B727 CREW WAS BEING PARKED BY A GND MARSHALLER. ACFT R WINGTIP HIT A LIGHT POLE.

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WHILE BEING DIRECTED TO PARKING SPOT BY MARSHALLER; R WING CONTACTED LIGHT POLE ON EDGE OF RAMP. LIGHT POLE WAS KNOCKED DOWN. ACFT #8 SLAT WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. NO OTHER DAMAGES OCCURRED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL. PARKING AREA IS VERY TIGHT. ACFT ARE TAXIED DOWN CTR OF RAMP THEN TURNED L TO 100 DEGS TO TAXI CLOSE TO EDGE OF RAMP THEN L AGAIN TO PARK WITH NOSE TOWARD CTR OF RAMP. AS OUR ACFT WAS BEING BROUGHT TOWARD EDGE OF RAMP WE WERE WORKED AROUND UNTIL WE APCHED EDGE OF RAMP AT APPROX 30 DEGS. NOSE OF ACFT CAME WITHIN 20 FT OF POLE. WERE THEN TURNED L FURTHER TO COME PARALLEL TO EDGE OF RAMP. AS WE TAXIED PARALLEL TO RAMP; WING CONTACTED POLE. WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY SIGNAL FROM MARSHALLER OR A WARNING THAT THE WINGTIP WAS OVER THE EDGE OF THE RAMP. THERE ARE NO LINES ON THE RAMP TO AID MARSHALLER. DURING DAYLIGHT HRS; RAMP IS CONSIDERED TO BE AN ACTIVE TXWY; THEREFORE; NOT ALLOWING LINES TO BE PAINTED ON RAMP. IF ACFT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAXI SO CLOSE TO OBJECTS; THEN LINES SHOULD BE PAINTED ON THE RAMP. THERE ALSO SHOULD HAVE BEEN WING WALKERS POSTED AT MORE APPROPRIATE PLACES. THE GND HANDLER; I BELIEVE; IS RESOLVING THE LATTER; BUT THE PROB OF THE TAXI LINES STILL EXISTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CAPT WAS FLYING A B727-200 ACFT. AFTER LNDG ON RWY 5 THE CREW EXITED L ONTO TXWY B. THE CAPT RPTS THE L-SHAPED RAMP AREA IS EXTREMELY TIGHT AND CONGESTED WITH 2 ROWS OF PARKED ACFT. IT IS A MAKE-DO RAMP AREA CONVERTED FROM DAY OPS. THE ARPT OFFICIALS WILL NOT ALLOW THE RAMP TO BE MARKED SAFELY FOR CARGO OPS. THE ACR OPERATES HERE BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER SPACE PROVIDED. THE PLT THINKS THAT SAFETY IS IN SERIOUS JEOPARDY UNLESS ADEQUATE CARGO RAMP SPACE IS PROVIDED AND ACFT MOVEMENT LINES ARE ALLOWED.