khunopie Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 (edited) Could it be? If I went to 1 a day it would take 55 years to visit them all... assuming the rate of growth is nil... If Pattaya had 500 bars 20 years ago and now has 20 000, in 2027, assuming the same rate of growth, Pattaya will have 800 000 bars... if you went to 1 a day........ ""Two decades ago, the town had 500 bars. Now there are more than 20,000, mostly sidewalk bars with a few stools "' Edited February 5, 2007 by Jai Dee Link drop to external blog deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Thank you for sharing the good news brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmanly Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 ""Two decades ago, the town had 500 bars. Now there are more than 20,000, mostly sidewalk bars with a few stools "' That's why it's called fun city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickman Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 1,000 - 2,000 perhaps, but 20,000, I would not have thought so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberstar Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Could it be? If I went to 1 a day it would take 55 years to visit them all... assuming the rate of growth is nil... Visit 50 a day for about a year. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyman40 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Could it be? If I went to 1 a day it would take 55 years to visit them all... assuming the rate of growth is nil... Visit 50 a day for about a year. Problem solved. wise words... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh101 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I read somewhere recently that there were 8,000 bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 20,000 bars 10 ladies in each 200,000 ! y do i sometimes find it difficult to choose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keenok Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Could it be? If I went to 1 a day it would take 55 years to visit them all... assuming the rate of growth is nil...If Pattaya had 500 bars 20 years ago and now has 20 000, in 2027, assuming the same rate of growth, Pattaya will have 800 000 bars... if you went to 1 a day........ ""Two decades ago, the town had 500 bars. Now there are more than 20,000, mostly sidewalk bars with a few stools "' dont beleive that there are 20,000,not for a minute. sure there are a lot but a lot of them are empty or very close to it. awful lot of them for sale too,just waiting for another mug to buy it so he can stay here with his 'new friend'. still somebody must be making money from these empty beer bars,the landowner presumably.8000 bars still sounds like too many but i suppose hotel bars, beer bars, gogo bars,pubs ,restaurants.anybody have a reliable figure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Could it be? If I went to 1 a day it would take 55 years to visit them all... assuming the rate of growth is nil...If Pattaya had 500 bars 20 years ago and now has 20 000, in 2027, assuming the same rate of growth, Pattaya will have 800 000 bars... if you went to 1 a day........ ""Two decades ago, the town had 500 bars. Now there are more than 20,000, mostly sidewalk bars with a few stools "' dont beleive that there are 20,000,not for a minute. sure there are a lot but a lot of them are empty or very close to it. awful lot of them for sale too,just waiting for another mug to buy it so he can stay here with his 'new friend'. still somebody must be making money from these empty beer bars,the landowner presumably.8000 bars still sounds like too many but i suppose hotel bars, beer bars, gogo bars,pubs ,restaurants.anybody have a reliable figure? The cops certainly make money from it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davethailand Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 20000 bars seems way to much IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 always thought there was at least one bar for each visitor, well seems like it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenbat Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 20,000 does seem far too high.. I did read on another forum there are 20,000 barGIRLS in Pattaya maybe this was whats meant? I would of thought 5,000 would be an overly high estimate if you think about it I shall look into it more in 16 weeks time (not that I'm counting you must understand) JSB for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Mouse Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Perhaps some obliging person might like to do a bar crawl from the Dolphin Roundabout to the southern end of Walking Street, and count the bars. Drink one beer in each bar and keep a written record as you go. If you make a mistake in the count, you will need to start again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Perhaps some obliging person might like to do a bar crawl from the Dolphin Roundabout to the southern end of Walking Street, and count the bars.Drink one beer in each bar and keep a written record as you go. If you make a mistake in the count, you will need to start again. Good idea,i will start tomorrow and put the bills on your account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mittheimp Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 An interesting and worrying linked article about the rise of child prostitution. At any one time 200 men are waiting for underage sex with boys! Do people believe the article is accurate or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Mouse Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Perhaps some obliging person