NEW maximum fares for Patong tuk-tuks will become legal as soon as the Governor of Phuket, Tri Augkaradacha, signs the paperwork, a meeting heard today.
The meeting at Provincial Hall in Phuket City was told that 200 baht will be set as the maximum for trips around Patong - including to Kalim, the bay to the north of Patong - for as many as four passengers, with an extra 50 baht per passenger above four.
A fee for waiting time for tuk-tuks has yet to be decided. The rates are maximums and subject to negotiation downwards, the meeting heard.
Once the Governor has signed off on the rates, police will have the power to arrest drivers who ask for more than the maximums, the meeting was told.
The setting of maximum rates is unlikely to placate critics who say that high tuk-tuk fares are the biggest source of complaints from tourists.
After dark, the tuk-tuks have a virtual monopoly on transport for those who do not have a vehicle of their own.
In many cases, the critics say, tourists would be better off renting vehicles that are sometimes cheaper for hire all day than a single short trip in a tuk-tuk.
The new rates are as follows:
Patong center from Bangla Road to Phuket City, South, East coast
Patong-Kathu Sub district 350 return 700 baht
Patong-Tesco, Big C, Central Festival 400 return 800 baht
Patong-Phuket Zoo 450 return 900 baht
Patong-Phuket Town 500 return 900 baht
Patong-Chalong Bay 500 return 900 baht
Patong-Chalong Temple 500 return 900 baht
Patong-Boat Lagoon 550 return 1000 baht
Patong-Rassada Pier 550 return 1000 baht
Patong-Novotel Panwa Beach 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Phuket Deep Sea Port 650 return 1200 baht
Patong-Cape Panwa 700 return 1300 baht
Patong-Koh Sireh 700 return 1300 baht
Patong-Bang Pae water fall 700 return 1300 baht
Patong center from Bangla Road to South/West Coast
Patong-Le Meridien 250 return 500 baht
Patong-Central Karon Village 300 return 600 baht
Patong-Karon 300 return 600 baht
Patong-Merlin Beach 300 return 600 baht
Patong-Karon Orchid 400 return 700 baht
Patong-Kata 400 return 800 baht
Patong-Kata Noi 450 return 900 baht
Patong-Kata View Point 450 return 900 baht
Patong-Promthep Cape 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Nai Harn Beach 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Rawai 600 return 1100 baht
Patong to North of Patong
Patong-Thavorn Beach Village 300 return 600 baht
Patong-Kamala 400 return 800 baht
Patong-Laem Singha 400 return 800 baht
Patong-Surin Beach 500 return 900 baht
Patong-Laguna Beach 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Bang Tao Beach 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Kamala Parisa (Northern of Kamala) 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Thalang Sub district 650 return 1100 baht
Patong-Laguna Village 700 return 1300 baht
Patong-Airport 800 return 1500 baht
Patong-Blue Canyon 800 return 1500 baht
Patong-Layan Beach 800 return 1500 baht
Patong-Nai Yang Beach 800 return 1500 baht
Patong-Yatch Heaven 900 return 1500 baht
Patong-Ao Por 800 return 1500 baht
Patong-Adamas 900 return 1700 baht
Patong-Nai Thon Beach 900 return 1700 baht
Patong-JW Marriott (Mai Khao) 1000 return 1900 baht
Phuket Kids 'Mini-Mafia' Gangs Shock Governor, PoliceThe meeting at Provincial Hall in Phuket City was told that 200 baht will be set as the maximum for trips around Patong - including to Kalim, the bay to the north of Patong - for as many as four passengers, with an extra 50 baht per passenger above four.
A fee for waiting time for tuk-tuks has yet to be decided. The rates are maximums and subject to negotiation downwards, the meeting heard.
Once the Governor has signed off on the rates, police will have the power to arrest drivers who ask for more than the maximums, the meeting was told.
The setting of maximum rates is unlikely to placate critics who say that high tuk-tuk fares are the biggest source of complaints from tourists.
After dark, the tuk-tuks have a virtual monopoly on transport for those who do not have a vehicle of their own.
In many cases, the critics say, tourists would be better off renting vehicles that are sometimes cheaper for hire all day than a single short trip in a tuk-tuk.
The new rates are as follows:
Patong center from Bangla Road to Phuket City, South, East coast
Patong-Kathu Sub district 350 return 700 baht
Patong-Tesco, Big C, Central Festival 400 return 800 baht
Patong-Phuket Zoo 450 return 900 baht
Patong-Phuket Town 500 return 900 baht
Patong-Chalong Bay 500 return 900 baht
Patong-Chalong Temple 500 return 900 baht
Patong-Boat Lagoon 550 return 1000 baht
Patong-Rassada Pier 550 return 1000 baht
Patong-Novotel Panwa Beach 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Phuket Deep Sea Port 650 return 1200 baht
Patong-Cape Panwa 700 return 1300 baht
Patong-Koh Sireh 700 return 1300 baht
Patong-Bang Pae water fall 700 return 1300 baht
Patong center from Bangla Road to South/West Coast
Patong-Le Meridien 250 return 500 baht
Patong-Central Karon Village 300 return 600 baht
Patong-Karon 300 return 600 baht
Patong-Merlin Beach 300 return 600 baht
Patong-Karon Orchid 400 return 700 baht
Patong-Kata 400 return 800 baht
Patong-Kata Noi 450 return 900 baht
Patong-Kata View Point 450 return 900 baht
Patong-Promthep Cape 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Nai Harn Beach 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Rawai 600 return 1100 baht
Patong to North of Patong
Patong-Thavorn Beach Village 300 return 600 baht
Patong-Kamala 400 return 800 baht
Patong-Laem Singha 400 return 800 baht
Patong-Surin Beach 500 return 900 baht
Patong-Laguna Beach 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Bang Tao Beach 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Kamala Parisa (Northern of Kamala) 600 return 1100 baht
Patong-Thalang Sub district 650 return 1100 baht
Patong-Laguna Village 700 return 1300 baht
Patong-Airport 800 return 1500 baht
Patong-Blue Canyon 800 return 1500 baht
Patong-Layan Beach 800 return 1500 baht
Patong-Nai Yang Beach 800 return 1500 baht
Patong-Yatch Heaven 900 return 1500 baht
Patong-Ao Por 800 return 1500 baht
Patong-Adamas 900 return 1700 baht
Patong-Nai Thon Beach 900 return 1700 baht
Patong-JW Marriott (Mai Khao) 1000 return 1900 baht
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Thanks for the info .
I would like to see this published in the Bangkok Post or the Nation news web site so all Thais in Thailand can see what a rip off Phuket has become for transport.
RIP Phuket
Posted by Lord Jim on February 8, 2011 15:02