Phuket - keep your shirt on

[Hatari]

[SIZE="5"]Button Up: Topless Tourists Face Arrest on Phuket, Warns Governor[/SIZE]
January 5, 2014



Tourists are being told to keep their shirts on or face a dressing down and possibly a fine for displaying unwanted flesh and cultural insensitivity.

Visitors are allowed to be half-cut but not half-dressed: that was the message yesterday from Phuket Governor Maitree Intrusud after he went to Patong for an inspection tour.

'Tourists should wear shirts,'' he said. ''Away from the beach, it's impolite to go without your top covered up.

''Besides, it's actually against the law and police can arrest and fine transgressors.''

Even in your own car or on a motorcycle, it's an offence in every sense of the word.

The Governor said he had had complaints from residents in Cherng Talay, Kamala, Patong, Kata and Karon about topless tourists.

Some people even go topless when shopping in supermarkets, a cause of great offence to Phuket residents.

[Stillearly]

I'm with the Governor on this one

[Hatari]

Maybe a victim of the 'shirt police'?
'Wear a shirt, or I crush you like a bug'


Australian tourist, 27-year-old Christopher Collinge, was taken to hospital today (January 5) after a car drove into his motorbike on the Patong Hill, crushing him between the car and the safety barrier.

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one for the 'airlines passenger standards dropping' thread:
I don't suppose an airline would allow a shirtless passenger to board? how would immigration react?

[Stillearly]

It's in bars , restaurants and shops I don't like , no need for it imo

[Arliss Michaels]

+1 In Bars, especially Restaurants.

When in the US traveling years ago jumped out of the car on a long trip to buy something at Macca's and they would not serve me because I had no footwear on, in bare feet.


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[Dupree]

You guys remember the famous "cops told me to put my shirt on" thread from BM SoCal On Phuket Info?

[Moo Uaon]

Good move but will probably also apply to the many girls i`ve seen walking by Sunset Plaza,Bangla and Beach road in bikinis?

[slampay]

Good move but will probably also apply to the many girls i`ve seen walking by Sunset Plaza,Bangla and Beach road in bikinis?

Nomomatic imunity....

[wabbits]

Always wondered about guts..guys who did this as it is one of the first and easiest things to learn about Thailand...That and the fact that a German fat men with socks and sandals and no shirt are just not that appealing!!!!

[billpay]

No matter how 'buffed' or 'cut' or whatever you want to call it, walking around anywhere but the beach without a shirt, is very unappealing.
Guys may think that the girls will go for it, but trust me, they do NOT like it.

[wabbits]

No matter how 'buffed' or 'cut' or whatever you want to call it, walking around anywhere but the beach without a shirt, is very unappealing.
Guys may think that the girls will go for it, but trust me, they do NOT like it.

They will look down at you as no manners and no class as it was explained to me.

[billpay]

^correct.^..

[bacwaan]

simple rule really..."if you can't see the water you are in underwear"

[MarcTwoSix]

They will look down at you as no manners and no class as it was explained to me.

As opposed to looking up to the 1000's of guys walking around with hookers?
We arent exactly talking about Ayuttha here

[Soupdragon]

They will look down at you as no manners and no class as it was explained to me.

So a Singha Wifebeater adds class ?

[MarcTwoSix]

So a Singha Wifebeater adds class ?

My dad says dress slacks do 555

[billpay]

So a Singha Wifebeater adds class ?

No, that just distinguishes the Aussies from everyone else.55555

[Mate]

Crackpot team of boys in brown appear in and around Bangla issuing on the spot fines for shirtless tourists. Looks like a cash cow opportunity.

[PeteGill]

No matter how 'buffed' or 'cut' or whatever you want to call it, walking around anywhere but the beach without a shirt, is very unappealing.
Guys may think that the girls will go for it, but trust me, they do NOT like it.

They look even more out of place walking around a city like Chiang Mai.. Seen it often enough.

[wabbits]

So a Singha Wifebeater adds class ?

If you wear a singlet or t-shirt depicting a particular beer you might be a bogan.
2 reasons why sleeveless synthetic cotton with or with out commercial alcoholic motif should not be worn by me I don't tan and it looks stupid...
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