Two more Phuket beaches get their 10 per cent zones

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Two more Phuket beaches get their 10 per cent zones
Saroj Kueprasertkij


Beach Vendors clean the beach prior to the arrival of V/Gov Chokdee.

PHUKET: -- Phuket Vice Governor Chokdee Armornwat continued on his beach management journey Tuesday (Nov 17) as he marked out new 10 per cent zones at both Nai Harn and Kamala beaches.

“The length of Nai Harn Beach is around 800 metres, we have marked out two 10% zones each at 40m. Kamala is around two kilometers long so we have therefore provided 4 50m 10% zones,” V/Gov Chokdee told The Phuket News.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/two-more-phuket-beaches-get-their-10-per-cent-zones-55036.php


-- Phuket News 2015-11-19

[NamKangMan]

And the farce continues.

[LivinginKata]

And the farce continues.

Exactly

[RidgeRunner]

Sounds reasonable if:

1. They don't set up empty chairs.

2. They haul all their stuff off the beach at sunset so the place doesn't look like crap.

[Emster23]

10% of what? Not explained here or in source. 10% clean? 10% no corruption zone?

[madmitch]

These figures would imply that the zones would be allowed to operate right down to the seafront. I'm sure that's not the case.

This literally is an example of one dimensional thinking!

[wabothai]

May be of interest to read when you know what a 10% zone is.

Wouldn't hurt to clarify this in the article Thaivisa!

[steelepulse]

Good news about Nai Harn as last weekend the length of the beach was taken up by the vendors and their umbrellas. Guess I'll have to take a look and confirm.

[ajarnmarc]

Now that they're cleaning it, they will certainly think they own it.

Hate to see what happens when the first foreigner lets their bag blow away,

or plastic cup go tossing down the shoreline...

The Thai's will be on the unlucky tourist in a heartbeat.

Hopefully they can start by putting up signs to encourage people to help keep the beach clean,

but first they need to put in some trash cans so people can place their waste where it needs to be...

[NamKangMan]

Now that they're cleaning it, they will certainly think they own it.

Hate to see what happens when the first foreigner lets their bag blow away,

or plastic cup go tossing down the shoreline...

The Thai's will be on the unlucky tourist in a heartbeat.

Hopefully they can start by putting up signs to encourage people to help keep the beach clean,

but first they need to put in some trash cans so people can place their waste where it needs to be...

I can see it now, "50 baht for clean beach. You no pay. You can no go beach."

It might change from a beach lounge and umbrella charge, to a "clean beach fee."

[steelepulse]

Happy to report that Nai Harn now has just two narrow swaths of umbrellas two rows deep.