webfact Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 "Thailand's famous cleanest beach" opens to tourists again as pandemic restrictions eased Picture: Manager Online Manager reported that a bay and beach named several years ago as Thailand's cleanest are now back up and running. Saplee Bay and Thung Wua Len beach in Chumphon had been closed for the best part of two months until they were opened last week. Now with restrictions lifted on piers, hotels and other tourism sites the province is fully getting back to normal from today. Picture: Manager Online In a survey by Thai environmentalists in 2017 Saplee Bay and Thung Wua Len beach were named the cleanest in Thailand. Talay Waek in Krabi and Tonsai on Koh Phi Phi were three and four and Chong Saem San, Chonburi, rounded out the top five. Manager said that the area in Chumpon was "famous all over the world" but had been deserted for nearly two months. Source: Manager Online -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-06-01 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 getting back to normal ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThreeEyedRaven Posted June 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, webfact said: Thailand's famous cleanest beach" opens to tourists again Oh praise the Lord! They are on about Chumpon. For a moment I thought some belter was going to try and tell us that Pattaya was in tip top condition, which would obviously be impossible, but that hasn't slowed them down in the past. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 7 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Oh praise the Lord! They are on about Chumpon. For a moment I thought some belter was going to try and tell us that Pattaya was in tip top condition, which would obviously be impossible, but that hasn't slowed them down in the past. the clue is in the words "the cleanest"........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbeach Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) I've been to Chumporn, nice enough beach, but I can't imagine it would be cleaner than say, the islands of the Koh Moo Surin chain, far off the coast, with no permanent residents and closed off every rainy season. Maybe they meant "cleanest mainland beach", in which case, they could be right. On the other hand, in my experience, the least touristy beaches tend to be the dirtiest, since no one cleans them up. This was confirmed in a Thai TV tourism show I watched recently, where they head to a villa in Sam Roi Yod, Prachuab Khiri Khan, and the anchor mentions how the beach isn't that clean because there's no cleaning staff. By contrast, Hua Hin is cleaned every day, he said. Edited June 1, 2020 by drbeach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Tonsai Bay at PP Island is a dump when the island is operative, with 1000's of Chinese day trippers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPKANKAN Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 2 hours ago, smedly said: getting back to normal ? Yeah that means covered in rubbish, plastic and general waste!!!???????????????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Knocker33 Posted June 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2020 2 hours ago, drbeach said: I've been to Chumporn, nice enough beach, but I can't imagine it would be cleaner than say, the islands of the Koh Moo Surin chain, far off the coast, with no permanent residents and closed off every rainy season. Maybe they meant "cleanest mainland beach", in which case, they could be right. On the other hand, in my experience, the least touristy beaches tend to be the dirtiest, since no one cleans them up. This was confirmed in a Thai TV tourism show I watched recently, where they head to a villa in Sam Roi Yod, Prachuab Khiri Khan, and the anchor mentions how the beach isn't that clean because there's no cleaning staff. By contrast, Hua Hin is cleaned every day, he said. A couple shots of Thung Wua Laen last week. Nice and clean wouldn't you say. The beach gets cleaned a few times a week .I know because most of businesses pay a little towards it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phantomfiddler Posted June 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2020 I remember about 10 years or so ago seeing a brass plaque on Pattaya Beach saying that it had been voted the cleanest beach in S.E. Asia !! No kidding, Ching Ching ! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 5 hours ago, webfact said: In a survey by Thai environmentalists Speaks volumes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta408 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 The plastic crud and body parts have not had time to settle to the bottom in that the beaches are now open again. Much ado about nothing. Nothing will change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) Went to Thung Wua Len once, and it is indeed stunning. Shame the the thousands of white wingedcsand flies make it impossible to enjoy this beach. Totally infested. My vote goes to Khao Lak. Edited June 1, 2020 by SoilSpoil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick501 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Aka, Thailand's least filthy beach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sametboy2019 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Manager said that the area in Chumpon was "famous all over the world" but had been deserted for nearly two months. Not even famous in Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19DL86 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Yeah this is a beautiful part of coastline. We spent christmas and New Years down there 2015, lots of Thais , so on my early morning jog lot of waste and plastic, same eveywhere to be honest. I found Krabi, Ao Nang and Railee to be very clean in March/April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the jungle Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I live 20km away and I first went to that beach in 1992. The beach is normally strewn with rubbish and inhabited by rats. It will be again as soon as visitors return there. The bars and restaurants are low rent and often tacky and there is a big problem with mosquitoes in the evening. Some poor sod must have given TV some money for this puff piece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarineEquine Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 12 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said: Oh praise the Lord! They are on about Chumpon. For a moment I thought some belter was going to try and tell us that Pattaya was in tip top condition, which would obviously be impossible, but that hasn't slowed them down in the past. This post is in the Southern Thailand sub-forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaleboneman Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 please move to humour sub-forum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodga Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 14 hours ago, webfact said: Manager said that the area in Chumpon was "famous all over the world" Only in their tiny world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apophyss Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Thailand's famous quiet beach... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaZa9 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 21 hours ago, Knocker33 said: A couple shots of Thung Wua Laen last week. Nice and clean wouldn't you say. The beach gets cleaned a few times a week .I know because most of businesses pay a little towards it. May look good in pics , but not my idea of a great beach. Like those in Prachuap , you need to walk out a half kilometer to get your waist wet . Stinging things like that kind of water to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocker33 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 16 hours ago, In the jungle said: I live 20km away and I first went to that beach in 1992. The beach is normally strewn with rubbish and inhabited by rats. It will be again as soon as visitors return there. The bars and restaurants are low rent and often tacky and there is a big problem with mosquitoes in the evening. Some poor sod must have given TV some money for this puff piece. Which beach are you talking about as two beaches are mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the jungle Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Knocker33 said: Which beach are you talking about as two beaches are mentioned Thung Wah Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocker33 Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 All these beach connoisseurs.One has not been there for 30 years and another saying the water is not deep enough. You probably have to walk out about about 50 meters to get in deep water and rats and rubbish .Maybe when you were there ,not now. Can you see any rubbish or rats in the photo and there are mosquitoes everywhere.or dont you get out much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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