Photo: The Pattaya News

 

A scandalous scene unfolded at Pattaya Beach on January 3rd, 2025, as a video surfaced on Thai social media, capturing an unidentified couple openly engaging in intimate acts amidst sunbathing tourists. The clip quickly went viral, leaving social media abuzz with heated discussions.

 

The couple appeared wholly absorbed in their interaction, reportedly undeterred by the proximity of other beachgoers and even the nearby Pattaya Police Station. Observers on the beach were taken aback, with many expressing shock and disbelief at the public display.

 

 

Online reactions have been mixed; some viewers ridiculed the audacious behaviour, while others urged local authorities to investigate the incident. This occurrence has raised questions about public decency laws in Thailand and the enforcement efforts in tourist-heavy areas like Pattaya Beach.

 

Local authorities have yet to comment on potential actions, though there is a growing call for stricter monitoring. As the video continues to circulate, the incident remains a topic of considerable debate, highlighting the dynamic tensions between tourism, public behaviour, and cultural norms in this vibrant seaside city, reported The Pattaya News.

 

-- 2025-01-03

 

12 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

openly engaging in intimate acts amidst sunbathing tourists

Sunbathing? But it looks like night time from the photo.

Be interesting to see how the amorous couple would react if someone asked to join in.

Who cares it is 2025, perhaps stop being outraged and show some maturity, seems some were so outraged they had to get visual evidence to contemplate alone in their incel life 

The beach needs lifeguards, armed with buckets of iced water.... 

24 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

The beach needs lifeguards, armed with buckets of iced water.... 

If only it was Songkran all year

I think sex in the sea water on the beach is the preferred alternative.

Everybody can "see" what is going on, but in reality, they don't actually see it. 

It's fun. 

13 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Sunbathing? But it looks like night time from the photo.

All photos in the related news article are in the dark.

So sunbathing is completely misleading.

Again some voyeurs had a hard time to see a wiener.

The photo does not show much. But it does not appear they were having sex there. Intimate acts like holding her and kissing her? Thais need to stop with their nitpicking about public indecency. They are using it vaguely to insult any foreigner they can by posting it online when usually it was harmless. 

Couples touch each other... Get over it. Couples kiss and are playful with each other physically... Get over it. Unless they were having sex there standing on the beach, they did nothing wrong. 

Just because Thai culture thinks holding hands is an act of indecency and should not be done, does not make it so for foreigners. Making laws for certain types of behavior will only undermine the tourism as well as restricting couples showing affection. 

If i want to make out with the wife or mistress there on the beach, I do not see a problem as long as it is not showing body parts and is not sex. 

It's illegal to photograph or video anyone in public for the purpose of shaming them. Right?

 

 

The news article does not say a word about sunbathing.

Some higher being must have added that.

42 minutes ago, 1happykamper said:

It's illegal to photograph or video anyone in public for the purpose of shaming them. Right?

 

 

Oh dear...pmsl.

Whoever added 'sunbathing' to the text forgot to add " they looked like Brits", 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

capturing an unidentified couple openly engaging in intimate acts amidst sunbathing tourists

Has that Brit woman who was caught having sex on a hotel's table been released from the monkey house, it could be her. 

 

1 hour ago, thesetat said:

The photo does not show much. But it does not appear they were having sex there. Intimate acts like holding her and kissing her? Thais need to stop with their nitpicking about public indecency. They are using it vaguely to insult any foreigner they can by posting it online when usually it was harmless. 

Couples touch each other... Get over it. Couples kiss and are playful with each other physically... Get over it. Unless they were having sex there standing on the beach, they did nothing wrong. 

Just because Thai culture thinks holding hands is an act of indecency and should not be done, does not make it so for foreigners. Making laws for certain types of behavior will only undermine the tourism as well as restricting couples showing affection. 

If i want to make out with the wife or mistress there on the beach, I do not see a problem as long as it is not showing body parts and is not sex. 

On the Thaiger site. It clearly states this couple was engaged in having sex there. So my post is irrelevant. 

And meanwhile, there are hundreds wipe-out on the roads over the past few days, but who really cares as it doesn't affect the small minded hypocritical do-gooders with SFA to do all day. 

15 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Sunbathing? But it looks like night time from the photo.

 

ChatGPT 🤷‍♂️

2 hours ago, thesetat said:

Thais need to stop with their nitpicking about public indecency.

And you need to remember whose country it is.

You shouldn't travel if you cannot respect the ways of the local population.

2 hours ago, 1happykamper said:

It's illegal to photograph or video anyone in public for the purpose of shaming them. Right?

 

 

supposedly they passed a law about this. But it appears to only apply to Thais. Posting any images or videos of foreigners without expressed consent is a free-for-all and apparently the law does not apply to them. 

Most likely that law was forgotten by the police until such time someone reminds the BIB with an envelope to pursue the poster. 

 

Scandalous! LOL

 

Don't people have other things to worry about?

Trying to get a moon tan were they ? 🤔😎

27 minutes ago, Nickcage49 said:

Scandalous! LOL

 

Don't people have other things to worry about?

It seem - NO. 

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the enforcement efforts in tourist-heavy areas like Pattaya Beach.

Nil.  Speeding; running red-lights; drunk driving; prostitution, are all smiled on by the most inept police force in Thailand.  RTP, whilst doing nothing the rest of the year, have amassed a week's overtime payments + 321 deaths.

1 hour ago, sandyf said:

And you need to remember whose country it is.

You shouldn't travel if you cannot respect the ways of the local population.

Which is why I always drive at night with no lights, piss at the side of the road and  chuck my rubbish off the back of my motorbike and then dont pay any tax, I love the local "ways"

2 hours ago, sandyf said:

You shouldn't travel if you cannot respect the ways of the local population.

 

That would cause problems for all the missionaries who want to bring the "word of god" to benighted pagan communities.  Surely it would be wrong to deprive the natives of the chance of eternal salvation.

5 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

The news article does not say a word about sunbathing.

Some higher being must have added that.

God?

 

7 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I think sex in the sea water on the beach is the preferred alternative.

Not in Pattaya waters.

It would be like making love in a sewer.

7 hours ago, 1happykamper said:

It's illegal to photograph or video anyone in public for the purpose of shaming them. Right?

 

 

And illegal to post pornographic images online. "Book 'em Danno!"

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Observers on the beach were taken aback, with many expressing shock and disbelief at the public display.

 

Why?

Normal behaviour - Pattaya is THE hub for sex tourists, sex perverts and sex-pats!

On 1/4/2025 at 10:36 AM, Rampant Rabbit said:

Which is why I always drive at night with no lights, piss at the side of the road and  chuck my rubbish off the back of my motorbike and then dont pay any tax, I love the local "ways"

Indeed, when in Rome etc.

However you seem to have digressed from what was said.

"Thais need to stop with their nitpicking about public indecency."