Wannabe Dubai

Where are the Clowns, there ought to Clowns ...well maybe next year.

 

Vee

8 hours ago, abrahamzvi said:

It is absolutely possible with a lot of efforts to make dreams become reality. Pattaya has the basic elements to become the Neo Pattaya, being dreamt of, and all it needs is serious efforts to change many things in Pattya and then its image will change.

I don't know if you are being serious or not, but most people I know would say:- 

 

"Never in a month of Sundays"! Or "A leopard can't change its spots"

#How on earth can't you come!

How on earth can I ??? Still waiting for opening

When I watch them publishing every few hours some bid and bold Thai ideas... I feel like children playing. Nothing Thais say will ever be done. Out comes nothing. As always. Idea survival time: 6 hours

"High quality"?  Seriously?  Pattaya?

 

Maybe the Thai government is thinking about sending Pattaya tourists to California, New York City or Paris? ????

Perhaps they should do some repairs to the footpaths and crossings on Beach Road and First Road the city is dilapidated and badly maintained. Definitely a tourist trap intended to trap tourists into high hospital fees after twisting their ankles or being knocked down whilst trying to cross the road

13 hours ago, rooster59 said:

#How on earth can't you come!

#Can'tgetin

Another free lunch and thats the best they could come up with...

Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam will be happy to receive the tourists.  

7 hours ago, sungod said:

 

The major hotel chains seem to think differently.

There’s actually 2 Hiltons in Beirut. I don’t think many people would want to stay there on vacation though?

 

Indeed "High" was the buzzword.  The participants seemed "heady" alright, with all the highs!  Me thinks they may have gotten into the medical stash again for there "lofty ideals"!

Hashtag OMG!

change the name but still pattaya,you make it expensive for drinks and other things.you want to kill the tourist trade when it resumes in the new year

18 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Manager reported that Pattaya is now completely rebranding itself for the tourist season and the year ahead in these much changed Covid-19 times.

Trying to think, I'm sure I read about another city with the same name rebranding itself just a couple of years ago.  At least now they have different names, Pattaya and Neo Pattaya so I don't get confused anymore.

 

They were definitely different cities though, I remember 2 high ranking police officers doing a walkabout and declaring there was no sex for sale in the other Pattaya I read about so the clean up must have been a success.????

Edited December 12, 20205 yr by KhaoYai

What a laugh !! Farangs wont go to Pattaya unless there are adult fun, beer bars and great affordable prices !! Nom its up to Thais and boring Chinese to support Neo Pattaya - good luck !! Another place will soon fill the void ...and prosper !!

12 hours ago, Monkeyrobot said:

But what about those pesky LBs ?  Are they trained to steal from the Hi So?

A bit of a bonus when the Gucci handbag is real. 

19 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Neo Pattaya is no longer about seedy bars and nightlife.

The dodgy cops/officials that own the nightspots might have something to say about that, unless of course they get brown envelopes to disappear.

T'was always on the cards, however, and not just Pattaya. Nefarious activities will continue of course, but the future face of Thailand will be a sterile one.

16 hours ago, Upnotover said:

The had a similar slogan some 10 years ago....

 those billboards!! They always misspell words

35 minutes ago, pattayadude said:

16 hours ago, Upnotover said:

The had a similar slogan some 10 years ago....

 those billboards!! They always misspell words

Not quite sure which word you mean - 'everyday' or 'come'?

20 hours ago, Surelynot said:

Pavements you can't walk along.....atrocious air quality,....choked with traffic (when busy)....scams left, right and centre....over priced drinks......aggressive ladyboys.....drugs and the 'p' word.........all fixed with the prefix NEO.

 

Amazing Thailand.

 

It is the last place on Earth high end tourists would want to go.

You forgot wild dog packs; soi rubbish tips and the most inept police force in the land who can't even get cabdrivers to use their meters let alone bring down the highest traffic accident-figures in all of Thailand.

21 hours ago, rooster59 said:

focus on "High Quality, High Value, High Spending"

...high spending? does it mean no more backpackers in pattaya?

more twaddle !!!

Call me old fashion, or just old--but I don't see anything wrong with Pattaya. If it went back to the way it was in 2004, the baht 50 to 1, bar fines 200 to 400, happy hour beers 40 baht, and lovely slim ladies happy to be your friend, the money would again flow like a tidal wave. It's a win win. Turning Beach Rd into Orchard Rd will never happen. Universal Studios and Disney will never come. Koh Larn will never be Sentosa Island. 

22 hours ago, Salerno said:

So much baiting in so little words  ????

Will also accept "Hey You" shouted by taxi mafia outside swampy aka the gauntlet

15 hours ago, bluejets said:

Don't see any of this working ........

Sounds like me after a night of drinking and winding back in my room with a freelancer......mai sanook!

13 hours ago, lovethai123 said:

demolish all bars and build a school

Kids will love the free ping pong!.....maybe best to wash all pp balls prior to any games  ???? covid n all....

16 hours ago, SupermarineS6B said:

Oh yeah, i can see em all picking up sticks in Bermuda and heading towards the new paradise........ Pattaya !......   What are these lot on ?   

Pre tsunami days, Phuket was a high end holiday area, not like there isn't a precedent for Thailand.

How do you think that John Irvine was one of the first reporters on the scene.

 

John Irvine, ITV's Asia Correspondent was with his family on an island off the coast of Thailand when the waves hit.

They were swept off a beach into a mangrove swamp. When the waters had died down, and he had made sure his family were safe, he was able to contact ITV. A couple of days later he was reporting from Phuket.

https://pressgazette.co.uk/broadcasters-struggled-to-deal-with-unfolding-tsunami-crisis/

23 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The main buzzword was "Go High" though this was accompanied by "High Quality" "High Value" "High Spending" and "High Experience".

Take away the High Spending and High Experience and add Expensive and no Tourists .

52 minutes ago, bronzedude said:

Call me old fashion, or just old--but I don't see anything wrong with Pattaya. If it went back to the way it was in 2004, the baht 50 to 1, bar fines 200 to 400, happy hour beers 40 baht, and lovely slim ladies happy to be your friend, the money would again flow like a tidal wave. It's a win win. Turning Beach Rd into Orchard Rd will never happen. Universal Studios and Disney will never come. Koh Larn will never be Sentosa Island. 

Very true only idiots change things that work and bring plenty of money in .

2 hours ago, mikebell said:

inept police force in the land who can't even get cabdrivers to use their meters 

I guess some are too scared to tell them to turn on the meter.

Not a cops job..