Thailand considers beach operating hours

Thailand's Pattaya City is considering imposing opening hours on its beaches to curb a growing number of noisy night owls 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 popular beaches, Wutthisak Roemkitchakan, the deputy city mayor, said on August 10, Bangkok Post reports.

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.