Tag: Street Vendors

Phuket

Female beer vendor in Phuket takes off her clothes in protest after being warned for illegally selling alcohol

  • By TN
  • November 25, 2022
Phuket Bangla Road (Soi Bangla) by night
Phuket Bangla Road (Soi Bangla) by night. Photo: shankar s. / flickr. CC BY 2.0.

The Patong Entertainment Business Association (PEBA) President Mr. Weerawit Kreuasombat told the Phuket Express. “Selling alcohol in foam boxes by vendors or pop-up style alcohol [Read More…]

News

Hardscrabble lottery vendors hit by digital revolution

  • By TN
  • August 13, 2022
Thai people who have no employment, elderly and disabled often sell lottery tickets as a way of surviving
Thai people who have no employment, elderly and disabled often sell lottery tickets as a way of surviving. Photo: Gerry Popplestone / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Small lottery vendors across the country are now dreading the expansion of digital lottery tickets – which are sold not just through major private electronic [Read More…]

Pattaya

Woman with knife allegedly chases after somtam vendor on Pattaya Beach Road

  • By TN
  • April 14, 2022
Som Tum street food vendor
Som Tam street vendor in Si Songkhram, Thailand. Photo: Mattes.

A woman with a knife allegedly chased after a somtam vendor on Pattaya Beach Road Tuesday night (April 12th), alarming tourists, shop staff, and local [Read More…]

Pattaya

Pattaya city to allow food cart vendors near Tukcom and Wat Chai to stay open to 1:00 AM

  • By TN
  • March 7, 2022
Thai food stall
Thai food stall on the street. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Vendors on South Pattaya Tai in front of the Chai Monkol Temple near Walking Street and Tukcom have been asking Pattaya City officials for over [Read More…]