Pattaya beach is under repair and will be a model for efforts to deal with coastal erosion nationwide. Deputy Transport Minister Ormsin Chivapruck said beach erosion was occurring nationwide and without a solution the country would lose its beaches in ten years. Conservation efforts have started along Pattaya beach, which has shrank from 35 metres wide to just a few metres, he said. Marine Joint Venture Co was hired for 429 million baht to reclaim Pattaya beach over a distance of 2.8 kilometres from North Pattaya to South Pattaya. The work along Pattaya beach was a model for similar efforts at other beaches, Mr Ormsin said.

Source: Bangkok Post November 16, 2016 11:29 UTC