Pattaya: Creepy pictures sum up dire state of tourism at once popular resort

[vandeventer]

You have to make up your your mind, more tourism or more covid=19?

[Kaopad999]

I don't  think Walking Street ever go back to how it used to be.
I think many of the businesses there will be bought out by the wealthy Chinese. 

[A Los for words]

Who do we pay the bar fine to?

[jacko45k]

4 minutes ago, A Los for words said:

Who do we pay the bar fine to?

Freelancer, no requirement... just hose her off and leave her money tucked in someplace.

[Kaopad999]

14 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

You have to make up your your mind, more tourism or more covid=19?

Who in their right mind would want to travel half way across the world during a global pandemic anyway..  

Edited January 12, 2021 by Kaopad999

[findlay13]

Hub of Creepy photos?

[10baht]

The only people who would  travel half way across the world during a global pandemic are those who got trapped outside when the Thai Gov't locked people out who actually live here. They extended visas for those stuck in country, but as mine expired while locked out, I had to get a whole new visa to return home.

[Somtamnication]

I remember seeing her when I was 20 years younger, dumber and had money. Foggy memories, indeed!

[Kaopad999]

7 minutes ago, 10baht said:

The only people who would  travel half way across the world during a global pandemic are those who got trapped outside when the Thai Gov't locked people out who actually live here. They extended visas for those stuck in country, but as mine expired while locked out, I had to get a whole new visa to return home.

Yeah , i agree, that is something that they should not have done.
But  just the purpose of a vacation is pretty selfish & dangerous. 

[sandyf]

22 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

That should read 'thanks to the government.

Yes indeed, it is thanks to the government that there is not millions of infected tourists packed in bars and crowded streets.

[kcpattaya]

Very poor sense of "humour" I must say.
Tasteless. 

[dlclark97]

So much talk about all the tourists who want to come back.  Many of them want to come back to the OLD Pattaya, not the new glitzy shopping mall.

[Katipo]

Didn't she used to work at Living Dolls A-Go-Go?

[tonray]

I don't know what's creepier...these pics or hundreds of drunk aged expats roaming around looking for bargirls.

 

[Darkside Gray]

15 hours ago, bigmac1 said:

Can't see Pattaya ever being the same again????????????????

Totally agree will never be the same again, this has been coming for a long time C19 just was the final nail in the coffin!

[dallen52]

All those repairs and maintenance projects could have been completed. 

And no disruption to the tourists...

Oh silly me.

There is no tourists...

[rott]

On 1/11/2021 at 9:02 AM, PatOngo said:

Not too many families in evidence at the world class resort!

It was taken at 04. 00 so I am not sure what he is trying to prove. 

[chilli42]

On 1/11/2021 at 8:15 AM, webfact said:

 

It was once the city that was full of lights and sounds, a tourism haven that never slept.

Is it just me or does this sound like a fanciful memory of a city that never really existed?

[rott]

1 hour ago, 10baht said:

The only people who would  travel half way across the world during a global pandemic are those who got trapped outside when the Thai Gov't locked people out who actually live here. They extended visas for those stuck in country, but as mine expired while locked out, I had to get a whole new visa to return home.

I sympathise with you, but if you don't have permanent residence you don't live here. 

[joe jadore]

Doom and gloom whinges! Get over your ancient pessimistic selves. The 2nd wave of covid new cases are going down considerably. The Chinese vaccinations are on the way, the USA one's a bit later.

For all their faults, the Thai Gov has done spectactualy well, GREAT in fact!! 67 deaths out of 69 million population. Is a miracle! UK/USA/Aust and most others are miles away from those kind of numbers. Be grateful, you are living soo cheaply, your safe, you get away with having your slave wives for a pittance and delude yourselves that they really care for you, when I see in their faces everyday how they despise you.

If  your so unhappy go back to the UK and shiver away in the freezing cold and real draconian LOCK DOWNS, they thrive on whinging there!

 

 

[mikebell]

On 1/11/2021 at 9:30 AM, jacko45k said:

The doll needs to be standing in front of a coconut tree holding and peering at a mobile phone.....

Or pointing at the deserted Cop shop on Soi 9.

[CharlieH]

Pattaya is in "reset" mode, allow the old girl to die in peace with echoes and memories of days gone by that will never return. Resigned to nostalgia.

 

Await the birth of the new Pattaya, which I doubt will even resemble the memories that many have. (Imho)

[1FinickyOne]

22 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

She looks cute.

I like her hair. ????

so - its come to that? 

[morrobay]

2 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

I don't  think Walking Street ever go back to how it used to be.
I think many of the businesses there will be bought out by the wealthy Chinese. 

And also by the same groups that invest in these always empty places.  Maybe instead they can rebuild for the better. Just noticed this place at Dolphin NE corner : Wok&Roc. 

[tomauasia]

I will say this now. I know the Thai army or gov. Which ever you wish. They did do there best in some respects. But They wanted to kill off Pattaya. That is the truth. I thought thus week 1. It was only when a Thai official l know through Australian boxing told me the truth. Its so very very sad. For me due to the fact l lived there for 5 years. If you ask Bob Arum. Who are the high rollers..He will tell you only the Chinese. But everything comes at a cost later. This gov never made any attempts to keep the entertainment districts alive. Because they were waiting on the Chinese.

They have destroyed many lives and believe there still popular.

[Sean60]

This is a sad picture. Within you can see closed ships and bars. Behind that are soon to be bankrupt people. These peoples life is going to be destroyed.

You will same similar pictures in Phuket and Koh Samui. It is not only Pattaya.

And has the government issued any kind of relief package to small size businesses? NOTHING,   ZERO

Has the government started with Vaccination program? NO  Meanwhile England, Germany and Israel have vaccinated loads of their citizens.

Amazing Thailand!!

[Tony Calderazzo]

On 1/11/2021 at 9:13 AM, Shuya said:

Dean man walking street. Should be renamed to The Green Mile. 

Should be bulldozed down generating good environment for Thai families this good clean business ENTREPRISES ..  

funny business can be relocated 

[Tony Calderazzo]

1 hour ago, chilli42 said:

Is it just me or does this sound like a fanciful memory of a city that never really existed?

Neither should 

[Tony Calderazzo]

11 minutes ago, tomauasia said:

I will say this now. I know the Thai army or gov. Which ever you wish. They did do there best in some respects. But They wanted to kill off Pattaya. That is the truth. I thought thus week 1. It was only when a Thai official l know through Australian boxing told me the truth. Its so very very sad. For me due to the fact l lived there for 5 years. If you ask Bob Arum. Who are the high rollers..He will tell you only the Chinese. But everything comes at a cost later. This gov never made any attempts to keep the entertainment districts alive. Because they were waiting on the Chinese.

They have destroyed many lives and believe there still popular.

What is entertainment 

[Tony Calderazzo]

On 1/11/2021 at 10:57 AM, Mike Teavee said:

If the lockdowns carry on for much longer (past Chinese New Year in Feb) then I think Walking Street is forever lost to Thai's looking for somewhere to eat near the sea & us Farangs will be relegated to the places on the other side of 2nd Road.

 

RIP Walking Street, Soi7, Soi8.... Live Streaming will be the death of Soi 6...

 

Eating at Walking Street .!?