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Home » Reader question » Reader Question: No Beach Chairs and Umbrellas on Wednesdays in Pattaya?
Dear readers,
I read several stories about chairs and umbrellas. We are going to Pattaya in 2 weeks, I read on the blog that there would be NO more chairs and umbrellas on Wednesday. Is this really the case, there is nothing on Wednesday anymore?
Who can give me a correct answer to this?
Regards,
Jac
Wednesday is a day of rest for the beach keepers and for the chairs and umbrellas.
Can they recover from the other hectic days to keep out as many Russian holidaymakers as possible to promote the enjoyment of the Western and Australian tourists, who sometimes digest a bit.
In response to "Harold" :
Hope this answer is meant as a cynical joke!
Yes, it's unbelievable, but on Wednesday there are no beach chairs and umbrellas on Pattaya/Jomtien beach! Thailand is increasingly spoiling its paying tourists! (also meant cynically!)
What will be next?
Yes, it's true and on the island too
Hello Jack
Indeed that's where I live in Hua Hin it's the same there
So good news for Ladies Wednesday Shopping Day
January
Indeed: no beach chairs and no umbrellas in Pattaya and Jomtien on every Wednesday! “To clean up the beach and give people a chance to enjoy the empty beach” bullshit!
So plan something else on Wednesday or with your towel in the sand…
I just got back from Jomtien and after Jomtien there are beach bars on Wednesdays and you can also rent a beach chair.
I've been here for 6 weeks now. There are no cabanas and lounge chairs on the beach on Wednesdays. Where have you been if you have seen that?
Yes that's where the beaches are empty - no chairs - no vendors on Wednesday. Many are looking for alternatives to this idiotic decision by the Thai authorities. Mine: Pattaya Park – a large swimming paradise that has fallen into disrepair.
Of course there are people on the beach - not many - on their own mat and under the few trees that are there. For the rest : EMPTY and why ; Nobody knows .
Tourists who still find it better that no beach chairs are rented, and prefer to sit on a towel, I would like to say the following.
If you look towards the beach in the evening after sunset on the beach road in Pattaya, you will see that it is swarming with rats, without exaggerating. Now everyone knows that even in Thailand not a single rat wears a diaper, so that you can sit on the beach chair in rat poop on days off.
I can immediately take the wind out of the sails for all naturists who like to blame this pollution on the beach chair users. On days where beach chairs are rented, the beach is cleaned up by the landlords in the evening, which is difficult to control with most anonymous towel users.
Unfortunately, you see these animals everywhere in SE Asia, in Malacca they came out of the sewers in the evening, in Phnom Penh they came swarming from the Mekong and in the middle of Saigon they sat next to our table on the terrace. So you always have to pay attention to hygiene, especially in the big cities and in restaurants / stalls on the road and the danger on the beach (they only come after dark) is relatively small.
It is indeed terrible that silent Wednesday on the beaches. It is no longer possible on my beach day. Golf on Monday, bridge on Tuesday, beach on Wednesday, shopping on Thursday, cleaning lady on Friday. Saturday and Sunday it's too busy for me with all those Thai people on the beach. So on that one day it is no longer possible. I have already written an angry letter to the Prime Minister. Disgraceful how they treat their tourists. Even friends who only come here for 3 weeks on holiday cannot bake at the stand for 1 day a week. Of course they can go to all kinds of hotels and other occasions to lie in the garden at the beach, but there is a price tag attached to that. Boredom strikes mercilessly on such a day because Thailand is only beach and a little rest.
The beachless Wednesday is not fun, but I heard today that from Wednesday March 18 all Thai beaches will be closed and that it is not even allowed to camp on the beach with your own bed. Is this a tourist bullying or do the operators and sellers not get the extra money these people deserve. I always thought that tourism was an important source of income for Thailand.
Can you tell me a bit more about the beach policy of current thailand.
Dear L. van den Heuvel,
On the beaches of Phuket, the rental ban of beach chairs and umbrellas is a daily fact.
Not only the readers of Thailandblog nl respond to this fact with displeasure, but also the Thai newspaper the "Bangkok Post" and the German site "Thaizeit.de" have already responded here.
The site below, Thaizeit.de ”writes, among other things, of this complete chaos.
http://www.thaizeit.de/thailand-themen/news/artikel/phuket-update-strandsituation-das-chaos-ist-perfekt.html
You can read what the government's intentions were in this CNN article from last year.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/07/travel/phuket-beaches-opinion/
This policy is currently heavily (successfully if you read most of the reactions here) opposed by the lower authorities (including politicians and the police).
As a result, for example, this strange Wednesday measure. (actually a kind of sabotage)
Contrary to what John Chiang rai claims, there were also many supporters among the tourists and readers of Phuket Wan at that time.
For much more objective information on this subject, it is best to orient yourself on the site of Phuket Wan.
http://phuketwan.com/
Dear Eugene,
That the government wants to tackle the proliferation of beach chair rental companies and corrupt trade is in principle a good thing, with which most tourists agree.
Only the way this happens brings problems for many tourists and people who earn their daily bread here, which can be seen and heard daily.
Furthermore, you give the impression that I am not aware that there are also advocates of these measures, which, if you read carefully, I have not written anywhere.
In my opinion, I represent a large part of those tourists who like to have a good policy, with a controlled beach chair rental, which also creates space for any towel guests.
Furthermore, you write that the so-called lower governments such as (politicians and police) oppose many measures, and you call this (actually a kind of Sabotage) What you call Sabotage here is nothing else than what the Bangkok Post and the German thaizeit.de (CHAOS) ) have mentioned.
And then refers to what you think is a more objective site “Phuket Wan” which basically writes exactly the same, and just like all other sites is full of reactions from opponents.
