Will Pattaya survive?

shadowofacloud · May 16, 2020

5 minutes ago, brokenbone said:

no, that is not the only attraction, its my home and i dont do either thai woman nor beer any longer, i will not voluntarily change it for an isaan <deleted>hole

Pray tell what are the other attractions? I am not trying to be difficult here, but I always had a problem understanding why do people choose to live in Pattaya?

brokenbone · May 16, 2020

6 minutes ago, shadowofacloud said:

Pray tell what are the other attractions? I am not trying to be difficult here, but I always had a problem understanding why do people choose to live in Pattaya?

pattaya beats isaan any day o the week regardless what if any brothel you fancy,

firstly its right at the sea so the temperature dont get too hot and not too cold either,

secondly isaan cant compete in variety of goods you can get in pattaya,

especially food variety

shadowofacloud · May 16, 2020

1 minute ago, brokenbone said:

pattaya beats isaan any day o the week regardless what if any brothel you fancy,

firstly its right at the sea so the temperature dont get too hot and not too cold either,

secondly isaan cant compete in variety of goods you can get in pattaya,

especially food variety

OK. But you are comparing to Isaan. What about Southern Thailand? Hua Hin? Samui? Phuket? Krabi?

These places are completely out of my radar, because of the overcrowding, mass tourism etc. But they surely are a viable alternative to Pattaya?

brokenbone · May 16, 2020

11 minutes ago, shadowofacloud said:

OK. But you are comparing to Isaan. What about Southern Thailand? Hua Hin? Samui? Phuket? Krabi?

These places are completely out of my radar, because of the overcrowding, mass tourism etc. But they surely are a viable alternative to Pattaya?

i think the only place that measure up with food variety is bkk,

yes, all beach resorts do as well as pattaya with regards to weather,

pattaya is the place to get both, maybe phuket comes 2nd, but its pricey

tribalfusion001 · May 16, 2020

In it's current form, then yes it's finished. The elite in Thailand have wanted the naughty scene gone for years and now it has. The longer the beer bar, go go bars and freelancer bars/clubs are shut, the less likely they will open again.

bluesofa · May 16, 2020

2 hours ago, colinneil said:

Nonsense Issan beats Pattaya hands down

Issan can compete with Pattaya regarding variety of food, anything you can get there, we can get here.

You never heard of courier delivery?

Surely you mean curry-er with the amount of spices for Indian food that you order.

Leaver · May 16, 2020

Pattaya will survive, but the nightlife scene will look very different, after the virus has passed.

HashBrownHarry · May 16, 2020

54 minutes ago, Leaver said:

Pattaya will survive, but the nightlife scene will look very different, after the virus has passed.

Hold on a minute, is this a glimmer of optimism?!@!!!

Pattaya's not going to dissapear into oblivion just before the world ends?

Are you feeling ok?

Leaver · May 16, 2020

4 minutes ago, HashBrownHarry said:

Hold on a minute, is this a glimmer of optimism?!@!!!

Pattaya's not going to dissapear into oblivion just before the world ends?

Are you feeling ok?

You jest, but I have always said Pattaya will not fall into a big hole and disappear.

However, for those who think everything will return to normal, including their favorite places, once the order is given that everything can open again, i think they will be disappointed.

Many places here will either remain closed, or open again only to close again, but permanently.

Which establishments will open, and remain open, time will tell.

HashBrownHarry · May 16, 2020

14 minutes ago, Leaver said:

You jest, but I have always said Pattaya will not fall into a big hole and disappear.

However, for those who think everything will return to normal, including their favorite places, once the order is given that everything can open again, i think they will be disappointed.

Many places here will either remain closed, or open again only to close again, but permanently.

Which establishments will open, and remain open, time will tell.

Yawn - bi bi.

crobe · May 16, 2020

3 hours ago, shadowofacloud said:

Pray tell what are the other attractions? I am not trying to be difficult here, but I always had a problem understanding why do people choose to live in Pattaya?

While admitting that I live on the outskirts rather than in the central area I can answer that

When I arrived over 15 years ago with two small kids we got them straight into a very good school (regents) and built a house on a substantial piece of land - too expensive to do in Bangkok and the schools upcountry did not cut it.

Commuting into Bangkok a couple of days a week is not a hassle, and my main office is now at Lam Chabaeng but Pattaya is down the road for shopping, eating and going out in the evening if we have visitors.

A typical first week when I arrived would be work, possibly a round of golf with a QC friend, weekends have a lazy day on the beach or go with a friend sailing to an island - occasionally an event hosting an (ex) european king.

Not everyone in Pattaya is a bar-crawling sexpat and too many people think that living in Pattaya only means the central area between beach road and third road - Pattaya is quite diverse and so are the place where you can live and go to.

