More tourists visit Bang Saen beach

CHONBURI, Nov 30 (TNA) - More tourists, including foreigners, are visiting Bang Saen beach in this eastern province after the beach has become cleaner while vendors have returned space to the tourists. Accompanied by Narongchai Kunpluem, mayor of Saensuk Municipality, deputy chief of 14th Military Circle Colonel Pob-anand Luangpanuwat as representative of the National Council for Peace and Order on Sunday inspected a cleanup work which has begun since early this month. They found that not only the beach has become cleaner, the seawater has also become crystal clear, luring tourists to visit the beach. The cleanup has so far covered 2.6 kilometers out of the total distance of 5.8- kilometer-long beach targeted for the cleanup campaign while operators of 86 shops lining along the beach have also moved beach chairs and food stalls further back from the beach. Their cooperation has left more space for tourists to wander the beach. Mr. Narongchai said that rental beach chair operators were first afraid of the campaign that it might hurt their income. But after explanation, they understood the purpose and what they see now is that more tourists are visiting the beach. (TNA)