Pattaya City Bans Parking on Beach Side, Effective From March 1st

[snoop1130]

PHOTO: IPattaya

 

Starting from March 1st, 2023, parking on the Pattaya beach side will not be allowed, according to Pattaya mayor Poramase Ngampiches.

 

The move was reportedly prompted by an increase in traffic issues after tourism in the city started to pick up.

 

This caused polarizing reactions on social media, with many residents saying it was a good decision. However, those living outside Pattaya said they would stop coming to the city, asking where they would park their vehicle now that the ban is back.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/02/15/pattaya-city-bans-parking-on-beach-side-effective-from-march-1st/

 

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[JustThisOnePostOnly]

There has to be a bunch of empty lots on the baht bus route where some kind of parking solution can be hastily cobbled together, yes?

[bkk6060]

People will be parking at the mall.

There is no other significant parking close to the beach.  Should be interesting how long it lasts.

[Mickeymaus]

5 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

People will be parking at the mall.

There is no other significant parking close to the beach.  Should be interesting how long it lasts.

Tree Town is a large parking area ???????????? in the center. They should just remove all the huts blocking the place and they are done. After Songkran there won't be many "quality tourists" anyway ????????????.

[smedly]

1 hour ago, Mickeymaus said:

Tree Town is a large parking area ???????????? in the center. They should just remove all the huts blocking the place and they are done. After Songkran there won't be many "quality tourists" anyway ????????????.

simple solution, allow parking on beach road

[Keep Right]

First they cut down many trees along Beach Road to make the parking area larger and then they ban parking along Beach Road. I think the Thais are born without a brain. Maybe they are banning parking to make room for the many buses full of Chinese that are soon to invade Pattaya.

[Xanthe]

4 hours ago, JustThisOnePostOnly said:

There has to be a bunch of empty lots on the baht bus route where some kind of parking solution can be hastily cobbled together, yes?

There are many empty spaces all over. Why not somebody (Or the city) convert them to parking and start charging a parking fee like 200 baht for all day and 20 baht by the hour. May be ROI does not make economic sense? I parked in Central or on the other mall a few times when I could not find road side parking. 

Edited February 15, 2023 by Xanthe

[Mickeymaus]

1 minute ago, Xanthe said:

There are many empty spaces all over. Why not somebody (Or the city) convert them to parking and start charging a parking fees like 200 baht for all day and 20 baht by the hour

On many empty places are banana trees. The reason is if the land is not used they have to pay higher taxes for the land - and these are very expensive areas. Why not create a parking area there? I think the reason you can see in the picture. If it is used as parking area or empty it has the same taxation. Better put there some banana trees and then it is agricultural... 

 

https://thailand.acclime.com/guides/land-buildings-tax/

 

[Xanthe]

8 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said:

On many empty places are banana trees. The reason is if the land is not used they have to pay higher taxes for the land - and these are very expensive areas. Why not create a parking area there? I think the reason you can see in the picture. If it is used as parking area or empty it has the same taxation. Better put there some banana trees and then it is agricultural... 

That's why I said may be ROI does not make economic sense. 

[champers]

Not too many Thais visited Pattaya beach pre-Covid; it was swamped with Chinese tour groups.

The mayor must have information that they are coming back in big numbers. He won't care if Thais stop coming.

[jacko45k]

8 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

People will be parking at the mall.

There is no other significant parking close to the beach.  Should be interesting how long it lasts.

Often found their late opening times at Central Festival Beach Rd to be an issue. 

I expect it to last because that is how it was for many years pre-Covid. Pattaya is going to be mired down in traffic issues as tourism increases.....only effort I can think of has been to dig up the roads post Covid and open a car park at T21.  

[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

However, those living outside Pattaya said they would stop coming to the city, asking where they would park their vehicle now that the ban is back.

In the nearest shopping mall ?

[brewsterbudgen]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

In the nearest shopping mall ?

Exactly.  There's loads of free parking in mall multi-storey car parks.

[mikebell]

13 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Exactly.  There's loads of free parking in mall multi-storey car parks.

