Pattaya: Sorry we're full! Fireworks festival set to pack out resort

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Pattaya: Sorry we're full! Fireworks festival set to pack out resort

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Thai media Manager reported that Pattaya will be full of tourists this weekend for the Fireworks Festival that starts this evening and continues tomorrow.

 

They quoted the chief of the Pattaya Business and Tourism Association as saying that on Saturday hotels on the main beachfront were 100% full.

 

Even those elsewhere in Pattaya were at 70-80% capacity and are expected to be full when walk-ins are added, noted Ekkasit Ngamphichet.

 

This year's event will not be an international competition but more local with Thai pyrotechnic experts showcasing their skills and local bands adding to the flavor of a Thai celebration from all regions of the country. 

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

Beach road from the Dolphin Roundabout to Walking Street will be closed from 4 pm till midnight. 

 

Manager went with an upbeat headline that in part said: "We're full". 

 

Since the pandemic struck Pattaya has been anything but full, notes Thaivisa. Apart from weekends and long weekend holidays reports have continually suggested that the resort has been largely deserted through most of 2020.

 

Source: Manager Online

 

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[petermik]

More B S I,m afraid....????

[Peterw42]

1 minute ago, petermik said:

More B S I,m afraid....????

What is BS about it ?

Wife wanted us to go watch the fireworks, has been trying to book a room with beach view for the last week and couldn't find one.

[darksidedog]

Fair play to the hotels that have guests this weekend. One weekend though is not going to ease the pain caused by so many weeks and months when they were empty.

[KhunBENQ]

17 minutes ago, petermik said:

More B S I,m afraid....????

Only if you can not walk 100 to 300m

Packed

27 to 29, two nights:

(OK, popular cheap places booked)

Edited November 27, 2020 by KhunBENQ

[Jack Mountain]

How many Hotels are still open there?

[Peterw42]

I guess people are either resort half full or resort half empty .

 

It appears people are almost upset with any story that talks about a few tourists around .

Not sure why the default thinking is nope, not true. 

Edited November 27, 2020 by Peterw42

[NCC1701A]

I am in Pattaya right now for the fireworks show. My first choice for a hotel was full. 

 

 

[Olmate]

19 minutes ago, Jack Mountain said:

How many Hotels are still open there?

10%

[petermik]

57 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

What is BS about it ?

Wife wanted us to go watch the fireworks, has been trying to book a room with beach view for the last week and couldn't find one.

Soi 13.. Pattaya Centre Hotel, Whitehouse Condotel,Sandy Springs Hotel all begging for customers with Beach views....????

[petermik]

21 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

I am in Pattaya right now for the fireworks show. My first choice for a hotel was full. 

 

 

So you had to pay more than 500 BAHT then...????

[KhunBENQ]

1 hour ago, Jack Mountain said:

How many Hotels are still open there?

Enough. But what percentage? 1 out of 3?

Some hotels open with very reduced staff and low occupancy and extreme discounts.

No idea whether they can cover the running costs.

I have booked a deluxe pool view room incl. breakfast (Areca Lodge) in December for 890 Baht which would normally cost about 2500 at that time.

[brucegoniners]

2 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

What is BS about it ?

Wife wanted us to go watch the fireworks, has been trying to book a room with beach view for the last week and couldn't find one.

If you live here it's BS. Traffic, headaches.

[brucegoniners]

While I'm happy for the poor hotel operators, I'll be staying the hell out of town. Just went to Central to get my iPhone. Glad I did it before the crush this afternoon.

[losername]

2 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Fair play to the hotels that have guests this weekend. One weekend though is not going to ease the pain caused by so many weeks and months when they were empty.

The OP did not say it would.

[JRG23]

Loads available. Have a look at Agoda.

[skorp13]

My wife works in the the hotel  business and has seen no increase in bookings. The beaches will be packed but it will be with locals

[redwood1]

4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I am in Pattaya right now for the fireworks show. My first choice for a hotel was full. 

 

 

NCC1701A is in town.....I smell trouble....

[couchpotato]

I drove back from Bangkok about 2 hours ago.

Haven't seen so much traffic heading to Pattaya for a very long time. 

A very slow trip.  So can imagine many of the open hotels are full.

[Leaver]

4 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

I guess people are either resort half full or resort half empty .

As time passes, the memory of a "full" Pattaya fades away.  Replaced by the new Covid "full" normal.  

[AlfHuy]

4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I am in Pattaya right now for the fireworks show. My first choice for a hotel was full. 

 

 

Soi 6?

[guzzi850m2]

Yes no doubt many Thais are coming to Pattaya this weekend and NCC1701A too????

 

When we go out tonight, it will be on the scooters, can't be bothered taking the truck.

 

Doubt we will hang around for a long time, seen fireworks before.

[topt]

27 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

I drove back from Bangkok about 2 hours ago.

Haven't seen so much traffic heading to Pattaya for a very long time. 

A very slow trip.  So can imagine many of the open hotels are full.

Yes I just came back down the 7 from the 331 less than an hour ago - nose to tail traffic and backed up at the lights for right turn at Sukumvhit about 300 metres which I have not had to experience for a while. Traffic going left to Klang however seemed lighter than normal..........

[drvin]

I tried to book a room for this weekend a coupe of days ago.  All 4-5 star hotels full or super expensive.  Good for them I guess and bad for me.

[Leaver]

10 minutes ago, topt said:

Yes I just came back down the 7 from the 331 less than an hour ago - nose to tail traffic and backed up at the lights for right turn at Sukumvhit about 300 metres which I have not had to experience for a while. Traffic going left to Klang however seemed lighter than normal..........

Tomorrow's headline: "Record sales of som tum and sangsom in Pattaya for fireworks."  ????

[Leaver]

5 minutes ago, drvin said:

I tried to book a room for this weekend a coupe of days ago.  All 4-5 star hotels full or super expensive.  Good for them I guess and bad for me.

How did you try to book a room?

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

What is BS about it ?

Wife wanted us to go watch the fireworks, has been trying to book a room with beach view for the last week and couldn't find one.

A beach view yes... 

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, redwood1 said:

NCC1701A is in town.....I smell trouble....

Trouble doesn't smell like anchovies... well not always !

[petermik]

1 hour ago, redwood1 said:

NCC1701A is in town.....I smell trouble....

And Hua Hin is grateful...????

[NanLaew]

6 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I am in Pattaya right now for the fireworks show. My first choice for a hotel was full. 

 

 

Good. That's the contentious question raised by the OP answered. Now, more serious stuff.

 

How's Soi 6 looking?