Re: Hua Hin bars closed/or reopening?
Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 9:21 am
Bars call for end to midnight closing
Vendors of alcoholic beverages and hotel and retail operators are calling for the further relaxation of nightlife entertainment rules and an extension of opening hours until 2-4am as pubs, bars and karaoke lounges struggle to survive.
Thanakorn Kuptajit, executive adviser at the Thai Alcohol Beverage Business Association, said the group was grateful for the government's decision to allow entertainment venues to sell alcohol until midnight, although some regulations remain.
But he urged the government to relax other rules imposed on service providers and customers if local infections continue to wane, in order to facilitate nightlife spending by tourists.
"The extension of service hours to midnight is unlikely to be enough to bring nightlife business back to normal," Mr Thanakorn said.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday decided to allow bars, pubs and karaoke clubs to reopen in some regions from next month, ending a shutdown that has lasted more than a year.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/23 ... ht-closing
Vendors of alcoholic beverages and hotel and retail operators are calling for the further relaxation of nightlife entertainment rules and an extension of opening hours until 2-4am as pubs, bars and karaoke lounges struggle to survive.
Thanakorn Kuptajit, executive adviser at the Thai Alcohol Beverage Business Association, said the group was grateful for the government's decision to allow entertainment venues to sell alcohol until midnight, although some regulations remain.
But he urged the government to relax other rules imposed on service providers and customers if local infections continue to wane, in order to facilitate nightlife spending by tourists.
"The extension of service hours to midnight is unlikely to be enough to bring nightlife business back to normal," Mr Thanakorn said.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Friday decided to allow bars, pubs and karaoke clubs to reopen in some regions from next month, ending a shutdown that has lasted more than a year.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/23 ... ht-closing