Pattaya Police ban prostitution on the beach

[quake]

11 minutes ago, NextG said:

I think you are wrong with regard to JBR…

yes, his well out of date.

 

[actonion]

Expect a decline in tourism now , nothing else worth going to the beach  for 

[bignok]

Pattaya is very dirty and unorganised. Needs a clean up.

[maechanman]

58 minutes ago, kcpattaya said:

"They" have been there ever since I can remember (30 years). I'm a big Pattaya lover and I'm living here on permanent basis for 26 years.

But admittedly, I'm ashamed of the city, every occasional stroll I make on beach road, to see those street hookers there. It completely degrades the image of town. And funny enough, take the same walk on Jomtien beach road, and you will find NO hookers there... So, it IS possible.

Yes, it would be a good thing to get completely rid of them, and simultaneously all of these freaks that come to beach road BECAUSE of them.

I've seen hookers many times along Jomtien Beach Rd, in fact not too long ago one of them showed me a video on her mobile of the type of services that was on offer.

[Mickeymaus]

50 minutes ago, kcpattaya said:

"They" have been there ever since I can remember (30 years). I'm a big Pattaya lover and I'm living here on permanent basis for 26 years.

But admittedly, I'm ashamed of the city, every occasional stroll I make on beach road, to see those street hookers there. It completely degrades the image of town. And funny enough, take the same walk on Jomtien beach road, and you will find NO hookers there... So, it IS possible.

Yes, it would be a good thing to get completely rid of them, and simultaneously all of these freaks that come to beach road BECAUSE of them.

"It completely degrades the image of town." 

 

No, it underlines the image of this lovely family resort. You have (open air) sex businesses everywhere especially in Central Pattaya. And new bars are opening all the time. I don't have the feeling that the government has a problem with this - otherwise this wouldn't happen. Of course if there are bad stories in the news they have to react in a way that shows in the news how much they care. We know already their success in now prostitution free areas like the Walking Street. The Beach Road will be next. No, that was just a joke. 

[brewsterbudgen]

10 hours ago, bogs smith said:

....I thought there was no prostitution in Pattaya? ????

As the article makes clear prostitution services are available elsewhere, behind closed doors.  This is about soliciting.

[quake]

34 minutes ago, maechanman said:

I've seen hookers many times along Jomtien Beach Rd, in fact not too long ago one of them showed me a video on her mobile of the type of services that was on offer.

Was that one of those  ones, that hang about at the top of Soi white house. 

 

 

[Matthew2027]

10 hours ago, bogs smith said:

....I thought there was no prostitution in Pattaya? ????

Or Drugs or Gambling.... Safe family Friendly WORLD CLASS Resort Town with pristine beaches!

 

 

[mikebell]

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand’s Tourist Police have banned sex workers from selling services on the beach in Pattaya.

 

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

Can the police tell where IT IS allowed?

There are plenty of police owned/protected bars.

[dallen52]

But..

There's no prostitution in Thailand. 

[Humpy]

Perhaps they should seek work in the bars owned by the you know who !!!

[harrycallahan]

11 hours ago, bogs smith said:

....I thought there was no prostitution in Pattaya? ????

There isn't but the return taxi fares are super expensive. 

[NoshowJones]

10 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

I guess even if they do nothing wrong, they're still prostitutes looking for customers, which not everyone likes to see.

 

Similar with drug dealers.  They might be perfectly nice people, and perhaps no fuss or harm is caused, but they're still drug dealers and people don't really want to see a load of them congregating everywhere.

 

I suppose it's the associated atmosphere of criminality and vice in a place that they would rather have a "family image".

You cannot compare drug dealers to prostitutes, drug dealers cost peoples lives, and when caught should be locked up for years, prostitutes are only trying to make a living and do not cause harm to any sensible people who use their services.

Prostitution should be made legal within obvious limits, there are no limits for drug dealers, they are the scum of the earth.

[brewsterbudgen]

15 minutes ago, dallen52 said:

But..

There's no prostitution in Thailand. 

Why do you think that?  Nobody (except posters on this Forum who think they're being funny), including the police and the government, has ever said that.  There is substantial legislation which has tried to regulate the provision of sexual services and which allows 'licensed' premises to operate legally.  Aspects of prostitution like operating brothels (hence the "bar fine"), underage prostitution and soliciting (the subject of this thread) are illegal. A cursory reading of Thailand's history will show that prostitution, in different forms, has always been part of the culture.  Many Thai men have their first sexual experience with a prostitute.

