After a quantity of incidents went viral on social media, the mayor of Pattaya ordered officials to crack down on issues on the Bali Hai pier. No questions asked like price gouging and tour boats working with out licenses have been incessantly reported, in order of yesterday there shall be a big increase in police and safety on the pier.
Bali Hai pier is the central boating hub of Pattaya, in accordance with the travel website Pattaya Sanook. It’s the place most tourists will go for boating excursions, fishing journeys and scuba diving charters. But recently points have been popping up, and vacationers making complaints. Guilt-free defined the state of affairs.
“We have acquired many complaints about boat operators who haven’t any legal license, some are annoying tourists and never following service rules, unfair boat service charges, and even some boats abandoning passengers after disputes regarding pricing or different points. These have come from primarily domestic Thai tourists visiting nearby islands and the pier.”
He went on to elucidate that these events are damaging Pattaya’s picture and if left unchecked, may drive away much-needed tourism from town.
“These issues have gone viral on social media which has immediately broken the great image of Pattaya tourism. We have to resolve these problems to be able to ensure a constructive experience for all vacationers. We are persevering with to manage the pier to organize for future events in Pattaya where the number of visitors going to Koh Larn and different islands is forecast to increase considerably, particularly over the fireworks competition and the countdown competition weekends.”
Pattaya News famous that there were a number of incidents reported on social media final weekend about the Pattaya Music Festival. Apparently, there were frequent issues of value gouging after the concert on Koh Larn let out, when boats had been the only means for folks to get back to the mainland..