Pattaya: Pub boss complains that resort is being ignored - calls for increased opening hours

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Pattaya: Pub boss complains that resort is being ignored - calls for increased opening hours

 

Thai caption: "Pattaya has no foreigners visiting"

 

A leading member of the nighttime entertainment scene in Pattaya has moaned that the government is focusing too much on Phuket.

 

He said that the industry is desperate in Pattaya after foreign tourists stopped coming. 

 

Surajai Attanat - an executive at Differ Pub in north Pattaya that is a live music venue - has called for longer opening hours as an answer. 

 

Surajai told PPTV 36 that Pattaya was very quiet, not a patch on before when foreign tourists made up the bulk of visitors. 

 

He said that the so-called "Phuket Model" was great and would bring in tourists and revenue but he was concerned that other tourist places were not receiving the same attention as the southern Thai island. 

 

In particular he claimed that the authorities were only looking towards Rayong and Chanthaburi on the eastern seaboard and not Chonburi where Pattaya is located. 

 

He claimed it was "really strange" that Pattaya seemed to have been left out of the plans. 

 

He said that Pattaya is a late night city and one of the answers for his business was to be allowed to open later.

 

In this way he would be able to cater to Bangkokians and people from neighboring provinces who visit on Friday and Saturday nights in particular. This would increase revenue, he said. 

 

Thaivisa notes that Surajai's claim that Chonburi is not in government plans to reopen tourism may be wide of the mark. 

 

Many stories in the Thai media have included the province as possible sites for the reintroduction of foreign tourists. 

 

Source: PPTV

 

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[keith101]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Surajai Attanat - an executive at Differ Pub in north Pattaya that is a live music venue - has called for longer opening hours as an answer. 

For what people to come if there are no tourists .

[RandolphGB]

Phuket works because it’s an island and easier to contain tourists there. It  has an international airport and also offers more attractions for wealthier tourists. It’s the natural place to restart international tourism. 

[jacko45k]

3 minutes ago, keith101 said:

For what people to come if there are no tourists .

I think it is aimed at the Thai market.

[TaaSaparot]

11 minutes ago, keith101 said:

For what people to come if there are no tourists .

""In this way he would be able to cater to Bangkokians and people from neighboring provinces who visit on Friday and Saturday nights in particular""

[phantomfiddler]

Last Friday in Pattaya the police were down Walking Street and others, closing bars at midnight ! Surely there must be a whole load of more constructive things to concentrate on ????

[steven100]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

leading member of the nighttime entertainment scene & an executive at Differ Pub

so really they mean a P_isshead   ......   lol

[sammieuk1]

Foreign tourists didn't stop coming they were barred from entry he needs to "Big Too" something right or left handed and show it to a general ????????

[Oldie]

56 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

Last Friday in Pattaya the police were down Walking Street and others, closing bars at midnight ! Surely there must be a whole load of more constructive things to concentrate on ????

Interesting that they have been there too and not only in Central Pattaya. But Friday is history long time already and in the meantime at least in Central Pattaya many bars don't care again - like months before this "special" Friday. They have their own closing times again. Obviously there was not much punishment. 

 

I don't understand why this Pub boss complains. Normally they don't care much about laws anyway. I could tell you stories about endless complaints in respect of bars and noise and closing times. And nobody ever cared. Many of them seem to be above the law anyway.

 

By the way. Just checked his Differ Pub on Google Maps. There is written that the opening times are until 3am. The legal closing time for this area before Corona was 2am... 

 

[ukrules]

What time do they close at right now in Pattaya?

[rott]

Most are closed at midnight. 

[suhoaswhas]

3 hours ago, RandolphGB said:

Phuket works because it’s an island and easier to contain tourists there. It  has an international airport and also offers more attractions for wealthier tourists. It’s the natural place to restart international tourism. 

 

For tourists who know nothing yes !

 

 

[Benmart]

1 hour ago, phantomfiddler said:

Last Friday in Pattaya the police were down Walking Street and others, closing bars at midnight ! Surely there must be a whole load of more constructive things to concentrate on ????

Traffic enforcement comes to mind. The rabble has taken over the streets. Check out Thappraya or Thepprasit Roads. The police are no where to be seen.