In Central Festival there are whole floors of parking spaces commandeered by the Hilton Hotel for their six customers.

[BigStar]

9 hours ago, Keep Right said:

First they cut down many trees along Beach Road to make the parking area larger

No, to widen the road.

 

9 hours ago, Keep Right said:

and then they ban parking along Beach Road.

No, it was banned previously as well, for good reason.

 

9 hours ago, Keep Right said:

Maybe they are banning parking to make room for the many buses full of Chinese that are soon to invade Pattaya.

The article says what the main reason is. It's also the real reason, as anyone who lives in Pattaya and attempts to travel down Beach Rd. nowadays, esp. in the evenings or weekends, can verify. The reinstatement of the ban has been overdue for a couple of months.

 

9 hours ago, Keep Right said:

I think the Thais are born without a brain.

Projection. It's always amusing how Thai bashes invariably just refer to the poster himself.

 

[BigStar]

5 hours ago, champers said:

Not too many Thais visited Pattaya beach pre-Covid; it was swamped with Chinese tour groups.

Quite a lot, actually, but TAT: ANF has always refused to recognize them. After COVID, TAT attempted to attract more Thais. Worked. 

 

5 hours ago, champers said:

The mayor must have information that they are coming back in big numbers.

It would appear likely, no? But even without their coming back in big numbers, the volume of traffic on Beach Rd. dictates reinstatement of the beachside parking ban.

 

5 hours ago, champers said:

He won't care if Thais stop coming.

Of course he'll care. Events and promotions targeted at Thais will continue and Thais will continue coming. Unfortunately, the lack of parking on Beach Rd. may now be somewhat limiting.

[newnative]

   Good decision to ban the parking.   As others have said, it would be very easy to open up temporary parking lots on empty land--give the owners of the land a tax break or even temporarily rent the land from them for parking.  When the owner is ready to develop the land, he can have it back and the city can move parking to another empty lot.   The same should be done on often grid-locked North Pattaya Road--eliminate all the parking, create another traffic lane each way, and open parking lots on empty land.

[ross163103]

They have to ban parking on the beach side because if they don't when the buses full of zero dollar Chinese tourists come--which they inevitably will, they'll be taking up the lane on the left side, leaving only a single lane for thru traffic. The more things change the more they remain the same.

[Mickeymaus]

4 minutes ago, ross163103 said:

They have to ban parking on the beach side because if they don't when the buses full of zero dollar Chinese tourists come--which they inevitably will, they'll be taking up the lane on the left side, leaving only a single lane for thru traffic. The more things change the more they remain the same.

Parking or not. I see a different problem. There was not so long ago a discussion to widen the Beach Road AGAIN. They did this already years ago when they removed the much nicer old beach promenade.

 

At the moment when you want to cross the road from the beach side you have to come to the street from behind cars parked there. It is dangerous. Using the pedestrian crossing with traffic lights? I tried this recently at Soi Post Office. It does not work. It seems to be switched off.

 

What I find sad is that the Beach Road gets transformed into a beach highway. Most of the traffic there has nothing to do with the Beach Road. They also could use the Third Road.

[jacko45k]

18 hours ago, Mickeymaus said:

They also could use the Third Road.

Can't get across that one neither....

[Henryford]

On 2/16/2023 at 12:41 AM, Xanthe said:

There are many empty spaces all over. Why not somebody (Or the city) convert them to parking and start charging a parking fee like 200 baht for all day and 20 baht by the hour. May be ROI does not make economic sense? I parked in Central or on the other mall a few times when I could not find road side parking. 

Don't you know that Thais won't walk more than 10 yards. If they can't park next to the beach they won't come.

[whereyougo]

Thais love jomtien Beach with parking so they will all go there. Chinese prefer Pattaya problem solved 

[thaibeachlovers]

There wasn't parking on that side last time I visited, so it's just a return to what used to be. No big deal.

IMO cars should be banned on Beach road anyway. Park elsewhere and use a baht bus. Cars are a plague!