Crackdown On Pattaya Beach Road Prostitutes

[thrilled]

I enjoy walking beach road,I think it's A blast.

[frenchfarangjomtien]

Thinking that the police should get rid of the hookers is stupid, because where do you think they will go ?

And if tourists don't want to see them they should better walk at Jomtien beach or shxt up !

[Beetlejuice]

Probably the reason for this crackdown is that the beach freelance prostitutes are bypassing the system, meaning that the police, bar owners, mafia and massage parlour owners are not getting their fair cut from the flesh market. There are no government redundancy schemes for pimps and mamma sans.

Makes much more sense to contain these women of ill virtue into bars where the

people who run these establishments have complete control over them, the

customers and ensure themselves a share of the profits. Similar has already happened in Chiang Mai, where the lady houses have all been shut down and levelled, the pros contained in the bars under full control of the system created by the old boys networks that run the city.

[moetownblues]

Yes, please get rid of them post haste. They are generally an unappealing sight that does no good for Pattaya's image and many are aggressive and rude too, not to mention the pick pockets. There are plenty of places in Pattaya people who want to find hookers of all three sexes can find them without letting them parade in the street and be a nuisance to those who have no interest in their services.

What image ? ???

Everyone knows Pattaya is the cesspool of Thailand that attracts the worst types of farang and Thai

If people are not interested in the sex for sale image of Pattaya they would visit many of the beautiful areas of Thailand

People who go to Pattaya do not go for the dirty beaches there they go for the dirty women and ladyboys

Don't forget the dirty men. Would not want to leave out our gay brothers. Most gay guys don't like lady boys, you know.

Hetrosexual guys don't like them either so who does that leave.

[luckizuchinni]

Thinking that the police should get rid of the hookers is stupid, because where do you think they will go ?

And if tourists don't want to see them they should better walk at Jomtien beach or shxt up !

THey can go anywhere. The johns will find them without doubt.

For a foreign family whose travel agent gets them a Pattaya Beach hotel, is seems rather far-fetched to tell them to get in a baht bus and go to Jomtien just to have an evening walk on the beach.

I am a personal liberty-type person, so I don't mind there being hookers plying their trade. I just think the Beach Road is too valuable a piece of real estate. In a beach town, many people come for the beach, and the large number of male and female hookers doing their thing there is threatening to some tourists. Hookers don't ply their trade inside of wats, yet they seem to find customers. WHy not make the beach a no hooker zone? Pick any one of the sois or the parallel road going north and let the hookers know they won't be hassled there. Don't you think the johns would be able to walk the few minutes it takes to get there to find a hooker?

This is not an anti-hooker post. It is just a keep the beach road user-friendly for everyone.

[SiriusBlack1]

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[craigt3365]

Thinking that the police should get rid of the hookers is stupid, because where do you think they will go ?

And if tourists don't want to see them they should better walk at Jomtien beach or shxt up !

THey can go anywhere. The johns will find them without doubt.

For a foreign family whose travel agent gets them a Pattaya Beach hotel, is seems rather far-fetched to tell them to get in a baht bus and go to Jomtien just to have an evening walk on the beach.

I am a personal liberty-type person, so I don't mind there being hookers plying their trade. I just think the Beach Road is too valuable a piece of real estate. In a beach town, many people come for the beach, and the large number of male and female hookers doing their thing there is threatening to some tourists. Hookers don't ply their trade inside of wats, yet they seem to find customers. WHy not make the beach a no hooker zone? Pick any one of the sois or the parallel road going north and let the hookers know they won't be hassled there. Don't you think the johns would be able to walk the few minutes it takes to get there to find a hooker?

This is not an anti-hooker post. It is just a keep the beach road user-friendly for everyone.

Agreed. It would be so easy to setup a separate area and clean up beach road. There are a lot of families here. And more would like to come. Lots of Thais visit the beach. Pattaya would improve immensely if they got their act together regarding the beach walk. If they did it right, business could increase here dramatically. But still maintain the current activities for those interested.

Vegas had the same problem in the 70's. Hookers would walk down the strip and literally reach into your car and grab you by the short ones. Fun the first time, not so fun the 10th. Then robberies started, etc., to they cracked down on them. Everybody said Vegas would lose visitors as that was part of the attraction. Well...guess what...Vegas grew like crazy after the crackdown and has become a truly world class destination. Hookers are everywhere, but they are not walking the streets. Works out great.

