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Reader question: Is Thailand, from a tourist point of view, going down due to noise nuisance?
Dear readers,
We have been in Thailand for over a month now and we are having a great time, but as tourists we also notice that disco drone and other nocturnal noise are omnipresent here. We have been from the far north, from Chiang Rai and Nan, to the deep south, to Had Yai and Songkhla, but we have only slept peacefully in Nan so far.
Furthermore, plague noise everywhere, many nights awake from this, unheard sound terror. Boomcars and crackling engines everywhere, booming and clatter – there seems to be no escape! We have already spoken to many other tourists in the various hotels and resorts with ditto experiences.
Thailand is still suffering from noise nuisance from a tourist point of view. Or are we mistaken?
Regards,
Jos
Maybe good earplugs are an option??
Indeed, everywhere as you said… pest noise”.
We are currently staying in Thailand and traveling all over Thailand, but everywhere you go that terrible plague noise.
That Thai smile is also hard to find, especially rude behavior. We come to Thailand almost 2 times a year because I have a Thai girlfriend, but it's starting to bother me more and more.
Greetings Eric
You are not mistaken.
In Thailand I have mainly experienced noise nuisance in smaller places (villages) and in the end it is impossible to talk about reducing that nuisance. The only option is to leave and not come back 🙁
That was one of the reasons for me to stay in the city, but it is sometimes unbearable there.
A Thai takes little or no account of others, but that is often the case in our Netherlands ...
Yes you are mistaken. Because the youth is not bothered by the noise. Because they are partying themselves. Otherwise they just sleep through it. You will have to find a place to sleep that is not in the entertainment area. There are plenty of hotels or guesthouses that are located in a very quiet area. They are often cheaper too.
If you book a cheap hotel near or next to a bar, that can happen, I've been to Thailand a number of times, but always book a hotel just next to the nightlife area about 1km, never no problem.
Haha Josh,
I understand what you mean.
I am going to Phuket in 6 weeks. I booked a hotel in Katabeach because of all the noise. It is slightly from the beach and therefore wonderfully quiet. The fact that it is very clean and with a good WiFi signal is an added bonus. For 20 euros per night so you won't hear me complain.
good luck with the disco.
g William
Somewhat bizarre, Cees' reaction to my notes about the ubiquitous sound terror in Thailand. Terror is terror, even if the youth thinks it's so beautiful! So I'm afraid that Cees will be mistaken if he wants to send average hotel guests in Thailand, who just need a bit of sleep after all the impressions of this beautiful country, into the rice fields, where the monotonous noise is often unavoidable.
What's so weird about good advice? If you can't stand noise. Then don't look it up.
You can't expect everyone to go to sleep at 9 o'clock. I always look for a place to sleep that is not near the nightlife. So you think making music is terror. Well then you will have a lot of fun. And you don't have to for a quiet place to sleep. As other people have indicated here, certainly not into the rice fields. There are plenty of hotels that are very quiet.
Here in the north you can still sleep peacefully everywhere.
If you sleep in small villages it can be too quiet as nothing is open anymore at 21 pm.
Anyway, we go for rest and to experience the real Thai life.
Gr Wim.
Hello Jos,
Like anywhere in the world, if you want to spend the night in the middle of it, you will have to sleep in the middle of it. Everywhere, including Chiang Mai, for example, a sensible person chooses a place to stay that is 500 to 1.500 meters away. Then you sleep cheaper and find peace. At my regular place in Chiang Mai, 750 meters from the Night Bazar, I only hear crickets and my snoring neighbor in my garden at night.
It seems predictable that you speak to many complaining tourists with similar experiences. These kind of tourists like to visit each other everywhere, to tell how bad it all is. Apparently people like it? Probably all those people with complaints themselves are always very quiet when it comes down to it (or aren't they?) In any case, I'm glad they don't bother to look for and find my nice place, for example. This is how peace is preserved there.
I wake up here from the cock crowing, those animals their alarm clock is not set correctly!!! But it's nice to wake up like this
I must say that someone in the neighborhood likes to do karaoke, and the whole neighborhood can enjoy his cat howl!!! Usually that is during the day or evening!
I do live in Warin Chamrap just outside Ubon Ratchathani.
I think you should look for quiet places!
Hello.
I too sometimes wake up by the rooster crowing, which should normally be two hours later due to their stubborn alarm clock.
And yet we live with difficulty at one km from the always vibrant nightlife of Pattaya, on 3th road in a small side soi, less than 800 meters from soi Bhuakao, where it is very busy with a lot of noise.
You don't hear anything else here, the occasional car or scooter, and the occasional boomcar, by that I mean maybe 1 a week.
Walked around the soi at half past three this night, and you saw nothing or no one.