might like to do a bar crawl from the Dolphin Roundabout to the southern end of Walking Street, and count the bars.Drink one beer in each bar and keep a written record as you go. If you make a mistake in the count, you will need to start again. Good idea,i will start tomorrow and put the bills on your account. That's OK. I have an unpaid account in each and every bar. Make sure you ring the bell before you leave every bar. I love the sound of excited alcoholic bar girls screaming with delight every time the bell tolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 An interesting and worrying linked article about the rise of child prostitution. At any one time 200 men are waiting for underage sex with boys! Do people believe the article is accurate or not? There will be no discussion of child prostitution on ThaiVisa. Please see the Forum Rules. Thank you for your understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanchao Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 >>Suggest to move to the Patters subforum. << Guess it also depends what you count as a bar, and what you consider Pattaya. Like would there be any reason to NOT count bars where only locals go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oooooo Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Thank you for sharing the good news brother! luub u too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Black Duck Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 All Beer Bars have to be licensed do they not ??? Then I guess City hall could give you the exact number of Bars in operation in Fun Town If you really wanted to know.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 >>Suggest to move to the Patters subforum. << Good idea. /Moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Could it be? If I went to 1 a day it would take 55 years to visit them all... assuming the rate of growth is nil... Visit 50 a day for about a year. Problem solved. What's the problem? BTW, there are only 2,327. I know I was there one weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobi Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 As this thread has been moved from another forum, could someone enlighten me as to where the original quote/info/source came from stating that there are 20,000 bars? Or did the OP just pull the number out of the air? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 As this thread has been moved from another forum, could someone enlighten me as to where the original quote/info/source came from stating that there are 20,000 bars? Or did the OP just pull the number out of the air? Just curious. The number was published on a blog Mobi. The link has been deleted in accordance with ThaiVisa's Forum Rules. But it does make an interesting topic for discussion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmanly Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I've read in a few news reports that there are about 4,500 odd bars but I can't verify this. I wouldn't have thought it was that much, more like 2,000 but that's a wild guess. Some apartment buildings sell beer downstairs as an extra service for their guests, no regular hours or anything like that, do they count? I'm pretty sure a few of them aren't licensed. What about the 7/11's and Mom and Pop shops that have a table outside, some people drink there all hours of the day too, don't think they count as bars either. No one really knows the answer to this question. Any advances on 2,000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardJohnson Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I was always told 3000 bars and if you average 10 employees to a bar then 30000 "staff". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatgaz Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 As a Pattaya "Old Hand" I'd say it depends greatly the bounderies which are set as Pattaya.Do we mean Naklua,Jomtien etc or are we looking at Dolphin Roundabout to Pratumnak and stretching out over Sukhumvit ? Depending on these bounderies I'd reckon that indeed yes you could have 20,000 in the Pattaya and Surrounding areas. EPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idle44mins Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 (edited) All Beer Bars have to be licensed do they not ???Then I guess City hall could give you the exact number of Bars in operation in Fun Town If you really wanted to know.. Well, the provincials calculated the new CCTV shit. They estimated a total investment of THB 1,000,000,000 - THB 1,500,000,000. Each bar, restaurant, guest house, hotel is expected to invest about THB 30,000 - THB 40,000 on CCTV equipment. So..............the governor estimates that there are 30,000 - 50,000 CCTV's needed. I think, that the figure of 20,000 BARS is not far beyond the truth. BUT, who says it will increase over the next couple of years.............from 500 in 1987, 20,000 now......maybe not 800,000 in 2027 but just ......... 500 again? And the only visitors are retired american navy seals from the few resorts in Pattaya that are left after the government confiscated the rest in order to serve as luxury resorts for the rich and famous Thai. Edited February 5, 2007 by idle44mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya_Fox Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I was always told 3000 bars and if you average 10 employees to a bar then 30000 "staff". Taking into consideration the recent expansion of areas such as the development back from 2nd road then up to 3,000 should be about right. 20,000 is way over the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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