Tourists "flooding into Pattaya" highlights New Year boom: But where's the evidence?

[connda]

Tourists 'flooding' into Pattaya, Thailand

 

Tourists flooding into Marbella, Spain  ????

 

[connda]

They're now adding in "Thai Tourists" to make the numbers look better. 

[Harry2]

I am in Pattaya at the moment and the shopping centres are staggeringly empty, including the vast new Terminal 21. See a lot more Indians in my hotel than Chinese (the opposite of last year) and get the impression they are not as big spenders as some Chinese..

[fullcave]

Must be going for the world class beaches. ????

[Cobby]

Another joke very funny 

if you are talking about the Chinese and the Indians then yes they are all over the place blocking the roads and pavement s trying to sell you crap shirts and suits or disgusting curry 

 

As for real tourists who spend money in Thailand at 40 bht to the pound no wonder the town is empty

i feel sad for the everyone who has investment in the booming town ????????????????

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[madmen]

I am in Pattaya at the moment and the shopping centres are staggeringly empty, including the vast new Terminal 21. See a lot more Indians in my hotel than Chinese (the opposite of last year) and get the impression they are not as big spenders as some Chinese..

At least the Indians don't behave like barn yard animals so that's a plus

[Cobby]

How can you say Chinese are big spenders I never see them in a bar or restaurant that is not chinese owned all they do is block the roads 

as for Indians Arabs again can I have a coke with 4 straw ???? the bars love them ????????????

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[Gandtee]

I heard that TAT was offering free beer every Friday evening to encourage tourists to stay over. Fake news? No. I said it.☺️

[wvavin]

You must be a fool to believe what they said in this place.

 

[Jiggo]

5 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

Yes, what ever happend to the good old reliable proof like "the barstool next to me is empty". 

 

 

Go back ten years or more and you would not get a bar stool at this time of year.....and there where a lot more around then.

 

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[sawadee1947]

Is there not a law against fake news?? 

[jacko45k]

4 minutes ago, Jiggo said:

Go back ten years or more and you would not get a bar stool at this time of year.....and there where a lot more around then.

 

I would expect there to be more bars now than 10 years ago, surely there was nothing much inland from 3rd Rd.

[fforest1]

 

[fruitman]

1 hour ago, GAZZPA said:

The Thai people deserve better then this, I hope they get it after the elections.

Maybe the riots return as well, let's see what that does with tourism.

[1duckyboy]

The Pattaya News' owners also own over two dozen tourist-related businesses in Pattaya. It is in their interest to paint a rosey picture of Pattaya. If they were real journalists they would divulge their holdings and/or recuse themselves from publishing tourist related stories. But then that would defeat their whole purpose of publishing the Pattaya News. 

[StayinThailand2much]

4 hours ago, mickymouse1 said:

I see more pigeons than tourists????????

The pigeons ARE the tourists! ????

[mlmcleod]

I think Donald Trump has started a worldwide trend of reporting wishful thinking!  If you lie BIG enough everyone will believe!

 

Ignore the facts and data, perception is the truth!

[Burma Bill]

6 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I think the only thing "flooding into Pattaya" is the <deleted> washed up with the tide !

Plenty evidence of that.

Yes, I thought the only thing that was flooding into Pattaya was the garbage!

[ChipButty]

People are complaining here in Phuket also around Rawai, I was looking the other week on a popular booking site we use and it said booking inquires are down by 62% and 35% more properties are available this year.

We have not had any inquiries for a couple of weeks which is very unusual we normally get everyday something

[sambum]

Sounds like another bit of TAT propaganda to me!

[marqus12]

48 minutes ago, 1duckyboy said:

The Pattaya News' owners also own over two dozen tourist-related businesses in Pattaya. It is in their interest to paint a rosey picture of Pattaya. If they were real journalists they would divulge their holdings and/or recuse themselves from publishing tourist related stories. But then that would defeat their whole purpose of publishing the Pattaya News. 

if you think people from Washington Post NYT do not put their

interests and their tribes in the first place in which everything

is about money and not much about reliable journalism...
then you are in deep error

[TKDfella]

Well, they can spout all they like but in the end if, in reality, the tourists don't flood in then the cash in the till will dictate the situation. Not enough money coming in then...

[Pedrogaz]

I have been a couple of times in the past month....not exactly heaving with tourists. Bars not really full despite some with heavy discounts and happy hours. Not even a lot of coaches tours either really.

I didn't book a hotel and got one on spec easily in a good location for a fair price when I arrived, one was cheaper than when I stayed there about 3 months ago in low season which surprised me....I have never ever paid them less than 3500 and they only asked for 2800 (don't ask, I had my wife with me and so stayed in decent places).

It is difficult to judge over 10 days or so but I would say the season was only average....and the only flooding was Soi Bua Khao after some rain.

[i claudius]

We were out in Pattaya today and it seemed quite quiet Tesco was almost empty

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[joecoolfrog]

6 hours ago, fforest1 said:

No shortage of Indians.....

To compliment the many existing cowboys ?

[Sumarianson]

The Brits are not coming and they are not welcome by all accounts. The pound is in full flow like a turd down the sewer. May is making a mess of everything. She has no support and this is reflected in no tourists from the UK. The Chinese were wisely warned off by the several disasters due to a lack of safety standards and absolutely no control over safety especially at sea but in general everywhere in Thailand. 

[Starship Trooper]

6 hours ago, marko kok prong said:

TaT meanwhile is 'mulling" a new plan to 'lure' more tourists to this clean world class family resort.

From Nauru ?

[terryofcrete]

Can some reasonably intelligent Thai individual in TAT not understand that the moment you say a place is gonna be full ... ha... people will say , oh.. it is will be more expensive for accommodation, I'll give it a miss or not bother to check .. I know the truth , some some intending tourists might actually be put off. Lucky them... Not me, I love the kip. 

[wolf81]

56 minutes ago, Sumarianson said:

The Brits are not coming and they are not welcome by all accounts. The pound is in full flow like a turd down the sewer. May is making a mess of everything. She has no support and this is reflected in no tourists from the UK. The Chinese were wisely warned off by the several disasters due to a lack of safety standards and absolutely no control over safety especially at sea but in general everywhere in Thailand. 

From what I understand many continental Europeans aren't coming either. Because life is becoming just to damn expensive in EU countries.

[ToddinChonburi]

Just finished a busy weekend in Jomtein with the Jet Ski competition.   more than enough people running around .