Sadly, the Thai government has completely lost the plot, when it comes to advertising their country to tourists; to this day, it seems an impossible hurdle to understand, why we foreigners actually want to sit on the beach in the full sun all day long. Definitely not to have the hassle to walk around in search for some basic food, if somebody could just hand it to you right where you sit...
From the Phuket Gazette:
Patong Municipality has warned Patong beach vendors against cooking and selling food on the beach, saying violators will be arrested. “If we find any vendors selling food on the beach we will arrest them. Only drinks can be sold on the beach and all vendors doing so must pay a tax and trash-collection fee to the municipality,” said Chairat Sukkaban, Deputy Mayor of Patong Municipality.Compare it to this idea a vendor had on Serendipity Beach in Cambodia... wow! Me, I would like to have one of those juicy prawns right now!
However, the rest of the article following this shot (My Tiny World) is not really correct, maybe the author has never left the beach? Else he would know that Cambodian girls are as easy to get in Sihanoukville as Thai girls are available in the beach resorts of Thailand.THE "largest and wildest" full-moon party, promised the yellow flier taped to a phone booth on Khaosan Road in Bangkok. Another installment of Thailand's girls-gone-wild bacchanal on the island of Ko Phangan? Or its bigger brother, Ko Samui? Or maybe it was the newcomer Koh Phi Phi, a remote island that is luring younger partygoers in the post-tsunami boom. And, yes, every month there's a full-moon party, reminiscent of Ko Phangan's infamous drug-addled raves.Links of Interest:
Yet, it's a far cry from, say, Phuket, where the sex trade rules the streets. Sihanoukville's white, sandy beaches may run riot with local girls, but they are selling only handmade bracelets and fresh fruit. Likewise, guesthouses here cater to backpackers, and they are significantly cheaper than those in Thailand.
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