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Malay Mail
30-05-2025
- Business
- Malay Mail
‘We're not ready for tourists': Phuket eatery owner pleads for public toilets after messy incident
PHUKET, May 30 — The owner of a floating restaurant in Rawai has urged local authorities to build more public toilets for tourists after catching foreign visitors defecating on his property. According to Khaosod English, Pannatat Asawapitakchon said the issue has happened twice, most recently on May 22, when he witnessed a female tourist relieving herself outside his restaurant after closing hours. He confronted her and asked her to clean up the area. His social media post about the incident has since gone viral, drawing widespread support and calls for action. 'At first she didn't accept responsibility, but after talking for a while, she went to clean the spot where she had defecated. But it wasn't clean enough, so I had to clean it again myself. That's why I want to ask the relevant agencies about public restrooms – I'd like them to build restrooms in the Rawai Beach area,' he told the daily. In his social media post, the owner explained that when his restaurant is open, tourists are welcome to use the restrooms, even if they are not dining there. 'But what happened at my restaurant shows we're not ready to efficiently accommodate tourists. I don't know if other business operators have experienced this,' he wrote. He concluded his post with a simple request: 'I ask those involved to help solve this small problem. It's not urgent, but I'm raising the issue for future improvements. In the meantime, I'll probably have to keep cleaning up urine and faeces myself.'
South China Morning Post
29-05-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Thai restaurant owner calls for more public toilets after defecation issues
Thai restaurant owner has urged local authorities to provide more public toilets for tourists after finding foreign visitors defecating on his property. Pannatat Asawapitakchon, owner of a floating restaurant in Phuket in southern Thailand, said he witnessed a female tourist defecating behind the Buddha statues outside the restaurant during closing hours on May 22 when he was sitting inside, according to Thai daily newspaper Khaosod. He then went out to ask her to clean up the area. 'At first she didn't accept responsibility, but after talking for a while, she went to clean the spot where she had defecated,' he said. 'But it wasn't clean enough, so I had to clean it again myself. That's why I want to ask the relevant agencies about public restrooms – I'd like them to build restrooms in the Rawai Beach area.' Thai restaurant owner Pannatat Asawapitakchon posted a photo of the tourist he claimed had defecated on his property to urge local authorities to provide more public toilets. Photo: Facebook / Pannatat Asawapitakchon Such incidents had occurred twice on his restaurant premises, he added. A week before the incident, the owner said he had seen another foreign tourist defecating in front of the restaurant. In a Facebook post last week, Pannatat said tourists and passers-by were welcome to use the restroom in his restaurant during opening hours. While staff had previously suggested charging a restroom fee, the restaurant had decided it could afford costs such as labour, water, electricity, tissue paper and cleaning supplies.
