Beverages can be served at nightclubs until 4 a.m., but restaurants cannot.
7 November 2023 at 12:39 PUBLISHED
According to a clearing from Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, nightclubs in the four locations where opening hours will be extended may provide alcohol until 4 am in accordance with their current licenses.
Although club beginning days in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, and Phuket may be extended until 4am, Mr. Anutin previously stated that alcohol sales occasions would not be. His comments drew criticism from providers of nightclubs.
” I might have been a little mistaken because I discussed many things. According to the curate, entertainment venues may sell alcohol under their current licenses and remain open until 4 a.m.
Hotels may also have entertainment facilities available until 4 a.m. According to Mr. Anutin, the director-general of the Department of Provincial Administration would provide more information.
Nevertheless, he claimed that bars may just provide drinking until after midnight.
The administration’s plan to expand the opening hours of entertainment facilities in Bangkok, Chon Buri, Phuket, and Chiang Mai until 4am did not contain extending time for the sale of alcoholic beverages, according to Sanga Ruengwattanakul, chairman of the Khao San Road Businesses Association.
He claimed that it would not result in increased visitor investing because it was in opposition to stimulating tourism. He claimed that foreign tourists’ eating habits were different from Thai clubbers ‘, who preferred to purchase a bottle of spirits with machines and consume it until it was time to close. He claimed that immigrants typically ordered one drinks, one after the other.
There was no place in extending starting hours if amusement venues may not offer liquor during the extended hours, he said.
Despite the fact that they were the main players, Mr. Sanga claimed that the government had not asked any nightspot users for their opinions.
Mr. Sanga’s opinion that it was impossible to let longer opening hours while preventing liquor sales until the prolonged closing time of 4am was shared by the Thai Restaurant Businesses Association. The organization also highlighted the disparate eating preferences of Thais and foreigners.