webfact Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Jomtien beach vendors SLAMMED online! “There are no tourists because of you!” Picture: Sophon Several posts slamming a Jomtien beach operator appeared on Thai social media. Kitcha Thommawong said they had hired a kind of circular banana boat ride but got only 5 minutes for 600 baht. They pulled no punches in slamming the operator saying: "There are no tourists because of you bast@@ds". We Love Pattaya weighed in with their own assessment quoting a Thai expression that the fun was over before "the smell of the broken wind had had time to dissipate". Picture: Sophon Sophon sent their reporters to the area outside The Pat hotel at Jomtien to investigate. The operator of the ride was nowhere to be seen - the local authorities had come and rounded them up. But a deckchair vendor said it was all untrue. Wallop Ekwong, 44, said there were eight tourists - four children and four adults. The adults had asked the price and how long their children would get on the ride. They were told they would get 10 to 15 minutes on a trip out to some floats and back. The circular flotation device would be dragged out by a speedboat. The tourists agreed, said Wallop. Seeing as the riders on the flotation device were just children it was not intense but they got over ten minutes as agreed. There was no trouble at the time and he was as surprised as anyone when the negative posts appeared online as it was not deserved. Source: Sophon Cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, webfact said: but got only 5 minutes Maybe that saved their lives... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 So the deckchair vendor listened to the whole conversation and stopped the time of the banana boat ride? Does he do this for every ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, webfact said: said they had hired a kind of circular banana Circular .! I thought bananas were bent .. or at least not straight .. 4 minutes ago, webfact said: We Love Pattaya weighed in with their own assessment quoting a Thai expression that the fun was over before "the smell of the broken wind had had time to dissipate". Very profound .. Does it have the same meaning as " you shat on us once you won't do it again " .? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 There is this parable about the goose that everyday, it laid a golden egg, and so it deed for many years, until one day the owner of said goose got greedy... you know how the story ends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 28 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said: Maybe that saved their lives... +1 Thanks a lot, spit my Sang Som on the keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 21 minutes ago, Justgrazing said: Circular .! I thought bananas were bent .. or at least not straight .. Very profound .. Does it have the same meaning as " you shat on us once you won't do it again " .? Perhaps they were EU approved bananas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, bluesofa said: Perhaps they were EU approved bananas? 3 minutes ago, bluesofa said: 25 minutes ago, Justgrazing said: Circular .! They could also be lady bananas .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razek Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 15 minutes 600 Bath = 20 Dollars 1 hours = 80 Dollars So.etimes i think i m Not in Thailand. May be in japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Good to see the locals, diagnose what is wrong with tourism, even if late and belated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmayes Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Deck chair vendor is full of B S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Speak to any beach chair vendor and they will tell you the same story as to why there has been a dramatic drop of in customers lately. The drop off correlates exactly with the ban on smoking on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMuir Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 It is packed down here today on Jomtien Beach. Everyone is double parked. Car parks full. The beach is full. Tourism appears to have recovered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, RobMuir said: It is packed down here today on Jomtien Beach. Everyone is double parked. Car parks full. The beach is full. Tourism appears to have recovered. Photo please ???? otherwise you are telling porkies ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacuum Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 14 minutes ago, mdmayes said: Deck chair vendor is full of B S. Looks rather empty to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, jackdd said: So the deckchair vendor listened to the whole conversation and stopped the time of the banana boat ride? Does he do this for every ride? Used the stopwatch on his Patpong Lolex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, RobMuir said: It is packed down here today on Jomtien Beach Well it is a long..... long holiday and Thai new year so not surprising that lots of Thais would head out of Bangkok either to go "home" or to the beach..its busy every weekend more so on a "long weekend" .... 5 day long Songkran this year..where is there a lot of water ? at the beach yeah lets go there ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickc Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I'm in pattaya too, believe me, it's dead quiet. The drop in tourism is always someone else's fault, noting to do with stunning beaches being turned into rubbish dumps, over inflated prices for the most mediocre tasks or services..... no, that's has nothing to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 30 minutes ago, RobMuir said: It is packed down here today on Jomtien Beach. Everyone is double parked. Car parks full. The beach is full. Tourism appears to have recovered. Always is on holidays, wait till next week, or even worse when the schools go back in May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 There is no tourists on jomtien beach because noisy Thai people playing laugh music from their cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatPH Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 40 minutes ago, RobMuir said: Tourism appears to have recovered. Employee of TOT? Native tourists you mean? Photos please. Then new photos after 21 April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 44 minutes ago, RobMuir said: It is packed down here today on Jomtien Beach. Everyone is double parked. Car parks full. The beach is full. Tourism appears to have recovered. LOL THAI tourists NOT Farangs and ONLY because today is a holiday, report back tomorrow or any day for the next few months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 10 minutes ago, Henrik Andersen said: playing laugh music from their cars No Blaring !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebo Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 9 minutes ago, phuketrichard said: ONLY because today is a holiday, report back tomorrow ... Tomorrow is a holiday as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 In Pattaya the big "Songran" day is on the 19th ( which is a Friday) so lots will be on holiday till the 21st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 59 minutes ago, Kim J said: Songkran festival. School holidays. It is always the same at this time of year, Pattaya will be busy with Thai's. Look again next week once the idiot festival has finished, then look again in a couple of weeks when the schools re open. Maybe then you will be in a more informed position to re assess your opinion. I agree. Having lived here for years, full beach chair concessions and packed parking lots are tempory eye candy during holidays. The deserted venues at other times paint a different and true portrait of this decaying town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Jay Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 hours ago, webfact said: We Love Pattaya weighed in with their own assessment quoting a Thai expression that the fun was over before "the smell of the broken wind had had time to dissipate". Appropriate in context for that beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puchaiyank Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Some of the deck chair operators are bullies...adjacent vendors have been bullied into not selling someone food or drink if they sit in certain deck chairs in fear of an altercation... My son took the parasail ride and was lifted about 100 feet off the water when the old cloth split sending him into the water...idiots tried to blame him for the incident...???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 3 hours ago, jackdd said: So the deckchair vendor listened to the whole conversation and stopped the time of the banana boat ride? Does he do this for every ride? The blame game is starting. The decline has set in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Andersen Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, johng said: No Blaring !!! I have stop police meny times because it is so enjoying to sit on beach and young Thai men just come start playing music and drinking the answer from police... we can't do anything about it I said give them a fine and do it all the time when you hunting food vendors Police answer to me and my wife was.. Don't tell me how to do my job That's way tourists stay away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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