You can say the same thing about New York City. 8th Avenue. On my first trip, that street was a cesspool. Live sex act, porn shops, crime...it really sucked. Mayor Giuliani cracked down on it, dealing with complaints from many groups, and now crime is down a huge % and tourism is thriving. Hard to argue with success....

[SantiSuk]

Need to clean the sh$t out of the sea to make the Beach Road a family walk before you even think about cleaning the sh$t off the Prom.

[As in business, play to strengths - keep Pattaya wild and dirty and develop Jomtien for families. Different local governments I guess, so it won't happen]

[britmaveric]

Beach Rd will remain as it is, not sure why anyone is taking notice of the usual BS crackdowns.

[craigt3365]

Beach Rd will remain as it is, not sure why anyone is taking notice of the usual BS crackdowns.

"Change is inevitable. Change is constant."

-- Benjamin Disraeli

[pepi2005]

The beach is just too valuable to cede it to the hookers.

you are talking about the same beach where getting some water into your eye can make it swell up turn red and you might end up in Bangkok Pattaya hospital to save your eyelight?

Every travel agent who sells a hotel room in Central Pattaya as a 'family friendly' destination has the wrong job and can't be taken seriously (well, he should even be fined). In Thailand, there are thousands of spots with much more beautiful beaches (though their number shrink by the day out of growing pollution and a lack of eco-policy and longterm perspective in Thailand) and more value in terms of 'family friendliness'.

Pattaya is clearly an 'entertainment' (not even only related to sex tourism) destination, and is reknowned in the world for that. I'm sure that 95% of the tourists coming there know that very well and EXPECT it to be that way.

Apart from that, with the current crime rate, unresolved farang killings (eeeh.. 'suicides'), bribery, potholes, polluted air, tap water and sea, polluted beaches, extortion by police against naive tourists, SME blackmailing etc. etc. etc., Pattaya will never be a 'nice' and modern city. The best joke was when I heard they seriously apply as a location for the next world exhibition!

I'd recommend the authorities to FIRST clean up all the other mess that exists in Pattaya, and as soon as everthing else is nice, clean, modern and friendly, ask the girls if they would move to another spot. But please also keep them in Pattaya, it gives this city its individual tough and a smiling face.

[Rimmer]

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[craigt3365]

The beach is just too valuable to cede it to the hookers.

you are talking about the same beach where getting some water into your eye can make it swell up turn red and you might end up in Bangkok Pattaya hospital to save your eyelight?

Every travel agent who sells a hotel room in Central Pattaya as a 'family friendly' destination has the wrong job and can't be taken seriously (well, he should even be fined). In Thailand, there are thousands of spots with much more beautiful beaches (though their number shrink by the day out of growing pollution and a lack of eco-policy and longterm perspective in Thailand) and more value in terms of 'family friendliness'.

Pattaya is clearly an 'entertainment' (not even only related to sex tourism) destination, and is reknowned in the world for that. I'm sure that 95% of the tourists coming there know that very well and EXPECT it to be that way.

Apart from that, with the current crime rate, unresolved farang killings (eeeh.. 'suicides'), bribery, potholes, polluted air, tap water and sea, polluted beaches, extortion by police against naive tourists, SME blackmailing etc. etc. etc., Pattaya will never be a 'nice' and modern city. The best joke was when I heard they seriously apply as a location for the next world exhibition!

I'd recommend the authorities to FIRST clean up all the other mess that exists in Pattaya, and as soon as everthing else is nice, clean, modern and friendly, ask the girls if they would move to another spot. But please also keep them in Pattaya, it gives this city its individual tough and a smiling face.

For sure there is a lot wrong with Pattaya. But I doubt 95% of tourists know of all the problems. I sure didn't on my first trip....though I had read enough about it, and lived in Bangkok...but still was shocked when I got here.

As for the crime rate, read the thread on Phuket...or CM. Same stuff happens there. Just read about a guy doing a high dive off a balcony in CM. And all the other crime occurs in those cities as well. Pattaya is kinda like the US...easy target right now...

Thailand will come to it's senses. It may be quite some time, but it will happen. I know I won't hold my breath for it to occur.

