Prachuab officials to reorganize Hua Hin beach

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Hua Hin stalls dismantled, owners made to return beach to public
OWNERS OF food stalls on Hua Hin beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan province are dismantling their structures and moving to zones allocated by relevant authorities.
Last week, the authorities began to regulate the 22 food stalls on the beach in response to complaints that their structures encroached on public space and their food was overpriced.

Prachuap Khiri Khan Governor Veera Sriwattanatrakul chairs the committee regulating Hua Hin beach.

"I have already relocated the beach beds," Thavorn Laikram, a food-stall owner, said.

Pien "Daeng" Komonsilp, another food-stall owner, said she had hired some 10 men to help remove the structure of her eatery from the beach.

"But I am keeping my beach beds and beach umbrellas nearby as I hope to reopen my stall soon," the 57-year-old woman said.

Municipal officials and soldiers are also helping vendors relocate as they strive to return the public beach to its pristine condition.

Hua Hin Municipality mayor Nopporn Vuttikul said his municipality was in the process of designing a walkway and a beach bed zone.

As for the price of food, all vendors around the beach are required to go by standard prices that have been jointly set by his municipality and Prachuap Khiri Khan Internal Trade Office.

"The vendors have been following the price standards recently, and this has won a warm response from tourists," Nopporn said.

He added that any vendor caught overcharging would be punished.

"The punishments will range from a reprimand, temporary closure of their stalls and permanent closedown," he said.

Owners of the 22 food stalls around Hua Hin Beach signed an agreement confirming that they will strictly comply with the rules laid down.

As per the agreement, food stalls must close every Wednesday and no beach beds can be set up on the beach that day, with the exception of public holidays.

"I may not earn anything this week. But fortunately, I can continue plying my trade here under the new regulations," Thavorn said.

Relevant authorities, meanwhile, are also making an effort to regulate nearby beaches.

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[lomuamart]

Was going to post on this as I've just done my first beach walk this morning since the clean up.
There's now nothing on the beach from HH to KT. Even the large place to the left of the main beach entrance has gone and a few restaurants at Monkey Mountain are no more as well - although the large place by the foot of the hill is still there.
One thing that did make me fume though was that a number of 5* and boutique hotels had sun loungers and umbrella on the beach right in front of their establishments. Surely they're also encroaching on public land and I sincerely hope that they're told to remove them. What's good for the goose etc. I'm not holding my breath though. That, I thought was terrible.

[Homer]

One thing that did make me fume though was that a number of 5* and boutique hotels had sun loungers and umbrella on the beach right in front of their establishments. Surely they're also encroaching on public land and I sincerely hope that they're told to remove them.

Maybe they're allowed because it's free for hotel customers, so technically they're not running a business on the beach. Maybe owning ocean front property grants them certain rights for beach use the squatters didn't have.

[STEVE G]

Maybe they're allowed because it's free for hotel customers, so technically they're not running a business on the beach. Maybe owning ocean front property grants them certain rights for beach use the squatters didn't have.

Judging by statements made elsewhere by the Thai authorities, they're as illegal as any other business on the beach so duel standards are being applied.

[oakdale160]

There are of course, a couple of restaurants, veranda and beach cafe, that are on the edge with access from the beach. I noticed one new one, a shack behind a fence with an access, selling drinks etc.
Still lots of horse s***.

[bsdk1960]

anyone know why they have to close every wednesday,is that aspecial day or what ?

[Big Boy]

I think that must be an old law. Many years ago Cha-Am used to be the same on a Wednesday or Thursday (can't remember which). Back in the day, it was supposed to facilitate a deep clean of the beach (bar stool talk, so I can't verify its correctness).

[richard]

There is a day when the restaurants on Poolsuk close too but I think that has something to do with the temple who lease the land out

[bsdk1960]

Thanks ,and it would be nice if they use some of the day to clean up the beach.

[Nereus]

I think that must be an old law. Many years ago Cha-Am used to be the same on a Wednesday or Thursday (can't remember which). Back in the day, it was supposed to facilitate a deep clean of the beach (bar stool talk, so I can't verify its correctness).

Street markets have been closed on Wednesday in Bangkok for the past 25 years that I know about. I do not recall just why, but it may have been some token effort at cleaning.

[STEVE G]

I think also it's a way of making sure that people don't start making more permanent structures by making them move everything once a week. In a similar vein, I remember that when I first moved to Hua Hin, all those restaurants alongside the temple wall on Poonsuk road used to set up every evening and move away at the end of the night and now they're all permanent structures.

[Big Boy]

The structures alongside the temple were a Tessebahn initiative. My daughter used to have a plot there, but was kicked off when the Tessebahn moved in to tidy the place up.

[STEVE G]

The structures alongside the temple were a Tessebahn initiative.

They'll be gone next then!

[lomuamart]

Just back from another amble along the beach and noticed that there are now a number of sun loungers and umbrellas to the left of the main beach entrance where the huge place used to be.
I didn't go right up to them but from a quick look there seemed to be around 5-6 separate places with maybe 10-15 loungers at each place.
Bearing in mind their location, they must have permission to be there. Maybe other sites will follow in due course? Must say that these new places looked very orderly compared to what was there before.

[hhfarang]

The old umbrella forest shortly after sunrise: