Pattaya to become marine leisure hub of Asia

 

EEC driving business and tourism in the East Coast of Thailand.

2017 Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show to showcase Thailand's marine tourism potential to the world.

Boat show to generate more than 2 billion baht of trade for the marine industry.

 

OMPBS Press Conference (1)_m.jpg - From left: Dr. Tirachai Pipitsupaphol, Managing Director, Ocean Property; Mr. Nithee Seeprae, Executive Director, Tourism Product Promotion Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand; Mr. Scott Finsten, Harbour Master, Ocean Marina Yacht Club.

 

BANGKOK, Thailand – Organisers of the sixth Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show expect more than two billion baht (approx. US$60 million) of trade to be generated by the show while supporting the government's policy to make Thailand the “Marina Hub of ASEAN” and showcasing the marine leisure credentials – onshore and off – of the Gulf of Thailand. To be held 23 – 26 November at Ocean Marina Yacht Club in Pattaya, the Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show is a key consumer boat show in the region, showcasing global boat brands and marine products to a Thai market with a growing appetite for the marine leisure lifestyle. 

 

According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Pattaya welcomed approximately 8 million visitors in H1 2017 with spending up 15% on the same period in 2016, while Euromonitor International’s Top 100 City Destinations Ranking placed Pattaya as the 20th in the world by number of visitors.

 

“Pattaya is showing strong growth in visitor arrivals and receipts, and is central to the development of the country's Eastern Economic Corridor. Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show has an important role to play in this, being the leading platform for marine businesses to promote their products and services to a domestic and international audience. Now in its sixth year, the consumer-focussed show has earned a reputation as being a boat show for boat lovers, where people come to see and test the latest products in the industry, and has a track record of trade,” said Dr. Tirachai Pipitsupaphol, Managing Director, Ocean Property.

 

 

Top international yachting brands will exhibit alongside Thailand's leading marine businesses with pleasure yachts and commercial vessels ranging from under 1 million baht to superyachts priced at more than 200 million baht. New and brokerage boats, charter services, Thai boat builders, and a wide range of marine products and services will be on display over the four days.

 

“Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show actively promotes the Gulf of Thailand with it's spectacular cruising grounds and world-class onshore facilities, and generates a direct economic gain for the marine and tourism industries in Thailand's East through trade at the show and business stimulated thereafter. This year we expect the show to exceed more than two billion baht in trade,” added Dr. Tirachai.

 

With the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) a national government priority, Ocean Marina Yacht Club have been actively working with government departments and authorities to promote, and develop, the East Coast and Gulf of Thailand's marine leisure facilities.

 

“Thailand's East Coast has huge leisure potential. The natural marine assets are relatively untouched and following changes by the Customs Department last year we are receiving more enquiries from international pleasure boats and superyachts who wish to berth themselves in Pattaya and discover the Gulf of Thailand. We are also seeing more Thai people chartering boats for private vacations and more charter companies opening up in the Gulf region to cater to this market. In terms of day trips to nearby islands, this segment is growing rapidly – in H1 2017 18,000 people on average per month departed from Ocean Marina Yacht Club to the islands, up 60% year-on-year. All this bodes well for the local marine industry and provides a solid foundation for further growth of the marine leisure sector in the Gulf of Thailand,” said Mr. Scott Finsten, Harbour Master of Ocean Marina Yacht Club.

 

Kicking off the Asian boat show season, more than 6,000 people are expected to visit the 20,375 sqm of onshore and in-water exhibition space at the Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show. A multi-billion baht line-up of boats and businesses will be showcasing everything from small day boats to superyachts, marine products and services, luxury cars and property, and all manner of marine gadgets and water toys. Highlights include experiential activities for visitors and in-water demonstrations from Seabreacher, Jetsurf and many more, as well as free daily yacht cruises.

 

Held from 23 – 26 November, 2017 at Ocean Marina Yacht Club, Pattaya, Thailand, the Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show is open daily from 11:00 – 19:00 (closing at 18:00 on Sunday) and entry is free to all.

 

For more information:

website: www.oceanmarinapattayaboatshow.com

facebook: www.facebook.com/oceanmarinapattayaboatshow 

Just spat my coffee.....