[britmaveric]

"Change is inevitable. Change is constant."

-- Benjamin Disraeli

The more things change the more things stay the same.

[craigt3365]

"Change is inevitable. Change is constant."

-- Benjamin Disraeli

The more things change the more things stay the same.

Touche!

[Ulysses G.]

^Ahh so you live in CM and do not even live in Pattaya? Well that explains as much - your opinion is completely worthless.

How is the Spotlight Bar these days?

Could not even name a single bar in the place and never even seen a sex worker crawling the streets of Chiangmai. Have been to afew bars in CM but never seen a working girl in them I guess CM is nothing like Pattaya.

Quit pulling our legs.

[rametindallas]

Never happens during the high season or when the US Navy boys are around...

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington just left Pataya. http://pattayamail.com/current/news.shtml#hd1

I went there a few years ago with my Thai GF and at 7 a.m. would be propositioned every 3 meters! I accept the fact that I will be propositioned by tailors in front of a tailor shop and bargirls in front of a bar but on the beach front was too much for me. I have not been back since.

[Deeral]

Never happens during the high season or when the US Navy boys are around...

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington just left Pataya. http://pattayamail.c.../news.shtml#hd1

I went there a few years ago with my Thai GF and at 7 a.m. would be propositioned every 3 meters! I accept the fact that I will be propositioned by tailors in front of a tailor shop and bargirls in front of a bar but on the beach front was too much for me. I have not been back since.

"I went there a few years ago with my Thai GF and at 7 a.m. would be propositioned every 3 meters! I accept the fact that I will be propositioned by tailors in front of a tailor shop and bargirls in front of a bar but on the beach front was too much for me. I have not been back since."

I have to say I find it hard to believe this comment. ....... and anyone who has spent time in Pattaya would know that it is extremely unlikely that a man accompanied by a woman would be propositioned by sex workers.

US navy were there at the week-end.

[tropo]

I went there a few years ago with my Thai GF and at 7 a.m. would be propositioned every 3 meters! I accept the fact that I will be propositioned by tailors in front of a tailor shop and bargirls in front of a bar but on the beach front was too much for me. I have not been back since.

When I walk (or sit) there with my wife, I'm never propositioned. Perhaps you don't look like a serious couple. Perhaps your girlfriend dresses inappropriately for a girlfriend.

[tropo]

Beach Rd will remain as it is, not sure why anyone is taking notice of the usual BS crackdowns.

Absolutely right. Why is everyone making a fuss about a crackdown? They're always having crackdowns and nothing changes. Unless they police the area year round, day and night, they're not really serious about cleaning it up.

There's something very wrong about detaining girls on suspicion of being a sex workers. It just shows you that people don't have rights here and the police can get away with anything at all. To be fair they would need hard evidence. During these crackdowns, any Asian looking female cannot enjoy sitting along the beachfront for fear of being suspected of being a prostitute by the crackdown police.

I've left my wife sitting there on the odd occasion while I pop over the road to get some refreshments. I wouldn't be very happy if they arrested her while I was away because she was just sitting there on the beachfront, as people do. It would also be rather annoying if they came along and started giving my wife the 3rd degree just because she was sitting there with me.

[newtronbom]

Is the crackdown long-time or short-time?

I think it has a lot to do with all the cracks, not just the short or long ones......

[cdnvic]

Somebody just got sent off for a nice long rest because they accused members in particular and Pattaya expats as a whole of being pedophiles and condoning child prostitution. Don't post things here that you wouldn't say face to face to someone, and think twice about the seriousness of what you are saying before you post.

[newtronbom]

has anyone ever read any intelegent comments on this site about any topic? I know I have read alot of BS and realy stupid comments. most of you really suck with no brains.

How about you add some intelligent commentary to prove you're not the dumbest of them all.

Yeah. I go along with "tropo" on this. There are a wealth of good, helpful and humorous posts here. Getting anything out of this site - or any site, depends on how much you can actually read and a lot on which posts you tend to choose. There seem to be idiots on any forum, just as in real life. Get used to it.

