By Peter Roche

The visitors come, the vendors defy the rules and set up more cheap plastic sun lounges and umbrellas along the public beaches, then the officials come and clear them away… and the cycle repeats.

 

Phuket officials and military personnel removed a number of sun lounge and umbrella operators from Kata Beach yesterday, according to a The Phuket News report.

 

It’s understood that local officials were accompanied by members of the Royal Thai Army Region 4 base in Nakhon Sri Thammarat. The report goes on to say that the inspection was ordered by Phairot Srilamul, Mueang District Chief.

 

Full story: https://phuket-go.com/phuket-news/phuket-news/phuket-officials-remove-sun-lounge-umbrella-operators-from-kata-beach/

 

-- © Copyright Phuket GO 2023-04-06

 

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Lack of governing is sad, as specially in these months, it would be nice to have a limited reasonable priced area(s) with sunbeds and sun protection.

 

Could be done by handing out X licenses per beach with a limit of X chairs. Then as soon illegal ones show up again, the licensed one ring the phone in minutes, its competition.
 

But then again, TIT, the licenses would be sold to one owner with 3 companies lol. So I guess it should be a lottery for 5-10 year term licenses, extensions possible for those who comply with all rules, paid taxes and had no serious complaints.

They'll be Baaaaack ,

 

regards Worgeordie

"the operators are requesting to be allowed use the beach to make a living".

 

The illegal operators are requesting permission to obstruct public beaches so that they can charge the public for using the beach that the public are entitled to use free of charge, by law.   Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

They don't give a toss about tourists, same at Layan and Bangtao,there's no one there. 

Not enough loungers and parasols on certain beaches. Happened to me at 1100 a.m. to find the all taken.

Is this servicing the visitors ? Definitely not.

Thais will be Thais.

1 hour ago, Deli said:

Not enough loungers and parasols on certain beaches. Happened to me at 1100 a.m. to find the all taken.

Get up before the Germans !

16 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Get up before the Germans !

oi....we lost that war to the english alredy, do you not read the news. 555

I drove past Kata Beach for the first time in a year earlier this week and my initial thoughts were that the sunbed operators seemed to be taking up a lot more space than they're supposed to. Looks like I was right.

 

Anyway, the timing isn't bad for the operators as low season is starting to kick in.

What are you allowed to do on a beach these days?