[scubascuba3]

As usual, it makes no sense here. There's meant to be no covid here according to the figures released so open up the bars etc as per before covid. Allow the owners to decide whether to open or not

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Surajai Attanat - an executive at Differ Pub in north Pattaya that is a live music venue - has called for longer opening hours as an answer.

Extending opening hours to a pub that's empty all evening  is not the answer.

[Sujo]

14 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

As usual, it makes no sense here. There's meant to be no covid here according to the figures released so open up the bars etc as per before covid. Allow the owners to decide whether to open or not

But people travelling around the country freely can spread the virus to many places.

 

Never ever let a bar owner decide if they should open. They dont care at all if a customer gets it. 

[scubascuba3]

18 minutes ago, Sujo said:

But people travelling around the country freely can spread the virus to many places.

 

Never ever let a bar owner decide if they should open. They dont care at all if a customer gets it. 

Gets what? there is no covid here currently, or have you got stats showing a high daily spread? 

[TEFLKrabi]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Extending opening hours to a pub that's empty all evening  is not the answer.

That’s going to be an issue for the owners. Give them the option to return to the old hours....

[mok199]

So many Boss's ....

[cnmltd]

6 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

Last Friday in Pattaya the police were down Walking Street and others, closing bars at midnight ! Surely there must be a whole load of more constructive things to concentrate on ????

I was out in "Tree Town" on Friday. I was asked to pay up at 23:30 because the police were coming. Bar was shuttered up at 23:45.

[murraynz]

5 hours ago, rott said:

Most are closed at midnight. 

Lk metro closes about 2am

[timendres]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

He claimed it was "really strange" that Pattaya seemed to have been left out of the plans. 

Is it possible that the powers that be want these businesses dead and buried? Nah....

[timendres]

6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Gets what? there is no covid here currently, or have you got stats showing a high daily spread? 

Nope. No covid here...

Quote

2.2 Situation of Patients with Suspected Symptoms of COVID-19 in Thailand.

     On 30 September 2020 at 12.00, Thailand announced that 1,057 additional people met the criteria for PUI, raising the total to 451,067 PUI, as shown in Table 2.

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/situation/situation-no269-300963.pdf

 

[Oldie]

3 hours ago, cnmltd said:

I was out in "Tree Town" on Friday. I was asked to pay up at 23:30 because the police were coming. Bar was shuttered up at 23:45.

The last days nobody cared again. Like many months before. Perhaps they got a warning so that the police could report that everything closes at midnight? At least on this special Friday... What a coordinated show if it was like this. 

[impulse]

3 hours ago, murraynz said:

9 hours ago, rott said:

Most are closed at midnight. 

Lk metro closes about 2am

 

Not after the BIB sees your post.  What happens in LK Metro should stay in...

 

[scubascuba3]

5 hours ago, timendres said:

Nope. No covid here...

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/situation/situation-no269-300963.pdf

 

Says 131 undergoing treatment, going by the news they may be imported cases, so as usual the current situation isn't clear to me. How about the situation in Pattaya? there was daily announcements for a while with zero local transmissions for weeks then it was dropped 

[baansgr]

13 hours ago, rott said:

Most are closed at midnight. 

Most are closed for good

[skorp13]

14 hours ago, Benmart said:

Traffic enforcement comes to mind. The rabble has taken over the streets. Check out Thappraya or Thepprasit Roads. The police are no where to be seen.

No but they have been on soi kor pai and thepprasit 9 a couple times a week latey

[kinyara]

16 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

Last Friday in Pattaya the police were down Walking Street and others, closing bars at midnight ! Surely there must be a whole load of more constructive things to concentrate on ????

Fortunately the crime wave that many predicted hasn't seemed to have happened so far. If nithing else the current situation has just emphasised how much a busy Pattaya attracts criminality. The reduced level of alcohol induced crime stories we've become used to on here is very noticeable. 

[bkk6060]

Sounds like another clueless business man.

Most of the Bangkonians are working people even on holiday I doubt they stay up past midnight.

 

Sorry Mr. Boss, staying open until 2am will not motivate 1000's more to come to Pattaya and create huge revenue gains.