[Rimmer]

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[Utterlyuseful]

Shouldn't make disrespectful assumptions about people's girlfriends....do unto others......

btw what is your definition of appropriate dress for a girlfriend, wife, etcetc

I went there a few years ago with my Thai GF and at 7 a.m. would be propositioned every 3 meters! I accept the fact that I will be propositioned by tailors in front of a tailor shop and bargirls in front of a bar but on the beach front was too much for me. I have not been back since.

When I walk (or sit) there with my wife, I'm never propositioned. Perhaps you don't look like a serious couple. Perhaps your girlfriend dresses inappropriately for a girlfriend.

[mark45y]

Beach Rd will remain as it is, not sure why anyone is taking notice of the usual BS crackdowns.

Absolutely right. Why is everyone making a fuss about a crackdown? They're always having crackdowns and nothing changes. Unless they police the area year round, day and night, they're not really serious about cleaning it up.

There's something very wrong about detaining girls on suspicion of being a sex workers. It just shows you that people don't have rights here and the police can get away with anything at all. To be fair they would need hard evidence. During these crackdowns, any Asian looking female cannot enjoy sitting along the beachfront for fear of being suspected of being a prostitute by the crackdown police.

I've left my wife sitting there on the odd occasion while I pop over the road to get some refreshments. I wouldn't be very happy if they arrested her while I was away because she was just sitting there on the beachfront, as people do. It would also be rather annoying if they came along and started giving my wife the 3rd degree just because she was sitting there with me.

My god that is a good idea. I could take a trip to Pattaya and leave my GF alone on the beach for a few minutes to go get a coke at the 7/11. The cops pick her up and I have a day alone in Pattaya.

I can see it now. Finally, I show up at the police station. Honey, what are you doing at the police station? Did you try to sell some? Not good, I thought you were a nice girl. No, police don't lie. She probably wouldn't even notice the lipstick on my collar.

Now if only I could get the exact time of the next crackdown.

[wotaplonker]

I went there a few years ago with my Thai GF and at 7 a.m. would be propositioned every 3 meters! I accept the fact that I will be propositioned by tailors in front of a tailor shop and bargirls in front of a bar but on the beach front was too much for me. I have not been back since.

When I walk (or sit) there with my wife, I'm never propositioned. Perhaps you don't look like a serious couple. Perhaps your girlfriend dresses inappropriately for a girlfriend.

good point

i have been to patts several times and walked along beach road both during the afternoon and between approx 10pm to 11pm

i have never been hassled becuase if i show any interest hand catch someone's eye there is just a straigtforward conversation about terms and thats it,

when does the more supposed serious stuff happen, in the early hours? some drunken guy wandering around any town in any place on earth is the middle of the night is asking for trouble, just sounds like over exaggerated mumbo jumbo, the Thai authorithies can shut down the sex industry in Pattaya overnight if they wish, they should do it and they will find that tourist wont give a shit as they will go elsewhere to spend their money. what twaddle

[brahmburgers]

How about a crackdown on the non-productive thieving money handlers on Wall Street who, every time their paper palaces come falling down, the Feds shovel tens of billions of dollars in their laps. That's a crackdown I'd like to see.

The girls on Beach Road are a major attraction of Pattaya Beach. Leave them alone. The Ladyboys, on the other hand, are a nuisance as they are way too aggressive. Get rid of the Ladyboys.

Tho I don't habitate Pattaya, I've had some fun there with the ladies for hire. Fully agree with Sailfish1 about getting rid of the ladyboys. Tough job with Thailand (in general) and Pattaya specifically - having the most katoys per sq.M than anywhere else on the planet.

[tropo]

has anyone ever read any intelegent comments on this site about any topic? I know I have read alot of BS and realy stupid comments. most of you really suck with no brains.

How about you add some intelligent commentary to prove you're not the dumbest of them all.

Yeah. I go along with "tropo" on this. There are a wealth of good, helpful and humorous posts here. Getting anything out of this site - or any site, depends on how much you can actually read and a lot on which posts you tend to choose. There seem to be idiots on any forum, just as in real life. Get used to it.

You're absolutely right. This forum has been a valuable source of information for me on many topics over the years.

[tropo]

Shouldn't make disrespectful assumptions about people's girlfriends....do unto others......

btw what is your definition of appropriate dress for a girlfriend, wife, etcetc

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Here we go again. Another one of your trolling expeditions....

You know the answers, so stop acting dumb just for the sake of getting a rise.