Photo courtesy of Pattaya Mail

 

Pattaya's famed beaches are set for significant changes as city officials crack down on unregulated boat operators and aggressive beach vendors. A key meeting at Pattaya City Hall has resulted in a strategic move to enforce new rules, aiming to enhance safety and visitor experience.

 

Yesterday, Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn led discussions with senior advisors, district officials, and marine authorities to address longstanding issues on the bustling coastline. The meeting focused on improving control over boat parking and passenger transfers, enforcing strict regulations across the three official docking zones: North Pattaya Beach (Dusit Curve), Central Pattaya Beach (Hard Rock Hotel), and South Pattaya Beach (Old Pier). Boats docking outside these sanctioned areas face fines ranging from ฿2,000 to ฿10,000.

 

Adding a new docking point at Soi 12, a demand by local operators, was denied to maintain safety standards. Furthermore, there will be heightened enforcement against beach refuelling by boats, mitigating accident risks.

 

Weekly inspections by the Marine Office, tourism police, and local authorities will intensify, especially on weekends, under the campaign "safe piers, safe people, safe boats." Boat docking permits will require renewal every three months to ensure compliance with safety protocols.

 

Authorities have also targeted unauthorised beach equipment, like umbrellas and lounge chairs outside designated areas. A reorganisation of swimming zones will commence at North Pattaya Beach, with surveys marking these new boundaries.

 

To tackle "beach bullying," the umbrella and lounge chair association must ensure its members allow tourists to park freely and use the beach without compulsion to rent services. Transparent pricing must be displayed, and clear complaint channels established. Violators overcharging or intimidating tourists will face immediate suspension.

 

Both locals and visitors are encouraged to report any violations via Pattaya’s hotline 1337, playing a crucial part in this new enforcement strategy.

 

These decisive measures aim not only to foster safety but also to bolster public confidence in Pattaya’s tourism sector. By ensuring the beaches remain safe, clean, and welcoming, officials are committed to maintaining Pattaya's reputation as a top travel destination for years to come.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-08-08

 

Another rinse and repeat article!

I doubt anyone can sit for more than 20 minutes on the beach without being bothered by some hawker!

Pattaya will never improve its tainted image unless it seriously addresses its criminal and scam problems; which it cannot do due to the "position" of the "influential" people who control, oversee and run these "operations".

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Pattaya's famed beaches are set for significant changes as city officials crack down on unregulated boat operators and aggressive beach vendors. A key meeting at Pattaya City Hall has resulted in a strategic move to enforce new rules, aiming to enhance safety and visitor experience

Another crackdown.... 

Another enforcement that will slip through the crack(s)

Always a crackdown but never a daily effort with police patrols - not that difficult!

When I go to the beach, I don't want to see or hear another soul, crowded beaches with vendors and hawkers? Wouldn't even go there, completely off the list.

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Another rinse and repeat article!

I doubt anyone can sit for more than 20 minutes on the beach without being bothered by some hawker!

Stopped sitting at Jomtien Beach because of Hawkers.  Sit down and 3 or 4 will immediately run up. Then every minute another walks up to ask you.  Don't want to be rude but just want to relax, look at the view, have a drink.

 

Maybe need to place a sign on the Table in Thai "Please do not disturb"

 

Anyways we go to Sattahip now.

Same old story repeated every couple of years. Thailand is now paying the price for lazy management and tourists have had enough.  Sorry Thailand unless you take these problems seriously you will be finished

Here we go again.  Let's see how long this lasts.  I am making book on this one.  Any bets?

All I can say is...ho hum...what again?

1 hour ago, Showtime said:

Here we go again.  Let's see how long this lasts.  I am making book on this one.  Any bets?

Will last until a new topic about safety in Thailand comes up i guess.

Yyyyeeeeaaaawwwwnnnnhhhh - how booooooring. 

Next please, we really had these lip services just too often meanwhile ........ 😞 

I don't like being bothered by the beach bullies and hawkers.  So I stay in the relative quiet of Soi 6...

Next.....a crackdown on taxi drivers who fail to use the meter.........😋

3 hours ago, J Branche said:

Stopped sitting at Jomtien Beach because of Hawkers....

 

Maybe need to place a sign on the Table in Thai "Please do not disturb"

Could be a business opportunity for hawkers to start selling those signs.

57 minutes ago, Dr Jon said:

Could be a business opportunity for hawkers to start selling those signs.

Yep but will ask for money whilst they ensure no hawkers. Catch 22.

9 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Another rinse and repeat article!

I doubt anyone can sit for more than 20 minutes on the beach without being bothered by some hawker!

Edit 20 minutes to 5.

On 8/8/2025 at 9:35 AM, snoop1130 said:

Photo courtesy of Pattaya Mail

 

Pattaya's famed beaches are set for significant changes as city officials crack down on unregulated boat operators and aggressive beach vendors. A key meeting at Pattaya City Hall has resulted in a strategic move to enforce new rules, aiming to enhance safety and visitor experience.

