Tag: jet ski vendors
Bangkok police put Pattaya jet ski vendors on notice
A team of officers from Bangkok’s Crime Suppression Division, Marine Police, Tourism Police, Immigration Division, and Pattaya Police Station question jet ski vendors along...
City Hall failure to regulate jet skis costs Ukrainian tourists 30,000...
Despite city hall pledges to crack down on Pattaya’s scurrilous jet ski rental industry, tourists continue to fall victim to scammers with a...
Almost 2 years later, city narrows beach massage control options to...
It has taken nearly two years, but Pattaya City Hall’s decision on what to do about pesky beach masseuses has finally come down...
A month later, jet ski registration falls short
Scofflaws go unpunished as officials continue mulling options Nearly a month after demanding that jet ski vendors register at city hall or...
3 months on, Pattaya officials still talking tough, doing nothing to...
Nearly three months after promising a strict crackdown on scamming jet ski vendors, Pattaya officials are no closer to actually ending near-daily incidents...
Honest Thai vendors join outcry over alleged jet ski scams
The latest in an unending string of complaints about Pattaya Beach jet ski vendors allegedly “scamming” tourists out of huge sums of money...
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Mayor inspects sidewalk and lighting upgrade on Pattaya Third Road
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