Thailand kidding itself again. Before you can get super-yachts coming, you need to have somewhere for them to moor, and Pattaya has absolutely zero places for them to do so.

I don't see people who can afford really nice boats taking them places where the water is quite frankly, shit.

I will be perfectly honest ............ I had a hankering for a Hub and then one comes along. Thanks Pattaya.

41 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

Thailand kidding itself again. Before you can get super-yachts coming, you need to have somewhere for them to moor, and Pattaya has absolutely zero places for them to do so.

I don't see people who can afford really nice boats taking them places where the water is quite frankly, shit.

Hear, hear. Pattaya has about enough hope of becoming a "marine leisure hub of Asia", as they do of hosting the XXV Winter Olympics in 2026!

25 minutes ago, thequietman said:

I will be perfectly honest ............ I had a hankering for a Hub and then one comes along. Thanks Pattaya.

Hub Hankering!

Its a national sport!

Surely Thailand now has sufficient hubs to be crowned "Hub of All Hubs"?

Can just imagine a $3 mill. 60 footer floating around in plastic bags....and left foot flip flops!

When all else fails there's always delusion.

It's already a ' hub ' of many other activities, much of whom on the dubious

and shady side, what's one more?....

3 minutes ago, ezzra said:

It's already a ' hub ' of many other activities, much of whom on the dubious

and shady side, what's one more?....

That's called a "hubba hubba" ezzra.

I'm sure loads go sailing round the bar single handed down the yacht club.

Splice the mainbrace,  release the Sparlash.

and all that.

Mind you i do giggle at the older Russian guys

walking around with the sailor hats on, it just looks funny  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

3 hours since I read this and I'm still chortling 

Edited September 22, 20178 yr by Pdaz

Have they ever listened to the song "Only in my dreams"

The last "Boat Show" I visited at the marina was more of a Condo Sales show than anything closely resembling the sale of boats. There was a few stalls for the peripherals you need for a boat Radar GPS etc, burger stall and not much else. Barely a dozen vessels were part of the show.

 

Delusional is all I can think that these people are. Everyone wants there 15 minutes of fame nowadays regardless of how much of a fool they make of themselves.

It already is a Marine leisure hub. I've meet many Marines on R&R there....

Can foreigners own / pilot a boat in Thailand inshore and offshore waters?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand's East Coast has huge leisure potential

Thought it has lots of garbage.  Marine pollution hub.

 

Malaysia has a nice yachting scene with 90 day visa exempt. 

 . . . and then I woke up.

7 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

Thought it has lots of garbage.  Marine pollution hub.

 

Malaysia has a nice yachting scene with 90 day visa exempt. 

... and that bloody awful beef-bacon aberration!!!

4 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

Surely Thailand now has sufficient hubs to be crowned "Hub of All Hubs"?

Hah!

 

Floaters in a sea of floaters !

Hub? Again?

I thought it as the Main Mermaid Hub of Asia.

Well MèrdMaid?

And other pipedreams while telling BKK that parks are too expensive...I love clear thinking

The Nelson touch, "I see no sh1t''

1 hour ago, alant said:

Can foreigners own / pilot a boat in Thailand inshore and offshore waters?

I hear you can own the boat but cant pilot it  without a pilots licence you also need an "engineer" on board too.

Not sure but maybe the same person  can be pilot and engineer

need to take tests etc....then there is the taxes,permits to allow boat in Thai waters, mandatory GPS beacon to track foriegn vessels  etc etc

Edited September 22, 20178 yr by johng

13 minutes ago, Mickmouse1 said:

Hub? Again?

I thought it as the Main Mermaid Hub of Asia.

Well MèrdMaid?

Nah,   think its more like the Hub of the Gobbing teasmaid.

always a pleasant way to be woken  up in the morning

 

 

 

Edited September 22, 20178 yr by stanleycoin

"Thailand's East Coast has huge leisure potential. The natural marine assets are relatively untouched...."

Alternate universe maybe. Or perhaps there is a second, secret Pattaya we don't know about, part of the "Unseen in Thailand" pitch.

Pattaya...."Hub of Absolute BS"

You have to be joking, their Water safety is on a par with Airline Competence and that is only changing because of International pressure.`

It sure is a laugh a minute in Amazing (delusional ) Thailand