however, i'm not so sure of, as them t/genders are a nuisance lot and difficult to deal with and control...

[nobodysfriend]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

urging relevant officials to clean up food, drink vendors, and allegedly more than 100 transgender prostitutes.

They are dirty , aren't they ?

[nobodysfriend]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

transgender prostitutes should be cleaned up too.

At least the ' important parts ' of them ... ?

[Mickeymaus]

Being a transgender is no crime. As long as they don't commit a crime not much can be done against them. And regarding prostitution and Bangla Road. If they want to get rid of prostitution there they cannot only focus on transgenders. All "entertainers" employed or freelancers would then have to be removed. After doing this they should not forget to switch off the lights in the Bangla Road ????

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

We consistently get complaints that they are being annoying and aggressive to tourists. We have had multiple reports of pickpocketing and theft from them. Most of these transgender prostitutes are from Pattaya and Bangkok. The Bangla Road should not have transgender prostitutes and they should be banned from the area.”

Sounds very up-market.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Don't forget to ban the robing taxi drivers also - Oh forgot, they are above the law ............................LOL

Or in-league?

[madmitch]

Bangla is what it is. Clean it up and it wouldn't be Bangla.

 

Though give me the Bangla of 20 years ago any day.

[Troy Tempest]

8 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

They are dirty , aren't they ?

Well if they're not you've wasted your money!

 

[Deli]

Maybe girl - hookers complain about the katoeys being better in business ?

[7491]

You can’t rush these things. Bangla has had unlicensed food and drink vendors operating roadside and on the pavements in the thirty years or so I’ve been coming here. The beer sellers did take a hit when 7/11’s  opened up on Bangla and at first they managed to survive the initial competition.

 

But hey ho! It’s all part of the charm of this tropical paradise

[London Lowf]

I was on Bangla last night and it was noticeable there were very few working girls - still a few freelancers but I think the organised/managed/pimped* ones were absent.

 

I'm sure that they'll be back soon.

 

(* There's a grotesque fat woman who clearly manages half a dozen quite pretty LBs just next to Sea Dragon - used to target only Chinese punters (naive?) in the old days.)

 

Edited November 30, 2022 by London Lowf