The meeting, held at the Muang District Office on Narisorn Rd in Phuket Town, was the second public feedback meeting in Phuket held to receive opinions and recommendations about the 4am closing zones.
Kathu District held its public meeting on Tuesday (Nov 14), when it was agreed for Kathu District to have six 4am closing zones, all in Patong.
At the meeting yesterday, chaired by Muang Phuket District Chief Pairot Srilamul, four 4am closing zones were agreed to in Muang District.
Two 4am closing zones will be in Phuket Town. One will be near the Seahorse Circle on the east side of town, while the other will be along Kra Rd.
One 4am closing zone will be along Soi Tai Na in Karon, which for years had already been designated an ‘entertainment zone’.
The fourth area in Muang District to have a 4am closing zone will be Soi Ta-iad in Chalong.
Rawai failed to have any 4am closing zones receive support.
According to an official report of the meeting, the venue operators agreed that 4am entertainment venues should be allowed to remain open until 4am, but also noted that Muang District area as a whole was “still not ready in many aspects”, including in terms of safety environmental and economic factors.
The operators were ready and willing to work with officials to “drive forward with stable measures in allowing entertainment venues to open until 4am”, the report added.
However, the operators also agreed that it would be best to pilot the 4am closing conditions in Patong, the traditional area for late nightlife entertainment, which they said would help to stimulate Phuket’s tourism industry, the report concluded.