So it can also be done in Thailand's busiest seaside resort, and you really shouldn't stay miles outside the city center.
Greeting.
In tourist centers there is disco noise and the hum of scooters all night long. But in the Thai countryside it is no better. Dogs barking all night and roosters crowing in the morning. Not to mention the other nightly animal noises due to open houses. During the day it is quieter because of the heat. Then take a nap near a fan. Blessed!
5555 ! Welcome to Thailand, there's nothing you can do about it. Thais love very loud music and always will. As said by others, find a quiet place or find another solution. Loud music or noise may be made legally until 2300 hrs, after that you can call the Hermandad. Sometimes it helps and sometimes it doesn't. I have insulated my bedroom windows and when they are closed and the air conditioning is on I hear practically nothing. There's an outdoor karaoke across from me with a vacant lot in between, so that says something.
Indeed, you are mistaken.
At night, the entire province where I live (with the exception of the island of Koh Chang) is completely silent. 98 percent of the population goes to roost here. Oh, and that one crazy person with a “disco car” who drives through the capital here once a week does not spoil the fun…
It's a bit like living close to the airport or next to a railway line and then complaining about planes landing, taking off or trains passing by. In Thailand, almost all festivities and entertainment take place in the open air. This does indeed cause noise pollution. But who came first? The casual tourist or the permanent residents with their own way of life? As a tourist, are you going to want to change this because you want to sleep peacefully and undisturbed, but still want to keep your nose close to everything? Stay a bit out of the city and you will have all the peace and quiet you desire, apart from the sounds of nature, but then you can complain that there is NOTHING to see or do. Here in my “jungle” it is very quiet, especially because there are no tourists who want to party every day and then, when they have partied well, want to sleep peacefully until the afternoon.
All the sounds you hear are peculiar to this country.
And yes, also youth who like to party.
Which fortunately is not as restricted as in Europe. They can still party.
Be happy about that, and don't complain.
Or should I start whining about noisy tourists who want the whole environment to participate in their conversation.
Who return to their room elated – after midnight and turn the whole hotel upside down.
Or who go swimming at night without taking sleeping people into account.
Who turn restaurants upside down by loudly celebrating their day's experiences when dining.
Who drink at night on the terrace of their bungalow without taking their neighbors into account.
We have been traveling through Thailand for eight years, beautiful and in recent years we have lingered in Hua Hin. Nice city, family with many pensioners. unfortunately we had to move every year from one house, from one condo to another condo! Reason because we heard noise everywhere. Mainly music from the bars that is on very loudly. Also a lot of dog barking if you live close to a temple. And much more……!
The Thai population is not bothered by this, they cause the noise, but they can also sleep well!
In the end we found a condo, very quiet on the beach and we had been living there quietly for three years, until we came again this year to spend the winter and yes, a bar was opened on December 11, East lounge top floor bar. Fortunately far enough we thought…..! Plus it was a lounge bar, music that wouldn't stand loud! So not because bands are invited, singers and DJs. And…no dog coming.
The entire complex where we live suffers from very loud music until 2 o'clock in the night! We hope that the neighboring Bangkok hospital will complain!!!! Earplugs don't help.
So if Thailand perishes due to noise pollution, then we must confirm with a resounding yes!
We are now looking for an alternative again……!!!!!
Of course I have read with great interest all the responses of the forum members to my question about the noise terror that is omnipresent in Thailand.
First of all, I notice that the people who live permanently in Thailand differ quite a bit from the passers-by, the tourists and the hibernators. Apparently the residents have found their way to isolate themselves from all the noise, something tourists don't have the time for.
I remember the statement of the then Thai Prime Minister Thaksin, who was interviewed by NL-tv in the corridors of Bangkok about the proceeds of the large-scale fundraising campaign in our country for the victims of the tsunami. "We don't need your offerings," the prime minister said. 'We need your tourists! Come to Thailand. So that we don't have to fire the chambermaids in the hotels and so that our bakers can continue to bake their sandwiches for our valued Western visitors.'
It goes without saying that visitors to Thailand should behave as a guest and comply with the local house rules. But what good host or hostess arranges his affairs at home in such a way that his esteemed guests often cannot sleep a wink at night because of the noise of the noisy partying youth?
Jan wrote that Thais don't or hardly take others into account. That comment from a connoisseur, from someone who lives here, won't let go of me.
Dear Jos, what Jan says is absolutely right, but you can see it differently, namely that the Thai does not interfere with someone else, and that he knows to expect the same from that other person. Also, people do not address each other about each other's behavior (whether or not annoying). But that happens in more non-confronting societies, of which South-East Asia has many. An attitude like this has pleasant, but oh so many destructive sides. Nice because farang can also do just about anything they desire and enjoy, destructive: see the Thai news reports on TV every morning.