1 hour ago, johng said:

example here this morning

"COVID-19 can infect penis tissue and could lead to erectile dysfunction"   !!!!

I wasn't scared before, but I sure am now. 

51 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

They claim the numbers were up,

The numbers were up. The demographics changed a lot. More Asian, fewer European and Western.

4 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

The numbers were up. The demographics changed a lot. More Asian, fewer European and Western.

       Definitely more Asian but actually the only Western country with slightly fewer tourists was Australia.  For Asian countries, Singapore was also slightly down. 

1 minute ago, newnative said:

       Definitely more Asian but actually the only Western country with slightly fewer tourists was Australia.  For Asian countries, Singapore was also slightly down. 

So not all bad then......????

1 minute ago, jacko45k said:

So not all bad then......????

       No, not bad at all.  Pattaya was doing quite well over all, pre-covid.   Someone will be along, I'm sure, to say that they talked to so-and-so and his business wasn't doing well.  That's the way of the World.  Some businesses succeed, some don't.  Home Pro opened 2 stores in Pattaya.  Likely, some Mom and Pop hardware or paint stores closed.  

     One business failing doesn't mean all businesses are failing.  Instead, look at what is opening, as well.  Terminal 21. Dozens of new hotels, including large highrise ones in north Pattaya.  Two new water parks. New housing estates. New condo projects.  Second Ford dealership. Expanded Mercedes dealership.  Audi. New restaurants.  Just a few examples.  All private industry spending their money.  

53 minutes ago, DerbyDan said:

 

google it.

 

what i was really referring to was club sin, near nirun, in a deserted area, near a large dirt lot. 

No need to google it

the only club with the name of Devil's Den i knew was the one in LK metro

definitively closed now

and i also know the Sin club and the others gentlemen club in the same area

Club 4, Carre blanc, Pirates, you know they are all closed at the moment right?

 

1 hour ago, DerbyDan said:

 

really, you think it will never re surface, i find that hard to believe. when covid blows over cant see why things wont revert back to normal.

Few areas will revert back to normal. Tourism, especially. The target group for Thailand tourism was hit hard by this insane international economic shutdown. It was the first time in history it ever happened.

 

Few tourists here for nearly two years, by the time they open up again. Many will be afraid of crowded airports and airplanes. Everything will be different. Without sounding like a prophet of doom, everything will be different. Many industries will recover. But tourism here has taken a huge hit. And it will take alot to bring it back, to re-boot the infrastructure, and get it going again. Nothing can be taken for granted. 

 

Also, many tourism problems existed long before Covid. None were addressed. None. And they did not just go away. Thailand is being forgotten the longer time goes by. 

 

Thailand needs the world 10x more than the world needs Thailand. The authorities still don't get that. 

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Thailand needs the world 10x more than the world needs Thailand. The authorities still don't get that. 

Would that not be true for most countries outside of US, China and North Korea. What specifically does Thailand need that it does not make itself....? Australia might be an example of a country needing others, needs Thailand to make its cars!

2 hours ago, newnative said:

 

 

Delete, faulty link.

On 5/12/2021 at 11:33 AM, J Town said:

If anyone read "The Dark Tower" series, they'll understand the term "the world has moved on."  Yes, everything is shut down by decree and will probably go on an "open/shut" roller coaster for a year or two.

 

The sex industry was Pattaya's forte. That's been demolished. The girls found out they can make a fortune online without ever swapping bodily fluids. I don't think it will ever return to its glorious apex of the previous decade. I'm just seriously grateful I got in as many soapies as I did!

 

The world has moved on.

The glorious apex was at least 2 decades ago ????????

 Ya gotta go back before tatts and braces and smart phones and "showgirls" and "superstars" IMO. Way way back when you really didn't need go-gos because there where so many diamonds in the rough. 

On 5/12/2021 at 12:31 PM, RobMuir said:

Different areas of Thailand cater to different markets. Phuket the more upscale, Koh Phangan the younger cooler crowd, Samui sort of in the middle, Hua Hin for the elderly and Pattaya for the lonely social misfits who have issues picking up girls without paying for various reasons and males from Muslim countries where it is nearly impossible to find casual sex.

 

There will always be a percentage of mostly Issan girls who got themselves pregnant young and the father runs off and drug addicts, or just the plain lazy who are prepared to rent their genitals to the dribbling misfits.

