Pattaya City is considering imposing opening hours on its beaches to curb a growing number of noisy revelers who party into the morning.
The city has received an increasing number of complaints about the nighttime visitors who like to play loud music using portable speakers while drinking alcohol and partying on Pattaya's beaches, the deputy city mayor said on Thursday.
A number of these visitors continue drinking and partying and refuse to leave even when city rubbish collectors show up in the morning to clean the beaches, he said.
This results in the beaches being left littered with rubbish the following day, he said.
"The city now is thinking of imposing opening and closing hours on these beaches as this can be a solution to the problem," he said.
Currently, the city does not have regulations on the opening and closing time of its beaches, meaning they are open around the clock.
The city previously tried to step up patrols on the beaches, but it was impossible to find enough security officers to do so every night, the deputy city mayor said.