 

Yesterday, Deputy Mayor Wuthisak Rermkijakarn led discussions with senior advisors, district officials, and marine authorities to address longstanding issues on the bustling coastline. The meeting focused on improving control over boat parking and passenger transfers, enforcing strict regulations across the three official docking zones: North Pattaya Beach (Dusit Curve), Central Pattaya Beach (Hard Rock Hotel), and South Pattaya Beach (Old Pier). Boats docking outside these sanctioned areas face fines ranging from ฿2,000 to ฿10,000.

 

Adding a new docking point at Soi 12, a demand by local operators, was denied to maintain safety standards. Furthermore, there will be heightened enforcement against beach refuelling by boats, mitigating accident risks.

 

Weekly inspections by the Marine Office, tourism police, and local authorities will intensify, especially on weekends, under the campaign "safe piers, safe people, safe boats." Boat docking permits will require renewal every three months to ensure compliance with safety protocols.

 

Authorities have also targeted unauthorised beach equipment, like umbrellas and lounge chairs outside designated areas. A reorganisation of swimming zones will commence at North Pattaya Beach, with surveys marking these new boundaries.

 

To tackle "beach bullying," the umbrella and lounge chair association must ensure its members allow tourists to park freely and use the beach without compulsion to rent services. Transparent pricing must be displayed, and clear complaint channels established. Violators overcharging or intimidating tourists will face immediate suspension.

 

Both locals and visitors are encouraged to report any violations via Pattaya’s hotline 1337, playing a crucial part in this new enforcement strategy.

 

These decisive measures aim not only to foster safety but also to bolster public confidence in Pattaya’s tourism sector. By ensuring the beaches remain safe, clean, and welcoming, officials are committed to maintaining Pattaya's reputation as a top travel destination for years to come.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-08-08

 

What in low season when the beaches are empty??? 🙈

Again??

...What About Daily....Ongoing....And Undercover... (?)

 

...Would That Be Too Effective...(?)

 

...And What About Enforcing The Law By Imposing Substantial Penalties Or Fines...(?) 

23 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Another crackdown.... 

How will this stop exploding boats and lunatic drivers??  

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

How will this stop exploding boats and lunatic drivers??  

 

 

 

That would be another crackdown

18 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Next.....a crackdown on taxi drivers who fail to use the meter.........😋

This will be called, Metoring of Meters 

 

 

 

 

 

14 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

This will be called, Metoring of Meters 

 

 

 

 

 

If it ever happened it would be fantastic......that is to say, existing only in fantasy, not real.😋

On 8/9/2025 at 6:01 AM, jacko45k said:

Another rinse and repeat article!

I doubt anyone can sit for more than 20 minutes on the beach without being bothered by some hawker!

I never enjoyed the beach at either pattaya or jomtein. I like beaches but a lot of it is because I like to be left alone and not have other people around.

 

Thai's seem to like crowds, eating together, a bunch of chairs close together, being around other people, nothing quiet. That's not a good beach scene to me. Most of the time I wish they would all just shut up and go away...

1 hour ago, Mark1969 said:

I never enjoyed the beach at either pattaya or jomtein. I like beaches but a lot of it is because I like to be left alone and not have other people around.

 

Thai's seem to like crowds, eating together, a bunch of chairs close together, being around other people, nothing quiet. That's not a good beach scene to me. Most of the time I wish they would all just shut up and go away...

You’d certainly dislike the beaches in Croatia and Montenegro where I am right now. Pattaya and Jomtien beaches during the busiest part of high season are almost entirely bereft of people in comparison.

5 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

You’d certainly dislike the beaches in Croatia and Montenegro where I am right now. Pattaya and Jomtien beaches during the busiest part of high season are almost entirely bereft of people in comparison.

Do you think a lot of people like quiet deserted beaches also, or do the people who end up at crowded beaches actually like crowds, the chair scene and other people around?

 

My theory is that they they kind of make due with what is there, but they don't really enjoy it.

I hate beach chairs, and never have and never will pay for one, but I have to accept the fact that heaps of people love them. These sections of chairs, seldom fully occupied , are partly responsible for the crowding on the free stretches of beach, and most people on a packed free stretch would clearly like a bit more room. Europeans really love their all too short summers, which I think does give a lively atmosphere on the beach promenades, despite the unwelcome crowding on the beaches themselves. 

9 hours ago, Mark1969 said:

Do you think a lot of people like quiet deserted beaches also, or do the people who end up at crowded beaches actually like crowds, the chair scene and other people around?

 

My theory is that they they kind of make due with what is there, but they don't really enjoy it.

Depends how old you are and how much of a show off you are in Europe