 

It ain't going to change, there will always be misfits and Muslims and there will always be these girls.

 

Pattaya will bounce back. Where else are they all going to go?

 

 

 

Let me guess. Do you live in Phuket?

 

????

48 minutes ago, Antonymous said:

Pattaya for the lonely social misfits who have issues picking up girls without paying for various reasons and males from Muslim countries where it is nearly impossible to find casual sex.

 

Man, who <deleted> in your corn flakes? I just like having a beer in a gogo bar with my friends now and then.

 

 

5 hours ago, DerbyDan said:

 

really, you think it will never re surface, i find that hard to believe. when covid blows over cant see why things wont revert back to normal.

The amount of boomer doomer posting here is beyond the pale...it is kind of infectious and one finds it everywhere on the net...but demographics and nature are slowly dampening their presence.

As for the topic, someone early on made a good point imo, a developed beach town like ptya will not disappear, given its location it will thrive...just needs to adapt to whatever will be the latest style that attracts a demogaphic.

I wonder if Thailand will ever get to the point where they agree to the idea of ptya as a muni Macau in SEA....that is a way I can see ptya really hit a home run. All the pieces are in place now with U Tapao open. Yea there is Singapore, but we all know the city state just does not have the vibe Thailand has and never will. If they add casino attractions on top of everything already in place, its to the moon for ptya I figure.

2 minutes ago, kuma said:

The amount of boomer doomer posting here is beyond the pale...it is kind of infectious and one finds it everywhere on the net...but demographics and nature are slowly dampening their presence.

As for the topic, someone early on made a good point imo, a developed beach town like ptya will not disappear, given its location it will thrive...just needs to adapt to whatever will be the latest style that attracts a demogaphic.

I wonder if Thailand will ever get to the point where they agree to the idea of ptya as a muni Macau in SEA....that is a way I can see ptya really hit a home run. All the pieces are in place now with U Tapao open. Yea there is Singapore, but we all know the city state just does not have the vibe Thailand has and never will. If they add casino attractions on top of everything already in place, its to the moon for ptya I figure.

The condo developers were telling me that casinos are just around the corner here, like, um, 20 years ago. 

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

The condo developers were telling me that casinos are just around the corner here, like, um, 20 years ago. 

Yup, it has been a contentious issue and debated hotly for decades indeed.

Some significant things have changed in terms of voices at the table in recent years, and with the recent economic developments, lets see what happens next.

10 minutes ago, kuma said:

Yup, it has been a contentious issue and debated hotly for decades indeed.

Some significant things have changed in terms of voices at the table in recent years, and with the recent economic developments, lets see what happens next.

Well it seems to me the current economic crisis is much much more severe than anything that has hit Pattaya before since it started becoming the mega sin city resort that we all know and love or loathe. It certainly seems like a bigger downturn than HIV and the financial baht crash of decades ago that left all those rotting condos in Bangkok. So crisis equals opportunity (for some). 

3 hours ago, Antonymous said:

 

Let me guess. Do you live in Phuket?

 

????

5555

 

No.

There is no way Pattaya will ever come back the same way it was before.  There were far too many bar complexes that sat empty even before covid hit.  Chinese and Indian tourists were way up, Western tourists were way down.  High season was becoming progressively less busy as every year passed as a result of this.  The Chinese tourists in particular were already driving change to cater to their interests, due to the large volume of them coming in and out every day.  

 

As a seaside 'resort' town, Pattaya will continue to exist going into the future, but it's going to look a lot different - far less bar complexes, probably tucked further back and more hidden as the area along the beach slowly becomes redeveloped to cater to a different type of tourist.

1 minute ago, Maha Sarakham said:

There is no way Pattaya will ever come back the same way it was before.  There were far too many bar complexes that sat empty even before covid hit.  Chinese and Indian tourists were way up, Western tourists were way down.  High season was becoming progressively less busy as every year passed as a result of this.  The Chinese tourists in particular were already driving change to cater to their interests, due to the large volume of them coming in and out every day.  

 

As a seaside 'resort' town, Pattaya will continue to exist going into the future, but it's going to look a lot different - far less bar complexes, probably tucked further back and more hidden as the area along the beach slowly becomes redeveloped to cater to a different type of tourist.

A bit science fiction but with rapid transit maybe eventually Bangkok's seaside bedroom.

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

A bit science fiction but with rapid transit maybe eventually Bangkok's seaside bedroom.

