Pattaya beach chair businesses banned after operator filmed shooing tourists

The viral video of a vendor chasing tourists away for not buying her beach chairs prompted a crackdown on all beach chair businesses on Wong Amat beach yesterday.

The video, which was deemed to ruin the image of Thai tourism, forced Pattaya officials to order all four beach chair operators at Wong Amat beach to immediately shut down their businesses because the beach is public property, according to Commissioner Pol.Lt.Gen. Thanet Pinmuangam.

Thanet said the operators had failed to register their businesses and if they continue to set up beach chairs on public spaces, they will be prosecuted.

Earlier this year, there was a crackdown on other beaches in the city including Pattaya, Jomtien and Koh Lan beaches.

The four Wong Amat operators, however, can submit a complaint to the Pattaya City Hall, Manager reported.

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