Owners seek extended bar and club hours
Phuket Town’s bar and nightclub representatives have held a meeting at Provincial Hall to seek an extension of the current enforced closing time of 1am to at least 3.30am.
They met with Vice Governor Sanit Sriwihok, who re-iterated that current Thai law required Provincial Hall to administer the closing time of 1am.
However, Sanit said that a request had been sent to the Government for an exemption on the grounds that Phuket is a major tourist attraction and an income-provider for many people in the region.
The bar owners claim the 1am closing time is bad for business, decreasing the number of possible sales and their income. Since their expenses remain the same, they are struggling to keep their businesses alive.
They cited examples of tourists coming to Phuket Town and Patong who say that their night doesn’t really start until after 11am.
The meeting with Phuket Town business representatives follows a number of meetings between Patong’s nightclub owners to the Governor earlier this year.
