Pattaya beach turns into unregulated booze and kratom market

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Pattaya Beach, a once serene paradise for tourists and locals, is now teetering on the edge of chaos as unlicenced vendors run rampant.

 

Once discreet, these sellers now brazenly set up stalls along the shoreline, peddling kratom-laced cocktails and alcoholic beverages, ignoring the law with apparent ease. Despite frequent police patrols, vendors openly resume business the moment officers leave, leaving residents and tourists baffled by the seemingly powerless enforcement.

 

The personal consumption ruse has become the latest trick in their playbook. Vendors disguise alcohol and kratom drinks as if they’re meant for personal use, only to resume selling freely once the coast is clear. The scene isn’t limited to drinks either. A makeshift market has emerged, with beach chairs rented out to sunbathers, transforming the beach into an unregulated hub of trade.

 

 

More than just a nuisance, these unregulated activities are also creating serious disruptions. Food and drink vendors with pushcarts, and even motorised vehicles, have joined the fray, parking on the beach roads and causing traffic jams. Local drivers and tourists face increasing congestion, a frustrating experience in what should be a relaxing environment.

 

“This lawlessness isn’t just a petty nuisance, it’s a public safety issue,” said one frustrated visitor. “Traffic is blocked, there’s nowhere safe to walk, and the police don’t seem to be able to control it.”

 

As Pattaya Beach’s illegal vendors continue to defy enforcement, questions arise over the effectiveness of current policing efforts. With public order and safety hanging in the balance, residents are calling for urgent action to restore peace at one of Thailand’s most popular beaches, reported Pattaya Mail.

 

By Puntid Tantivangphaisal

Photo courtesy of Pattaya Mail

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2024-11-15

 

 

[redwood1]

Prostitution and drugs on the beach......Pattaya really is a family resort.....

[hunkidori]

Here's a few Baht in an envelope to turn a blind eye. That's how businesses  are allowed to operate in Pattaya

[harryviking]

What about all the big talk about promoting Pattaya as a family resort?? Now . we that live a few hours drive from Pattaya have to reconsider going there for two - three days with our families?? This is easy to fix! High fines and arrest if they return should be enough! Confiscating their goods is also a way to go! Doing nothing means only one thing.....corruption"😆

[klauskunkel]

Waiting for RTP to issue statement:

There are no illegal vendors in Pattaya

(there is also no prostitution, or gold chain snatches either, it's a family resort after all!)

[renaissanc]

Do I really need to go to Pattaya to tell the Police how to solve the problem? Just arrest them one by one, fine them 50,000 Baht, and confiscate their stalls. If they reoffend, jail! Problem solved!

[sammieuk1]

The world class unregulated hub of trade no less 🤔

[rick44]

I think the author of this article didn’t quite manage to hide the pro government stance 🙂

 

If everything was regulated, Thailand would just be another European country.

 

Where is the excitement in that?

 

Let's just appreciate the hard-working vendors who are there at an arm's length when you need something.

[kuzmabruk]

9 hours ago, hunkidori said:

Here's a few Baht in an envelope to turn a blind eye. That's how businesses  are allowed to operate in Pattaya

That is the law of Thailand.  Share your illegal gains and legalize them.  Until the Chinese take full control we have to suffer this corrupt regime.  

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Pattaya Beach, a once serene paradise for tourists and locals