Welcome to Thailandblog.nl
With 275.000 visits per month, Thailandblog is the largest Thailand community in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Sign up for our free e-mail newsletter and stay informed!
Newsletter
Language setting
Rate Thai Baht
Sponsor
Latest comments
- Henk: I was on Koh Si Chang last January and the beach was being renovated. At least I hope so, the beach experience was something I liked
- Dominique: I am always amazed when a topic is started that is about money, and many readers go crazy. Do people really think that T
- Kris: Correct comment Cornelis. In extreme cases, you can even enter the country with your Dutch ID card. International passports d
- Paul glory: Usually book a 2 to 2.1/2 month. VTV, but look for a cheap direct flight or a one-time transfer with not too long a wait
- Glass : They do have a vision: Fill their own pockets, as quickly as possible.
- THNL: completely correct, probably valid for 6 months. When I went back to the Netherlands, the immigration officer told me
- Barry: Statistically speaking, it can be 2-4 months in advance, but that is now completely outdated. For certain periods
- RonnyLatYa: Not changed. It was never a requirement of Thailand that your passport had to be valid for 6 months when you leave the country.
- Jan: It is of course a difference whether you are looking for tickets for the high or low season.
- Josh M: I have read that there will be 3 different toilets in the new second room building. Man, woman and something in between, g
- Georgee: Through the company it is often not much more expensive. Search via Momondo. No travel insurance through the booking site. Have travel insurance b
- Elder Tiele: Koh Si Chang surprised us. It is a boat trip of about 1 hour from the pier, navigating between the large sea-going vessels that sail there
- Hugo: We are tempted to buy all kinds of gadgets and once we embrace them en masse (stupidly) we are exploited. Just like that
- Cornelis: It completely depends on ticket sales. Last week I found tickets for departure in mid-May, so 3 weeks in advance - no
- Cornelis: It is not correct that your Dutch passport must be valid for 6 months upon return to the Netherlands. As a Dutch person you even come with one
Sponsor
Bangkok again
Menu
Arrivals Bangkok Airport
DOSSIERS
Learning objectives and topics
- Background
- Activities
- Advertorial
- Diary
- Tax question
- Belgium question
- Sights
- Bizarre
- Buddhism
- Book reviews
- Column
- Corona crisis
- The Culture
- Diary
- Dating
- The week of
- Dossier
- To dive
- Economy
- A day in the life of…..
- Islands
- Food and drink
- Events and festivals
- Balloon Festival
- Bo Sang Umbrella Festival
- Buffalo races
- Chiang Mai Flower Festival
- Chinese New Year
- Full Moon Party
- Christmas
- Lotus Festival – Rub Bua
- Loy Krathong
- Naga Fireball Festival
- New Years Eve celebration
- Phi ta khon
- Phuket Vegetarian Festival
- Rocket festival – Bun Bang Fai
- Songkran – Thai New Year
- Fireworks Festival Pattaya
- Expats and retirees
- state pension
- Car insurance
- Banking
- Tax in the Netherlands
- Thailand tax
- Belgian Embassy
- Belgian tax authorities
- Proof of life
- DigiD
- emigrate
- To rent a house
- Buy a house
- In memoriam
- Income statement
- King's day
- Cost of living
- Dutch embassy
- Dutch government
- Dutch Association
- News
- Passing away
- Passport
- Retirement
- Drivers license
- Distributions
- Elections
- Insurance in general
- Visa
- work
- Hospital
- Health insurance
- Flora and fauna
- Photo of the week
- Gadgets
- Money and finance
- History
- Health
- Charities
- Hotels
- Looking at houses
- Isaan
- Khan Peter
- Koh Mook
- King Bhumibol
- Living in Thailand
- Reader Submission
- Reader call
- Reader tips
- Reader question
- Society
- marketplace
- Medical tourism
- Environment
- Nightlife
- News from the Netherlands and Belgium
- News from Thailand
- Entrepreneurs and companies
- Education
- Research
- Discover Thailand
- Opinions
- Remarkable
- Calls
- Floods 2011
- Floods 2012
- Floods 2013
- Floods 2014
- Winter prices
- Politics
- Poll
- Travel stories
- Travel
- Organizations
- Shopping
- Social media
- Spa & wellness
- Sport
- Cities
- Position of the week
- The beach
- Language
- For sale
- TEV procedure
- Thailand in general
- Thailand with children
- thai tips
- Thai massage
- Tourism
- Going out
- Currency – Thai Baht
- From the editors
- Real estate law; and
- Traffic and transport
- Visa Short Stay
- Long stay visa
- Visa question
- Flight tickets
- Question of the week
- Weather and climate
Sponsor
Disclaimer translations
Thailandblog uses machine translations in multiple languages. Use of translated information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for errors in translations.
Read our full here disclaimer.
Royalty
© Copyright Thailandblog 2024. All rights reserved. Unless stated otherwise, all rights to information (text, image, sound, video, etc.) that you find on this site rest with Thailandblog.nl and its authors (bloggers).
Whole or partial takeover, placement on other sites, reproduction in any other way and/or commercial use of this information is not permitted, unless express written permission has been granted by Thailandblog.
Linking and referring to the pages on this website is permitted.
Home » Reader question » Reader question: Do all sunbeds go from Jomtien beach?
Reader question: Do all sunbeds go from Jomtien beach?
Dear readers,
I would like to know what will happen to the beach in Jomtien? I heard all the beds go off the beach. is that correct and by when?
We want to go to Jomtien for a month next February, but if you don't have any beds then we don't have to.
Please comment.
Yours faithfully,
Wim
I myself have lived in Jomtien for several years, and nothing is known about the removal of beds from the beach. The beach is only closed every Wednesday: no beds, no umbrellas, no service. But the other 6 days the beach is just as it always was…!
Dear Wim,
The answer to this question is more hope than actual knowledge.
Until February 2016 is still a very long time, especially in a country where every day the government comes up with different experiments, which in my opinion are more spontaneous than really well thought out.
If you want to have a seat in February 2016, only HOPE & PRAYER remains.
Gr. John.
Yes, that's right Alex, I've just been there for 3 months
only no beds on Wednesdays
the rest of the week, yes
It is completely correct, on Wednesday there is no bed or chair available, this applies to almost every beach in Thailand, sometimes you can try it at a hotel that has a private beach, they turn a blind eye now and then, but I don't think all the beds and chairs will go away, this will kill tourism even further.
Next Wednesday, April 15, we can enjoy beach chairs and umbrellas again, at least at Jomtien (dongtan beach)
Since our big water ballet takes place on April 19, no one can reach the beach with transport that day.
so a one-time change, so that the beach tent owners are only unemployed for a day.
I am sure that in 2016 we will also have chairs and umbrellas at dongtan beach, as most of the beach tent owners comply well with the rules and some are close to the "fire" through a committee that advises the mayor.
If things go the same as in Phuket and I believe in Hua Hin too, then you can just count on it that one day there will be nothing left on the beach. Then you can rent at most a parasol, with 2 (not 1!) mattresses underneath that once lay on your lounger!
And for the grand prize! 200 Baht per day! This year we bought a chair for 800 Baht (bargained of course) that you can recline. And that was excellent. The first month (November 2014) we still had the naive hope that the sunbeds would return. But unfortunately. Our backs and knees suffered a lot. The other 3 months still enjoyed our sitting / lounger. Hope Jomtien is skipped. But We fear with great fear!
I was in Jomtien in February and there were no beach chairs there all day on Wednesday. At Puket it is completely allowed more. If this continues, it will deter a lot of people from going to Thailand. There are of course many other destinations to Thailand.