Fearing military, Pattaya rushes to eradicate sin

[gk10002000]

Driving from North pattaya along the beach yesterday I counted around 30 girls/ladyboys waiting for customers. Not many compared with 200 a few months ago.

I haven't been there in a long time or at least since the latest renovation of the beach area. Have they not removed a lot of the shaded areas where the hookers used to sit loitering waiting for customers? It's now not very comfortable standing in the hot sun, waiting for customers.

The purpose of removing shaded areas and lounging areas on beach road was probably to discourage loitering and solicitation by prostitutes.

There used to be some decent areas to sit along beach road. now they are unshaded, fewer trees, the road has been widened and takes up 10-20 feet of what used to be beach so that you can't sit on the beach chairs without getting more noise than before. Just is not as peaceful as it was just a few years ago.

[lapd]

Speaking of traffic. What the hell happened to 2nd road? It's a roller coaster now. If the baht bus goes more than 20km/h you are being thrown in the air practically hitting the ceiling as it goes over those bumps. I'm guessing it's due to all the backed up traffic and especially those big buses. They are going to have to fix that pretty soon as it seems be getting pretty bad.

Fortunately, traffic is so backed up on 2nd road now the traffic doesn't go fast enough for the bumps to be a problem yet .

Edited September 8, 2014 by lapd

[RealisticRon]

Why not pay some Thais to clean it up every night? Pay them by the pound and that beach would be spotless (assuming you can keep an eye on them so they only get it from the beach). They would get a return on that money 1000x. Does much more damage to the cities reputation than street workers which is still a reason for a lot of the tourism like it or not.

Seriously this is a brilliant idea.

[lapd]

Why not pay some Thais to clean it up every night? Pay them by the pound and that beach would be spotless (assuming you can keep an eye on them so they only get it from the beach). They would get a return on that money 1000x. Does much more damage to the cities reputation than street workers which is still a reason for a lot of the tourism like it or not.

Seriously this is a brilliant idea.

Not too long ago I saw a bunch of Thais in uniforms (orange shirts) cleaning up Jomtien beach with rakes etc.. At the very end of the walkway going towards Pattaya. Badly needed there as that part of the beach collects a lot of garbage. They were loading all the garbage into a big truck which looked like it was maybe a city owned truck. So someone somewhere is paying Thais to clean up that beach. Haven't seen that in Pattaya altough I think there is some of that going on. Maybe by the beach chair mafia as it just makes good business sense for them to keep their section of the beach clean. Still garbage all over the place. Seems like a no brainer. You have hundreds (thousands) of tourists walking along there every day. If you are proud of your city and want to promote tourism you could start by cleaning up the damn garbage instead of harassing the unofficial ambassadors (prostitutes) of the city who actually bring in revenue like it or not.

Edited September 8, 2014 by lapd

[petercool]

We are getting off the main topic and into beach cleaning which is something else and which has been talked about ad nauseam elsewhere. Thanks people.

[petercool]

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[Plutojames88]

Here is a news item that towards the end a military spokesman directly addresses the question.

@davesozbat: A look at Australian men ( and woman ) retired in Thailand and what attracts them ...not all is wholesome

http://t.co/m8xpWYasay

[slygeeza]

I guess some people will like this fantasy, but the reality is that the tourists dont mind the street workers (apart from the ones that are thieves) and walking street is now quite an attraction because of its sordid reputation. what the tourists dont like and the reason many dont return is the polluted beaches and sea. but this isnt an attempt to try an attract tourists, this is just about face

Read my mind. Walking along the beach all the garbage is an eyesore and keeps getting worse. Why not pay some Thais to clean it up every night? Pay them by the pound and that beach would be spotless (assuming you can keep an eye on them so they only get it from the beach). They would get a return on that money 1000x. Does much more damage to the cities reputation than street workers which is still a reason for a lot of the tourism like it or not.

I thought it was the umbrella peoples contractual obligation to keep the beach clean in front of their areas. All the city has to do is end the contract due to it being breached and give it to someone else prepared to do what they say they will do.

Edited September 10, 2014 by slygeeza

[balo]

I sinned last night so this is clearly not working.

[BlackJack]

I say bring it on

Pattaya versus the General

should be a good fight

[gmac]

I sinned last night so this is clearly not working.

Are you sure...............

[Chao Lao Beach]

So, is all the illegal whoring in Pattaya gone as reported it would be ?

[ATF]

This Sin seems impossible to find. Wonder what they will do with it if they find it?