 

I suspect you're not far off.  Pattaya will likely become a Bangkokian weekend destination if they redevelop it towards Thai interests.  

Just now, Maha Sarakham said:

 

I suspect you're not far off.  Pattaya will likely become a Bangkokian weekend destination if they redevelop it towards Thai interests.  

It was that already to some extent but with rapid transit plus work at home people with Bangkok jobs could live here.

4 hours ago, kuma said:

The amount of boomer doomer posting here is beyond the pale...it is kind of infectious and one finds it everywhere on the net...but demographics and nature are slowly dampening their presence.

As for the topic, someone early on made a good point imo, a developed beach town like ptya will not disappear, given its location it will thrive...just needs to adapt to whatever will be the latest style that attracts a demogaphic.

I wonder if Thailand will ever get to the point where they agree to the idea of ptya as a muni Macau in SEA....that is a way I can see ptya really hit a home run. All the pieces are in place now with U Tapao open. Yea there is Singapore, but we all know the city state just does not have the vibe Thailand has and never will. If they add casino attractions on top of everything already in place, its to the moon for ptya I figure.

 

A lot of Chinese will come in with Casino's. We don't want to turn Pattaya into another Sihanoukville where the place just houses herds that move from hotel buffetts to the casino via tour bus and every other demographic leaves because they don't fit in.

 

It takes balls to even go into some of those Chinese Casino's. They are not very welcoming.

On 5/11/2021 at 10:33 PM, J Town said:

The sex industry was Pattaya's forte. That's been demolished. The girls found out they can make a fortune online without ever swapping bodily fluids. I don't think it will ever return to its glorious apex of the previous decade. I'm just seriously grateful I got in as many soapies as I did!

 

The world has moved on.

 

Don't forget the Japanese sex robots.  A couple more revisions and upgrades, and Pattaya may never come back.

 

On 5/12/2021 at 12:34 PM, RobMuir said:

And Asian girls are not only the smartest, they are also the most beautiful and petite.

 

A lot of white girls are very intimated by them.

Especially the fat jock ones, of which there are plenty ????

1 hour ago, DerbyDan said:

 

A lot of Chinese will come in with Casino's. We don't want to turn Pattaya into another Sihanoukville where the place just houses herds that move from hotel buffetts to the casino via tour bus and every other demographic leaves because they don't fit in.

 

It takes balls to even go into some of those Chinese Casino's. They are not very welcoming.

No reason why a casino or two could not be tailored to Western clients with sports betting, Western style food and bars and live events like boxing, snooker, darts. Stick one on or near Soi Buakhao and the place would be rammed 24/7.

Just now, Golden Triangle said:

Especially the fat jock ones, of which there are plenty ????

 

I just returned to the UK on 18th April after 14 months in Thailand. OMG! What has happened to the ladies here? Pasty white and overweight (many morbidly obese) no lookers or even anything worthy of a <deleted>. Can't wait to get back to Thailand in just over 5 months time!

 

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

A bit science fiction but with rapid transit maybe eventually Bangkok's seaside bedroom.

I have travelled frequently on bullet trains in japan and china that move more than 300km/h....being conservative actually, so no science fiction for sure

3 hours ago, champers said:

No reason why a casino or two could not be tailored to Western clients with sports betting, Western style food and bars and live events like boxing, snooker, darts. Stick one on or near Soi Buakhao and the place would be rammed 24/7.

Yes a plethora of establishments would inevitably pop up and some would end up catering to all manner of xenophobes, so they could be comfortable, and others for people who just mingle....something for everyone

5 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

 

I just returned to the UK on 18th April after 14 months in Thailand. OMG! What has happened to the ladies here? Pasty white and overweight (many morbidly obese) no lookers or even anything worthy of a <deleted>. Can't wait to get back to Thailand in just over 5 months time!

 

 

Single, over 55 or thereabouts, not wealthy or a rock star. Not a great place to be for most guys in the USA or UK these days.

5 hours ago, champers said:

No reason why a casino or two could not be tailored to Western clients with sports betting, Western style food and bars and live events like boxing, snooker, darts. Stick one on or near Soi Buakhao and the place would be rammed 24/7.

Hate the idea..... if anything I would expect them to be large complex areas with sufficient parking around, well out of the town. As per the often cited Ambassador. How about a corner betting shop like the UK Ladbrokes?