Pattaya police tape off local beaches, warn public that all beaches are closed to the end of May

[The Pattaya News]

Pattaya- Pattaya Police are in the process of taping off and “officially” closing all local beaches after an order from the Chonburi Communicable Disease Committee and Chonburi Mayor Sonthaya Khunpluem this week. The beaches have been technically closed for weeks, however, the area has dominated many local and national headlines as people have been arrested […]

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[OKAY]

Could be interpreted as Pattaya Officials recognize the beach as a hotbed of disease. Must be a lot of infected that claim they caught Covid-19 on the sands of Chonburi.

[Edge]

50 minutes ago, OKAY said:

Could be interpreted as Pattaya Officials recognize the beach as a hotbed of disease. Must be a lot of infected that claim they caught Covid-19 on the sands of Chonburi.

The reason for the beach restrictions, here and elsewhere, was to discourage Thai tourists from travelling inter province.

Bang Saen opened their beaches and it didn't go well.