City hall pledges cleanup of Walking Street touts, vendors

PATTAYA:--Pattaya City Hall is taking another stab at cleaning up Walking Street amid rampant complaints about touts, pick-pockets, ladyboys, flower sellers and other riff-raff.

At a March 30 meeting with Walking Street’s board of directors, Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh said a proposal awaiting approval would have Pattaya police, tourist police and municipal enforcement officers jointly ticket and arrest on sight pornographic DVD sellers, sex-show touts, beggars, flower sellers and other street vendors from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Barriers will also be erected on side streets to prevent cars from entering the zone during evening hours and officers were assigned to inspect signage so it’s in compliance with height regulations.

Ronakit said the Public Health and Environment Office would take over responsibility for garbage collection and city hall has set aside funds for more officers to secure the street from 3-8 a.m.

Walking Street community head Sunthorn Kangsirikul agreed many of the street vendors and beggars are nuisances to tourists. He also requested more help in corralling the many transvestites and motorcycle taxi drivers congregating on the 850-meter promenade who also draw copious numbers of complaints from visitors.

Full story:--http://www.pattayama...s-vendors-11847

-- Pattaya Mail 2012-04-13

Yea right ....

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/547826-city-council-committee-bemoans-inaction-on-koh-larn-bali-hai-problems/

I'll believe it when i see it...

Poor old ladyboys, always on the receiving en..oh hang on..

Just in time for ... low season

Funny, no mention of the jet ski plague.

Edited April 14, 201214 yr by KeyserSoze01

The last couple of nights have been a huge improvement on walking street! Most of the above were not there. I am not sure if it is because of the crack down or if they went home for songran.

I'll believe it when i see it...

Agree, although it would be nice!

A crackdown on lying politicians would solve all the problems.

Deja vu, all over again. I think Pattaya's leaders (to use the term loosely) have a list of say 10 favourite things to say every few months/years or depending on situation.

1. clean-up of walking st vendors, touts

2. flood alleviation

3. crackdown on ladyboys, sex dvd vendors, beggars and sundry "undesirables" on Beach Rd

4. make pattaya hub of <<insert fanciful idea>>

5. clampdown on underaged sex workers all over town except in the known haunts

6. roundup of illegals (code for burmese, lao and cambodian)

7. confiscate counterfeit goods in front of media

8. clampdown on illegal drugs and arrest the same guys

9. another "beautification" project and at the conclusion, it's still a fairly ugly town

10. put telephone, electrical wires underground

please feel free to extend list becasue I am sure I missed several "promises" which have yet to be delivered.

Deja vu, all over again. I think Pattaya's leaders (to use the term loosely) have a list of say 10 favourite things to say every few months/years or depending on situation.

1. clean-up of walking st vendors, touts

2. flood alleviation

3. crackdown on ladyboys, sex dvd vendors, beggars and sundry "undesirables" on Beach Rd

4. make pattaya hub of <<insert fanciful idea>>

5. clampdown on underaged sex workers all over town except in the known haunts

6. roundup of illegals (code for burmese, lao and cambodian)

7. confiscate counterfeit goods in front of media

8. clampdown on illegal drugs and arrest the same guys

9. another "beautification" project and at the conclusion, it's still a fairly ugly town

10. put telephone, electrical wires underground

please feel free to extend list becasue I am sure I missed several "promises" which have yet to be delivered.

Can't wait until the mayor's absurd re-election promises that are coming soon. I don't think he fulfilled a single one last time. I'm sure the 2nd batch will be equally as humorous. I guess politicians are the same all over the world. Promises, promises, promises.

Funny, no mention of the jet ski plague.

The only crackdown on things they are not making money on.

Deja vu, all over again. I think Pattaya's leaders (to use the term loosely) have a list of say 10 favourite things to say every few months/years or depending on situation.

1. clean-up of walking st vendors, touts

2. flood alleviation

3. crackdown on ladyboys, sex dvd vendors, beggars and sundry "undesirables" on Beach Rd

4. make pattaya hub of <<insert fanciful idea>>

5. clampdown on underaged sex workers all over town except in the known haunts

6. roundup of illegals (code for burmese, lao and cambodian)

7. confiscate counterfeit goods in front of media

8. clampdown on illegal drugs and arrest the same guys

9. another "beautification" project and at the conclusion, it's still a fairly ugly town

10. put telephone, electrical wires underground

please feel free to extend list becasue I am sure I missed several "promises" which have yet to be delivered.

Can't wait until the mayor's absurd re-election promises that are coming soon. I don't think he fulfilled a single one last time. I'm sure the 2nd batch will be equally as humorous. I guess politicians are the same all over the world. Promises, promises, promises.

Did not he say he was going to knock down Walking Street when he was last elected or was that the time before?

Is this the same city hall that promised to tackle the problem of jetski scams?

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He never promised to bring real taxi meters to Pattaya. Mission NOT accomplished!