Columbus · May 16, 2020

6 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

Hi.

Sorry, I was here first...

metisdead · May 16, 2020

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jacko45k · May 16, 2020

18 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

I do feel for the poor ladyboys there,

Sounds like you had a good time to me!

Henryford · May 17, 2020

Pattaya will survive as a small beach resort for the Bangkok crowd but without the nightlife i can't see many others flying 10,000 kms when there are much better options nearer to home.

jimmybcool · May 17, 2020

I don't claim to have a crystal ball. Maybe Pattaya is over as a nightlife destination. But if there were even odds in a bookmakers I'd take the side that within 3 years Pattaya is pretty close to what it was last year. Perhaps fewer bars and agogos than in 2019 but that isn't really a bad thing.

Too much money being made in that town to disappear IMO. Arguing about what people with lots of Thailand experience think of the town isn't relative. Those who live there will stay and those in other areas like Issan weren't going anyway. The test is - will the tourists return.

Bangkok Thais - yup

Chinese tourists - yup. They'll be back.

Euro tourists - well winter hasn't changed there so far as I can tell

Sex tourists - duh. Yes.

Guess we'll know about a year after travel restrictions are lifted.

Edited May 17, 2020 by jimmybcool

Zikomat · May 17, 2020

Pattaya, as we know it, will not survive. Actually - it is already dead.

ChakaKhan · May 17, 2020

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Sounds like you had a good time to me!

im an equal oppty fellow, not easy being so hansum in LOS, theres plenty to go around...

Hel-looooo, Hey.....Bai Nai?..Huh? Where u go? Home, thanks, OOooh. I go wit uuuu? Uhh, ok...You pay me money....How much? Up to you...ok How about zero.....<deleted> U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......(wipes tear, walks away) confused...

morrobay · May 17, 2020

Sure it can if they clear out all the garbage and trash lying around , sidewalks, full size city buses, remove dogs and other trash from corners. Then install some classic go-go bars like this one from the 00,s on the pattaylands. So whats else, not that complicated: waterfront seafood restaurants, malls, hotels. With foreign engineers restore the Beach promenade and coast all the way past Bali hi to to its past days of glory. De value the baht. If not well actually i could care less, I have enough girls on thr line and the less tourist around here the better. But for the sake of Pattaya if they do not follow the above thats their problem.

DLock · May 17, 2020

19 hours ago, shadowofacloud said:

Well, this is where putting all your eggs in the same basket gets you... The city itself is simply ugly, the sea polluted, the beaches a sad joke. The only attraction this place had was booze and whores. And even that was starting to wear thin in recent years, with all the bright ideas to reinvent the city as a "first class family resort" and what not.

So it will definitely fail in a big and painful way, shrink and possibly reinvent itself as something much smaller, but possibly smarter in 5-10 years.

Very accurate and succinct and I agree.

Unless you are into whores and beer, Pattaya is a cultural wasteland, and trying to defend it as anything more that that is futile and reaching.

Anyone living there that is not into whores and beer got duped into living there...probably as a result of whores and beer and not wearing protection.

How do deal with those "looks" when you tell people you live in Pattaya.

Bulldoze it and start again.

ChipButty · May 17, 2020

9 minutes ago, DLock said:

Bulldoze it and start again.

I would agree with you I went once 20 years ago it was a dump then it need flattening and build it to a world class resort, sorry it already is

HashBrownHarry · May 17, 2020

6 hours ago, morrobay said:

Sure it can if they clear out all the garbage and trash lying around , sidewalks, full size city buses, remove dogs and other trash from corners. Then install some classic go-go bars like this one from the 00,s on the pattaylands. So whats else, not that complicated: waterfront seafood restaurants, malls, hotels. With foreign engineers restore the Beach promenade and coast all the way past Bali hi to to its past days of glory. De value the baht. If not well actually i could care less, I have enough girls on thr line and the less tourist around here the better. But for the sake of Pattaya if they do not follow the above thats their problem.

Not a tattoo in sight.

daveAustin · May 17, 2020

Depends on the army, and for the mongerers it ain't looking good as they've always had eyes to sterilize the place.

Oldie · May 17, 2020

41 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Depends on the army, and for the mongerers it ain't looking good as they've always had eyes to sterilize the place.

During the past years many new bars opened. The government also extended the opening times and even was discussing to extend them further. I don't have the feeling that they want to sterilize the place. If so the developments of the past years are hard to understand for me.

tribalfusion001 · May 17, 2020

15 hours ago, Zikomat said:

Pattaya, as we know it, will not survive. Actually - it is already dead.

And Patong, most of the resorts will be very different after months of no tourists. There are going for a covid-19 free country and 100% control with these QR codes to enter premises. Can you imagine having to QR code to enter a go go or beer bar...

Tom9999 · May 17, 2020