Pattaya welcomes 150,000 tourists over New Year’s – TAT

PATTAYA:-- The Tourism Authority of Thailand said more than 150,000 people visited Pattaya over the New Year’s holiday, generating 500 million baht for the city.

 

TAT Pattaya office Director Suladda Sarutilavan said Jan. 4 that hotel occupancy in the week from Christmas to New Year’s Day was between 70 and 80 percent. Visitors were split between Thais and Europeans.

 

The figures cover not only Pattaya, but all of Chonburi, including Bangsaen Beach, which hosted its own countdown event.

While Thai tourists have returned home to work, Pattaya is still bustling with foreign visitors, Suladda said.

 

 

-- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-01-14

500 million for the City - with that sort of sum you could afford a police force.

3 minutes ago, mikebell said:

500 million for the City - with that sort of sum you could afford a police force.

Pattaya already has the best police force that money can buy.

I guess there were enough girls to go around!

I guess that is why the traffic lights at the zebra crossing opposite Mikes mall have been switched back off again. To busy, to many buses to inconvenience.. Makes sense [emoji19]

An average of 3333 baht each, must have been a lot of Chinese and Korean zero dollar tours, figures sound like way off ?????

25 minutes ago, LennyW said:

An average of 3333 baht each, must have been a lot of Chinese and Korean zero dollar tours, figures sound like way off ?????

 

The zero dollar tours ended more than a year ago.

 

The article purposely says "generated." You've confused it with "spent," a common error among our ace economists.

 

I would question the validity of the claim in the article that visitors were split between Thais and Europeans. So no Chinese, Indians, Koreans, etc, etc, etc?

3 hours ago, LennyW said:

An average of 3333 baht each, must have been a lot of Chinese and Korean zero dollar tours, figures sound like way off ?????

3333 must be a lucky number then.

You should have seen London during this period rammed and lots of Chinese spending more than that on handbags many with 4 or 5 designer label bags carrying loads of real purchases not copies.

500.000.000  :150.000 = 3333 thb pp

 a  lot for a happy new year holiday  incl hotels or rooms

 

my barbill  in one of the bars was already 3.000