Area Police Told To Fix Jet Ski, Traffic Problems To Help Thailand Boost Tourism

[Rimmer]

Area police told to fix jet ski, traffic problems to help Thailand boost tourism

PATTAYA:--From the ongoing jet ski scam crisis to crippling traffic, area law-enforcement agencies were quizzed on how they plan to solve Pattaya’s many obstacles to the Prime Minister’s goal of increasing Thailand’s tourism revenue to 2 trillion baht annually by 2015.

Gen. Somyos Pumpanmuang, a consultant for the Royal Thai Police, called top officials from the Region 2, Chonburi and Tourist police bureaus to a review meeting July 18, along with top Banglamung and Pattaya government leaders.

Somyos ordered police officials to make Walking Street a “safety zone” and produce reports on the city’s most-powerful criminals, international gangs, jet ski thugs and scamming rental car agents. He also pushed for faster upgrades in CCTV technology and emergency phone booths.

He said police also need to better inform the public about emergency services through brochures and the media if Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s goal is to be met.

His suggestions follow a July 4 decision by the Royal Thai Police in Phuket to make that island a model for cleaning up all of the country’s tourist resorts. The “Phuket model” calls for increased CCTV use, safety zones, tourist hotlines and crackdowns on the city’s jet skis and tuk-tuk operators.

Deputy Chonburi Police Station Superintendent Col. Pisith Proirungroj began the police presentations with a review of Pattaya’s ongoing problems of prostitution, petty crime against tourists and scamming business operators.

He said police have taken steps to improve security for tourists with the construction of a 3-meter-tall watch tower and six police boxes along Pattaya Beach, plus added patrols until 1 a.m. and aggressive tree pruning to increase light on the dark beach pathway.

Maj. Gen. Kraibun Suadsong, of the Office of Police Strategy, said police are recording information on all entertainment venues and trained officers to speak multiple languages.

Chonburi station Superintendent Maj. Gen. Jumnong Rattanakul said he’d met with Gov. Khomsan Ekachai, who called Pattaya’s jet ski scammers an urgent priority.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2012-08-03

[maprao]

The only way they will stop the Jetski scam is to say NO JETSKIS in Pattaya or Jomtien job done

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[lovetotravel]

Does this mean the police will actually have to do some work and help people out? We'll see.

[lovetotravel]

The only way they will stop the Jetski scam is to say NO JETSKIS in Pattaya or Jomtien job done

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Not really. I've rented jet skis in Jomtien before with no problems.

[striderman]

talk is cheap.

any scheme they come up with will simply be ignored by the rental guys, too much money is involved

[Semper]

He said police have taken steps to improve security for tourists with the construction of a 3-meter-tall watch tower and six police boxes along Pattaya Beach, plus added patrols until 1 a.m. and aggressive tree pruning to increase light on the dark beach pathway.

A copy of Berlin Wall could be the next step.

[PoodMaiDai]

Heard this nonsense a few times before.

The only way to fix the jet ski problem is to get rid of them. But that isn't going to happen and I think we all know why.

[maprao]

The only way they will stop the Jetski scam is to say NO JETSKIS in Pattaya or Jomtien job done

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Not really. I've rented jet skis in Jomtien before with no problems.

I did for more than 10 years nearer 12 then the lot outside the Marriot Royal Garden got me. It isa bit like dipping your wick uncovered I guess eventually you will run out of luck! I always used to say done this for years never had a problem until it happened! (jet ski that is not the wick!).

When you add the amount I have spent over those years on Jet Skis to what they ripped me off for and the fact that I will never touch one again...they as a group are the losers.

Edited August 4, 2012 by maprao

[PoodMaiDai]

He said police have taken steps to improve security for tourists with the construction of a 3-meter-tall watch tower and six police boxes along Pattaya Beach.

Wonder if those will be used as much as all the lifeguard stands they put all down the beach?

[dazk]

The BIB are some of the most powerful criminals they need to start there