webfact Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Pattaya City officials have ordered a one-day break for beach umbrella operators on Wednesday, June 12nd, to allow for extensive sand restoration and big cleaning efforts. The Pattaya City Administration implemented this one-day break to restore the beach ecosystem following the influx of both domestic and international tourists. The idea originated with the City’s Sanitation Control Division and the Natural Resources and Environment Office. A large team of city workers were dispatched to the beach to use a tractor to till and plow the beachfront, turning the sand over to restore its softness and eliminate any buried debris. The workers also removed litter, broken stones, and other trash, which could be done more conveniently due to the temporary suspension of umbrella and chair operations. By Aim Tanakorn PHOTO: 77kaoded Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-06-13 Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChrisY1 Posted June 13 Popular Post Share Posted June 13 Cha Am has a no umbrella day on Wednesdays.....it's a pleasure to go to the beach, even though it's a rotten beach, but without the ugly and dirty umbrella mafia, it's a far better place. 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tropicalevo Posted June 13 Popular Post Share Posted June 13 Most beaches on Koh Samui do not allow umbrellas. Sorted. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 4 hours ago, webfact said: Pattaya City officials have ordered a one-day break for beach umbrella operators One day no income for those city officials. That must be devasting for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottfrid Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 (edited) Deleted Edited June 13 by Gottfrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdog Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Wasn't all that long ago that one day off was a rule here in Pattaya area. I think it was Wednesdays. One day a week will do nothing to improve environment, ya think? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 I suppose working at night is out of the question........ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 I don't understand all the hostility to beach chairs. This is a tourist beach area and most tourists don't pack along beach chairs with their luggage. Some may enjoy sitting flat on a mat on the sand but for just relaxing with a cold juice coconut and a book, lounging in a beach chair can be a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon and 50 baht all day for a sling chair and B100 for a lounger seems like a pretty fair tariff to me. In 20 years of using beach chairs off and on, I can recall maybe one or two instances of rude or overcharging vendors. Certainly there have been well publicized instances of vendors going off the rails at some person with the temerity to lay a towel down nearby but that usually is quickly posted to Facebook and dealt with, wai's and smiles all around. It does seem that at least in Pattaya and Jomtien, the supply far exceeds the demand and fewer vendors with more spacing between wouldn't be a bad idea for all concerned. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 2 hours ago, brianthainess said: I suppose working at night is out of the question........ They can't use machinery at night due to not seeing the pi$$-heads on the beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmj Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 They should definitely go back to once a week and not just once in a while when it gets really bad. Or they could do what many other international beaches do and rack them every morning to keep them clean and beautiful. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 1 hour ago, hotchilli said: They can't use machinery at night due to not seeing the pi$$-heads on the beach Just plough them in would make the beach softer, or use a Dozer to push them all into the sea for crab food. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luuk Chaai Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 20 hours ago, ChrisY1 said: Cha Am has a no umbrella day on Wednesdays.....it's a pleasure to go to the beach, even though it's a rotten beach, but without the ugly and dirty umbrella mafia, it's a far better place. Same with Hua Hin & Takiab Wednesday's no Umbrellas,chairs or roaming vendors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdmn Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 (edited) They were already forcing them to remove the umbrellas and chairs every week. I think it was Wednesdays. Then it seemed to stop after awhile, around the time high season started to kick in. Edited June 13 by shdmn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 20 hours ago, Emdog said: Wasn't all that long ago that one day off was a rule here in Pattaya area. I think it was Wednesdays. One day a week will do nothing to improve environment, ya think? Well a good clean up on that day might go a long way to improvements...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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