Pattaya street vendors dwindle after crackdown

[Rimmer]

Pattaya street vendors dwindle after crackdown

 

The number of street vendors on Pattaya Beach has dropped noticeably since the city began fining hawkers for flogging their food and goods on public property.

 

Along Beach Road, from Soi 2 to Soi 4, not a single sidecar or pushcart vendor was seen Aug. 16, with most moving into the sidestreets to sell their somtam, grilled chicken, fried seafood and other items.

 

Pattaya last month launched a crackdown on street vendors, ordering them away from Beach Road and major shopping centers and fining offenders 2,000 baht. Officials claimed the cart vendors contributed to traffic congestion, garbage and vermin problems.

 

Tourists interviewed applauded Pattaya City Hall’s cleanup effort, saying traffic had become better and it was easier to find parking. There also was less litter.

 

Read More: http://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-street-vendors-dwindle-crackdown-146410

PATTAYA MAIL 2016-08-27

[onemorechang]

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Tourists interviewed applauded Pattaya City Hall’s cleanup effort, saying traffic had become better and it was easier to find parking. There also was less litter.

 

Sure they did.

This must be the way forward.

Get rid of the honest Thai  workers

[KhunBENQ]

They are big in beating the small ones.

Traffic congestion by push carts

 

They very well know what makes congestion on beach rd. like way too many Baht buses creeping and honking for a single passenger often nearly bumper to bumper, tons of half empty huge coaches. Name it.

But fighting this would cost a real effort.

 

[Pattaya28]

Did they forget, or just ignore, all the vendors on Beach Rd "West" sidewalk ? blocking pedestrian flow ? Yes, the vendors on "public land" ?

[snowbak]

get rid of the big buses on 2nd road that will solve a lot of the traffic problems on 2nd road

[phycokiller]

who will the police chase down the street and extort now the vendors are gone?

[JHolmesJr]

Cool move…I did foresee them moving into the sois…now its up to private property owners to keep them from encroaching on their space…..i would be mighty turned off to walk out of sandy spring on soi 13 and find my way blocked by carts.

[balo]

Now can they also do a crackdown of the illegal dildo sales from the beach vendor shops to help the good image of Pattaya as a top tourist destination . Yes it's illegal in Thailand , just like whores. 

 

 

 

[onemorechang]

36 minutes ago, balo said:

Now can they also do a crackdown of the illegal dildo sales from the beach vendor shops to help the good image of Pattaya as a top tourist destination . Yes it's illegal in Thailand , just like whores. 

 

 

 

 

Oh dear, oh dear.

Would you like to cancel Fun a well ?

Kill joy was here.