You will only have rented a flat or hotel room without a swimming pool nearby.
I can imagine that after this experience many think (and intend) to leave Thailand behind
A few comments if I may.
Direction After Jomtien - Bang Sarea - Sattahip there are nice beach locations with chairs and umbrellas.
That there is a large rat infestation on the Bali Hai towards Walking street is correct
poison, etc., hundreds of them have already been cleared away. Cause Street vendors and tourists leave a lot of food scraps behind.
The tower of the Pattaya Park can be visited with an elevator, beautiful view, see postings elsewhere.
Pattaya / Jomtien is very short if all sights in the area are skipped
(see previous posts). Many people came back very enthusiastically and were not bothered
a merciless boredom. Read the postings, leaflets, brochures. Take a taxi together and
do something!
Sincerely,
Lodewijk
Try something different for a day. Sun, sea, rest and a lounger for 50 bath in North Pattaya.
At the large roundabout past the entrance to the large Dusit Thani hotel take the first road on the left, there is a large sign above the road that reads Bella Villa. Turn left just past the Bella Villa hotel. On the left side you have a tiny beach. You can have some food, drink your own massage and rent a lounger. On the right side there is a somewhat larger beach. This may be an alternative to Wednesday. In any case, have fun.
Dear Willem,
Your idea to try something different to find sun, sea and tranquility in North Pattaya is certainly well-intentioned, but can never be a good solution for a city like Pattaya where many thousands of tourists stay. The tiny beach, and even the slightly larger beach you write about, quickly reaches its limits, if this is taken as an alternative, and is actually nothing more than a well-intentioned popular move in which the chaos is already visible in terms of mass.
The ideas of others, for example to hold a Shopping day as an alternative, or to visit another attraction, are actually absurd.
A tourist who brings a lot of money into the country and assumes a beach holiday does not need alternatives, especially if they are caused by the ridiculous decisions of a government, which to date has still not given an understandable reason for this chaos .
gr.John.
People Thailand is much more than just a beach. We don't spend an average of 12 hours on a plane just to visit the beach in Thailand, then I think you are really doing the country short and there are also beautiful beaches closer to home.
These measures are certainly not fun for the operators and hopefully there will be better measures for them, but perhaps one can now do something else fun in the area that is otherwise nicknamed for on the way to the beach.
I have just returned from a 14 day holiday on Kho Samet and there was no sign of this idiotic arrangement.
beach chairs every day also on Wednesdays.
wonderfully quiet island without much disco noise at sunrise villas next to the pier
I have been to quite a few beaches in the world. Wherever I went, I brought at most a mat and as little luggage as possible.
When I first came to Asia some 37 years ago, I was blown away by the beauty of the beaches. A year later, I went on holiday in France with a friend. We drove south along the coast. This was the last vacation I wanted to take in Europe. The beaches full of chairs and people baking there. I was homesick for Asia.
With the arrival of mass tourism in Asia, that picture also started to emerge here. Beaches polluted by beach chairs, vendors and sunbathers.
Now, when we look for a beach, we always look for a beach where there is no chair to be seen. There where you can walk, find beautiful shells and where there is no "entertainment".
I doubt that "tourism will be destroyed" by this measure. Well, the kind of tourism, which I personally dislike.
Whether these tourists “bring in money” will not matter to me personally. I think Thailand can survive even without this kind of tourism. And I believe, given the choice here, one of the first things that will disappear with a better economy is that very kind of beach tourism.
In the Netherlands, the beaches are also full of beach chairs.
My experience with the people who rent beach chairs has always been that they kept the beach clean.
Even if it was just for self-interest.
Because the tourists will not feel like renting a chair in a rubbish dump.
Without those landlords, the beaches will become considerably dirtier.
How can a beach be called “clean” when the natural habitat of such a beach is being destroyed by hordes of tourists basking in the sun?
Together with this overcrowding and the beach chairs, it may look "clean", but it is clinically a dead piece of land.
The many animal species that normally survive in such an area are chased away and decimated by the legs of the chairs and the tourists… which bird wants or can still hunt there? What little crab can dig a hole there?
Since the beaches are crowded in Europe and only winter can provide some enjoyment, should that also happen elsewhere and then claim that this is good for something?
When I was “forced” by circumstances to go on holiday in Portugal for a number of years, because my ex wanted to sunbathe there with both daughters, they hardly saw me. The ballet you had to dance to get to a spot was too much of a good thing. It wasn't until six o'clock (yes – Dutch dinner time) that it was enjoyable again. I could walk many miles at sunset and enjoy the beauty.
For me there are no more beautiful beaches than beaches without human influence. Without chairs, without vendors, sun worshipers and “pleasure makers”…. And if possible with some nice music in the background. Ever walked along a beach with Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon) listening? You think you are in another world…
I can also lie lazily on a chair at home. I don't need a beach chair for that.
the beaches in Jomtien are wide enough for both and I wonder if you also bring a parasol or sit / lie with your bare bark in the bright sun?
The good thing about the chairs / beds are the prices: affordable for everyone 30 bath to 100 bath and that with a parasol!
Dear Jack,
much has been said about the beach chair affair, with even the craziest of comments being just hypotheses with no foundation. I assume that the “seatless day” will have a good reason. After all, no one benefits from playing “tourist bully”.
You can view it in two ways:
the pessimist: moaning because one day a week there is no beach chair
the optimist : there are seven days in a week, so if there is one day without a beach chair, there are still six WITH a beach chair, I use that one day to fry, instead of lazily laying in a beach chair, to do something else which is also nice.
If that one day has to ruin your stay in Thailand I would advise you to go elsewhere where it is better.
Lung addie