Pattaya officials continue to try and phase out the city’s street vendors, now imploring tourist buses and boats to stop supporting the independent small businesspeople.
City legal chief Sretapol Boonsawat, who launched his crusade against the often poor street hawkers after being appointed by Pattaya’s acting mayor, met with boat and tour bus operators Sept. 1 to get them to stop allowing hawkers to sell to their customers on sidestreets and along Beach Road where boats wait daily.
The city previously has tried to move boats to Bali Hai Pier, but the jetty lacks the space to handle all the speedboats and the idea was shelved.
While asking tour companies to stop supporting the street vendors, city officials said they are working on zoning three areas in Pattaya, Naklua and Jomtien Beach where the small sellers can work legally.
