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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Why pay for a Floating market in Hua Hin?
Reader question: Why pay for a Floating market in Hua Hin?
Dear readers,
I was very surprised when I went to visit the Floating Market on Soi 112 in Hua Hin yesterday morning (the only floating market because the other one is bankrupt). I was asked at the entrance to pay and that was not wrong: 200 Baht! This started from new year.
In fact, those Floating markets are attractive shopping centers, and if they charge entrance fees for everyone, I don't really have much objection, but here it's only for the foreigners!
They certainly won't see me again. But what do you think?
With kind regards,
Marc
It's good of you to say this. Would go there soon too, but then I better go to the mall.
Marc in Pattaya also asks for 200 Bath entrance.
You will then receive a passport, when you visit the floating market again you can enter without paying.
I myself go once a month to get dried fruit, it is very cheap there.
So I paid 200 Bath actually strange if you just want to buy something quickly.
Luckily I only pay the 200 Bath once otherwise I wouldn't have done it.
Someone probably opened a tourist attraction called a floating market.
Probably on private property (private water).
Sounds like a good businessman to me.
Since the floating market in Pattaya was taken over by a Chinese, you have to pay an entrance fee, but I don't know why this is now also the case in Hua Hin. For example, in Bangkok a large swimming paradise that used to have a low entrance price has now become very expensive because it has been taken over by the Chinese. 1 advantage if you go there now, the swimming park is almost empty as most Thais cannot or do not want to pay for it.
that is exactly the same in Na-Jomtien (which is ALSO called Pattaya). A disgrace: paying to buy groceries.
And it means nothing!!!
You think 200 Bath is expensive? Go to the Efteling, Beekse Bergen, or to a swimming paradise in NL, where you pay entrance fees of tens of Euros…! Then 200 Bath is still a bargain! And fun for the photos!
If you don't want to pay that, just stay at home or on the beach…
And that Thais pay a lower price or are allowed in for free: that is also the case in the USA, for many years…
I live in Thailand and have a Thai driver's license. With that Thai driver's license you get the same price as Thais!
Maybe an idea…
But stop whining about things you can't change anyway. Then don't go there!
Hi Alex ,
I don't entirely agree with your comparison. You go to Efteling, swimming paradise, etc. to have fun. You go to a floating market to buy something!
Last summer I was in the floating Market with 5 Thai friends. I was the only fallang and also the only one who had to pay 200 bath entrance ! Once inside, I was also the only one of our group who bought something! So they don't see me there anymore, it's better to go to a shopping center! I like the atmosphere , I like to buy something at the market and support the local people , but I don't think I should pay to go to the market .
Just before the entrance I was smoking a cigarette (just like a dozen Thai people). Suddenly such a pseudo guard walked up to me and demanded a 2000 baht fine! Told him in Dutch that he once ferm my kl…. could kiss. After some discussion and after the intervention of my Thai friends, everything was covered with the cloak of love. After all, the smoking ban only came into effect once you have crossed the bridge.
Don't misunderstand me: I love Thailand, but I sometimes have a problem with the fact that people (along the way) sometimes regard us as walking bank machines.
In many Belgian cities you also have to pay in the museums, except if you can prove that you are a resident then the entrance is free. So don't complain, just pay or stay away from it.
Alex I don't look like a Thai so I had to pay 200 Bath showed 2 driver's licenses this is not accepted here.
“Depending on the park, or specific park duty officer, foreigners may be allowed to pay the Thai rate,” explained the Chief of Tourism Promotion office of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Wanlapha Yuttiwong. –
“Regardless if you have lived and worked here for many years, you [foreigners] aren't entitled to the same privileges as Thais. You need to pay the same amount as foreign tourists, but if you are lucky, you might benefit from the flexibility [exercised by some park officers],” she said.
If I have to pay the full pot, I say,,,,,,,,,,mai pai,,,,,,,,,,,,and say bye bye. Everyone should be doing it, and it will happen more and more.
Alex, in the USA everyone pays the same, maybe a senior discount, but we pay the same as our American family. Let's take an example of Hong Kong on the Octopussy card must be 65, you can travel very cheaply with bus, boat, pay metro entrance, etc. We have just been 10 days and have spent less than 20 euros for 2 people.
This floating market in Hua Hin has no added value in any area.
Not worth visiting them.
Greetz
The floating market in Hua Hin is a tourist trap. A few years ago, Hua Hin had zero (0) floating markets and suddenly there were three…. At most you can buy a new belt or T-shirt, otherwise it is nothing. The comparison with Efteling is therefore in no way valid.
Incidentally, Hua Hin has more megalomaniac projects, such as Venezia, Santorini and two water parks. The shore will turn the ship, but it remains a waste of money.
Hans, Santorini and Venezia are both located in Cha-am. Vanezia is almost dead and there is no more entrance fee to be paid. You can choose from various attractions that cost money at the entrance.
If you do not use the attractions, you will receive a free entrance ticket, which will be collected 2 steps further.
I went there with a Thai girlfriend last week and including a toilet visit, we were out within 10 minutes. More than 70% of the retail space is empty!
Santorine is also not worth a visit. I've been there twice when admission was still free.
Hans Bos, I think Santorini is not near Hua Hin, but Cha Am
dirkphan says on January 27, 2015 at 11:45 am
This floating market in Hua Hin has no added value in any area.
Not worth visiting them.”
Indeed Dirkphan, this floating market is indeed a flop.
I've been there several times with my Thai family because they definitely had to see it.. haha
If on Saturday many buses loaded with Thai people stop there and then go shopping and eat, then it is like a herd of cattle running behind each other, after which they can put it on their CV that they have been there and that is how they work off the list where they still have to go..5555
In Pattaya you do not have to pay for Floating Market as farang if you show your Thai driver's license, for example, according to my recent experience.
Hi Alex your information is not complete, if you are in possession of a Thai driver's license there are a number of parks, attractions that charge the owner the Thai price. But not everyone does.
And I do not agree with your statement that it is justified to charge such an entrance fee for the floating market. Then you can also charge an entrance fee for the shopping malls.
It is just a center with shops and restaurants. So pay to be able to buy and pay to eat in a restaurant and then also pay for the food. But to each his mosquito. Everyone can decide for themselves whether they want to go there or not. But a comparison with amusement parks is completely wrong.
In Mimossa Pattaya the same farang 500 baht no way.
Strange, last January 20 I was also there with my girlfriend, son and her mother and didn't have to pay anything because I was with Thai company.
Already told my friends to lead the way when entering, didn't even see anyone..55555
I went to this Floating Market with my family from NL in December, when they also asked us 200 THB entrance fee per person. I then kindly told the cashier in Thai that I have visited the Floating Market several times and have never paid, and that I did not intend to do so now. No problem said they could just walk through!
As mentioned above, this Floating Market is really not worth an entrance fee (for Foreigner).
I get reactions that something like this is very normal and that we just have to pay, after all, we benefit greatly that we can live here in Thailand, according to some.
Well I think that when mercy comes in handy you can spend your money much better and not to fill the pockets of a businessman who insists that we should pay farrang in his shopping centers, I find such discrimination hard to swallow!
Those who don't mind and think they should continue, they just do it!
To me this is very disturbing, just as bad as that taxi driver who charges you double for a ride!