PHUKET: Vendors appear to be attempting to return to Phuket's Kamala beach with umbrellas and tables set up on the sand since last week, offering food, drink and tours, souvenirs, surfboards and clothing.
Local authorities in Kamala appear more reluctant than in other municipalities to remove the surge in umbrella stalls along the back-of-beach walkway.
Several beach restaurants at Kamala remain in operation because a court verdict on their long-running dispute with the Kamala council has yet to be resolved.
However, Kamala was cleared of sunbeds and umbrellas and other commercial activities, just like Patong, Surin, Kamala and Kata and all other popular Phuket beaches.
Last week, the vendors moved back.
It's unlikely they will survive but it raises again the issue of who enforces the governing military's rules. Kamala's local council appears to lack the will to enforce the regulations.
Onlookers believe vendors will take advantage at the first opportunity to return to some Phuket beaches the minute that they sense there is a lack of will to enforce the military viewpoint.
Local authorities in Kamala appear more reluctant than in other municipalities to remove the surge in umbrella stalls along the back-of-beach walkway.
Several beach restaurants at Kamala remain in operation because a court verdict on their long-running dispute with the Kamala council has yet to be resolved.
However, Kamala was cleared of sunbeds and umbrellas and other commercial activities, just like Patong, Surin, Kamala and Kata and all other popular Phuket beaches.
Last week, the vendors moved back.
It's unlikely they will survive but it raises again the issue of who enforces the governing military's rules. Kamala's local council appears to lack the will to enforce the regulations.
Onlookers believe vendors will take advantage at the first opportunity to return to some Phuket beaches the minute that they sense there is a lack of will to enforce the military viewpoint.
Local officials in Kamala seem to think they are immune to the directives of the NCOPO and nobody seems to want to take them on; vendors are encroaching further and further down the beach (even opposite the police station)and the taxi drivers have returned with a venom - even sitting in the shaded police boxes at the traffic lights. It's a complete sham.
Posted by Mister Ree on November 14, 2014 23:36