[Kwaibill]

10 hours ago, JustThisOnePostOnly said:

So what exactly are we supposed to do at the beach now?

Swim?????

[AustinRacing]

4 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Remember the girls are just trying to feed their families, so now no food on the table and rent anxiety.

 

Beach road girls never harass people when walking by, bar girls on the other hand don't stop

Feeding their family does not entirely cover their reasoning. Great majority of Thai girls have honest jobs and manage. Never bought the “I am doing this to support my family”. They do this because they are lazy, want to have good things without working hard, opportunistic phishing for a cash cow, want to party. 

[jesimps]

Guarantee if you wander down Pattaya Beach Road this evening you'll be falling over them. 

[brewsterbudgen]

3 minutes ago, jesimps said:

Guarantee if you wander down Pattaya Beach Road this evening you'll be falling over them. 

The police or the prostitutes?

[terryofcrete]

8 hours ago, still kicking said:

Swimm?

Now if they banned swimming at that beach they would be be doing something positive ... I shudder to think of even dipping a toe in that sewer .

[Guderian]

Oh my gosh! What next? Will they ban tourists from wandering around the city's drains for hours on end, lol?

[jacko45k]

Just now, Guderian said:

Oh my gosh! What next? Will they ban tourists from wandering around the city's drains for hours on end, lol?

Au contraire.... this could well become a new attraction like the Paris sewers......

[maechanman]

1 hour ago, quake said:

Was that one of those  ones, that hang about at the top of Soi white house. 

 

 

From memory it wasn't far from there.

[Smokey and the Bandit]

Shouldn't the headline read:

"Pattaya Police ban prostitution on the beach" AGAIN?

How many times has happened before?

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Shouldn't the headline read:

"Pattaya Police ban prostitution on the beach" AGAIN?

How many times has happened before?

More than I can count on my fingers and toes... they will of course be back. 

[brewsterbudgen]

7 minutes ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Shouldn't the headline read:

"Pattaya Police ban prostitution on the beach" AGAIN?

How many times has happened before?

There have been crackdowns on Beach Road soliciting for as long as I can remember, and I've been in Thailand for 18 years.  Mostly, they're fined and then free to go back!

[RichardColeman]

Probably less to do with clearing the beach of prostitution and more to do with not being able to see the sea from the police station 

[Lacessit]

46 minutes ago, AustinRacing said:

Feeding their family does not entirely cover their reasoning. Great majority of Thai girls have honest jobs and manage. Never bought the “I am doing this to support my family”. They do this because they are lazy, want to have good things without working hard, opportunistic phishing for a cash cow, want to party. 

Yes and no. Many Thai women are cast out by their husbands and left destitute when said husband decides his wife is no longer attractive, usually in the 30 - 40 age bracket. They do not have any skills apart from sex work to sell in a jobs market where 7/11's are asking for a university education.

The smart ones accumulate a nest egg from their work, or nail themselves a farang. The dumb ones party, then wonder what went wrong when there is nothing left to sell.

[actonion]

3 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

"They" have been there ever since I can remember (30 years). I'm a big Pattaya lover and I'm living here on permanent basis for 26 years.

But admittedly, I'm ashamed of the city, every occasional stroll I make on beach road, to see those street hookers there. It completely degrades the image of town. And funny enough, take the same walk on Jomtien beach road, and you will find NO hookers there... So, it IS possible.

Yes, it would be a good thing to get completely rid of them, and simultaneously all of these freaks that come to beach road BECAUSE of them.

I do think u should look more closely at Jomtien beach. there are plenty of  Hookers there   at all times of day, and night,  i guess we'll be seeing a lot more there if this law is ever enforced

[mancub]

Oh my!

Where are those groups of Indian tourists going to wander now to "lose" their gold chains ? ????

[redwood1]

Has anyone been to the beach in the last few years durning the Day time?

 

Did you see any thing missing?.........O like.......People......

 

They cut down all the shade trees and removed all the seatting to get rid of the riff-raff.......And yes the riff-raff is gone along with almost everyone else in the daylight hours.....Because it HOT HOT there.....

 

The beach USE TO BE a lovely place to hang out during the day time....

 

But the working girls proved very resilient and contiuned to go there at night.....

 

The Powers that BE dream of having a beach that is sterilized  and mostly devoid of people 24 hours a days.....They would love to see no one go to the beach EVER...You see then there could be no more crimes on the beach if no one went there.....

 

Unfortunately  for them as long as there is money to be made on beach road there will be girls there......Its been that way for the last 50 years and it will be that way for the next 50 years....