Pattaya: Mayor Sontaya expects tourists to come in droves for long weekend

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Pattaya: Mayor Sontaya expects tourists to come in droves for long weekend

 

 

Thai media 77kaoded reported that Pattaya'a mayor Sontaya Khunpluem expects a huge influx of tourists for the long holiday weekend from Saturday to Tuesday. 

 

"We are ready and we are expecting many visitors," said the upbeat mayor who said that he was pulling out all the stops to ensure the safety and convenience of visitors. 

 

"We're near," he said (presumably referring to the resort's proximity to Bangkok where most of the tourists are likely to emanate from).

 

"Our guard has not fallen". Everyone will be wearing masks, handing out alcohol gel sanitizer and socially distancing, he noted. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Top of the mayor's "to do list" has been mobilizing his workers to work with the police on traffic jams and instructing his water pump staff to get their act together if it rains. 

 

The mayor may have his work cut out to attract tourists at this time. 

 

Elsewhere in the Thai media it has been suggested that hotel bookings have been sluggish for the long weekend, notes Thaivisa.

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

 

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[JoePai]

So it's either get out of Pattaya Friday or stay indoors for the 4 days - hmmm some choice

[seasia]

Is it a dry weekend ( re. alcohol sales) ?

Someone suggested it would be.

 

True or not?

[Henryford]

Is this the Songkhran weekend, will there be water fights?

[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The mayor may have his work cut out

getting through a door with a giant Pattaya sign sticking out of his ear .?

[champers]

If hotel bookings are sluggish and it turns out that large numbers of tourists don't visit, then there could be a move to fill the void with foreign tourists. This will require careful planning but more businesses are suffering the longer this crisis continues. I expect the large hotel chains and mall operators to lead the calls to Government for relaxations on restrictions to foreign tourists.

[sammieuk1]

 Think the hordes may well end up the low spending 3 finger protesting kind in many areas this weekend ????  

[thequietman]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Pattaya'a mayor Sontaya Khunpluem expects a huge influx of tourists for the long holiday weekend from Saturday to Tuesday. 

 

This is an aerial shot of tourists setting off towards Pattaya only today. The mayor is right! Wow.

[johng]

6 minutes ago, thequietman said:

This is an aerial shot of tourists setting off towards Pattaya

Ha Ha .

I think the last long weekend at least half of Bangkok  turned up to drive around Pattaya, Jomtien and Sattahip.

[TeaMonkey]

Looking at the weather forecast there will be a lot of pumping going on in Pattaya this weekend. 

[keith101]

1 hour ago, thequietman said:

This is an aerial shot of tourists setting off towards Pattaya only today. The mayor is right! Wow.

Not Thailand driving on the wrong side of the road nice try though .

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, seasia said:

Is it a dry weekend ( re. alcohol sales) ?

Someone suggested it would be.

 

True or not?

Not....

[jacko45k]

25 minutes ago, keith101 said:

Not Thailand driving on the wrong side of the road nice try though .

Oh they do that here!

[thequietman]

1 hour ago, TeaMonkey said:

Looking at the weather forecast there will be a lot of pumping going on in Pattaya this weekend. 

Now, when you say pumping ...........  ????

[thequietman]

38 minutes ago, keith101 said:

Not Thailand driving on the wrong side of the road nice try though .

It was tongue in check, not literal. I thought that would be a giver. Obviously not!  ????

[sead]

And then he woke up realising it was a dream

[stouricks]

44 minutes ago, keith101 said:

Not Thailand driving on the wrong side of the road nice try though .

Why, which side DO they drive on in Thailand please?      LOL

[kingofthemountain]

I am afraid the mayor is confused and mix ''tourists'' and ''visitors''

 

The visitors from Bangkok start in the morning, drive their car to Pattaya

eat and drink on the beach with food and beverage they take with

them from Bangkok, and are back in the big city in the end of the

afternoon, usualy leaving a lot of rubbish behind them on the sand and in the sea.

 

It's better than nothing and it's the illusion of some life in the city every week end

but i don't see a lot of them being tourists, and helping in anyway the hotels

bars and restaurants in the area, dying slowly for the ones still open

 

Plus it's the raining season. so you can expect some big rains in the afternoon

like in the last days, and it should be one more nail in the couffin

Edited July 23, 2020 by kingofthemountain

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

tourists to come in droves for long weekend

Monday News:

The Mayor was correctly foretelling the truth: two tourists arrived on the weekend, and they drove to Pattaya.

[phantomfiddler]

2 hours ago, johng said:

Ha Ha .

I think the last long weekend at least half of Bangkok  turned up to drive around Pattaya, Jomtien and Sattahip.

Not Thailand by a long shot, these drivers are driving on the right side of the road, plus they appear far too organized ????

[PETERTHEEATER]

2 hours ago, TeaMonkey said:

Looking at the weather forecast there will be a lot of pumping going on in Pattaya this weekend. 

Looking at the anticipation on the faces of the working girls there will be a lot of pumping going on in Pattaya this weekend......

[Susco]

2 hours ago, thequietman said:

This is an aerial shot of tourists setting off towards Pattaya only today. The mayor is right! Wow.

 

 

No, it's a troll post

[Susco]

27 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

I am afraid the mayor is confused and mix ''tourists'' and ''visitors''

 

I'm afraid Kingofthemountain is confused about the definition of what's a tourist.

 

tour·ist

/ˈto͝orəst/

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noun

noun: tourist; plural noun: tourists

1. 1.

   a person who is traveling or visiting a place for pleasure.

[NE1]

Can you just where a snorkel instead of the mask , sort of kill 2 birds with one stone.

[johng]

14 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

Not Thailand by a long shot, these drivers are driving on the right side of the road, plus they appear far too organized ????

 

1 minute ago, Susco said:

 

 

No, it's a troll post

Look its obviously not a Thailand photo...there are no  motorbikes,mobile food carts,spaghetti wiring or mangy soi dogs.

[Emdog]

""Our guard has not fallen". Everyone will be wearing masks, handing out alcohol gel sanitizer and socially distancing, he noted."

Not reality based. I just got back from beach walk (Jomtien). My informal count: around 200-300 person sample, 3 vendors had masks on.

Masks around chins or below nose in various convenience stores.

[brucegoniners]

How lovely. You really don't have to come here guys...

[86Tiger]

Some one on the ground will have to do an after action report to let us know how it was...

[LomSak27]

Giving it a good clean & wash. Kudos Mayor Sontaya.

 

 

[pineapple01]

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