I think you would have to flatten Pattaya and give it a new name even people who have never been to Thailand know what Pattaya is all about

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...officials want to focus on cultural and natural activities

There they go thinking their "culture" is all that again.

As if people are going to fork out 100,000 baht to go and sit at Nong Nooch gardens.

They really seem to be clueless as to what it is.  This place is not Europe with much more interesting historical sites, venues, much better varied geographics.   Phuket is much more oriented for family vacations with broader beach resorts and family oriented facilities.

Most do not come here for the culture or nature,  jeez how stupid.

They need to realize the truth that 2 week millionaire male tourists and male entertainment venues/activities will be the only way for Pattaya to make any kind of recovery from this.

So, open their minds and figure out ways to attract the millions of males in the world who want to come to Pattaya and enjoy a good time.

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Well they simply must ride the baht bus from Klang to the famous Walking St entrance, take in the odour of raw sewage as they realize their pockets have been picked!

Jacko this is the best TV post I have read, as far back as I can remember.  You hit the nail square on the head!

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Gosh, it's like they WANT the reopening to fail.

Tourists don't, IMO, go to Pattaya for Thai culture, and the city is IMO a grot hole with terrible traffic. Other than Temple of Truth, Mini Siam, Alcazar and Tiffany, what is there to see that can't be seen elsewhere that doesn't involve staying in a grot hole?

This PM has been trying to shut Pattaya down for years. Tourist were already dropping off long before covid started due to government restrictions on closing at 1 am,  smocking ban across the board.

 

4 hours ago, timendres said:

Wow. I give it one month, maybe two. Then they will remember why people visit Pattaya.

"officials want to focus on cultural and natural activities"

 

Or maybe as corruption is endemic in Thai culture they need a bit more time for setting up corruption training seminars to attract tourists  as it is a natural Thai activity ?

With their "no guarantees" approach they will pretty much guarantee to minimize the number of tourists who will actually come.

 

Just need to look at the Phuket sandbox. Merely 30,000 arrivals in more than two months, half of them not even tourists strictly speaking.

 

I predict a similar outcome for Pattaya. Some 10,000s will come, the rest cannot be bothered until it's back to normal.

3 hours ago, ukrules said:

This has failure written all over it - nobody's coming.

The sky will be black with tourist as the 10 year visas will be filled in a few days. Dreams are all they have left.

In the last 18 months Pattaya has been proposed to be:

 

---a major family resort

---a haven for 'quality' elite high net worth int'l tourists

---the new Hollywood/Bollywood

---the new Silicon Valley

---the hub for digital warriors

 

What it will be:

 

---Wuhan 2.0

---Jodhpur 2.0

---a magnet for mongers and Isaan farm girls, retired expats with 50 inch waists, the steroid gym rat crowd, and Westerners on the lam from law enforcement, and precious few others who might be described as 'fairly normal'

Last week, the guy from the Thai travel agents association said he expects that 80% of people visiting the country after they relax restrictions will have family, property or business interests here. I guess the other 20% will mostly be snowbirds wanting to be somewhere warm during the northern winter. So, for the most part, it doesn't really make much difference if the nightlife reopens or not, most people coming here, at least initially, won't be doing it for the bars and clubs. It would be nice for everyone if they did reopen, but I doubt if it will be seen by the authorities in Bangkok as essential to the success of the scheme in its early stages.

Government puritanical MORONS, open the GYMS.

You really are proof that you just can't fix "stupid"!!!!

Everything else is OPEN, except night bars/clubs etc, which is one of your biggest money makers. 

Covid can be caught on a Khlong ferry, a check out line in Tesco, at a bus stop, just as easily as at a bar,

BUT even less so at gyms where people who REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH are paying money to keep fit, which protects them, if they catch COVID.

What a bunch of mental spastics you are! OPEN GYMS. 

Sound's boring.

 

Nobody comes to Pattaya for culture unless there looking for traditional Thai dance on Soi 6.

 

 

42 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

 

Definitely a new take on "Carry Out"!

I am eager to see how many tourists are coming for cultural and natural activities.

Good luck!

 

Just now, raccos21 said:

I am eager to see how many tourists are coming for cultural and natural activities.

 

Just not THAT "natural activity"!!

I do wonder why the leaders of this government have such a hate in for alcohol/drinking?  Even before Covid they jumped at every excuse to make it less accessible.  I can appreciate they may not be big drinkers themselves but what is the bother if others do.  It’s odd that they would allow their personal proclivities interfere with the soft reopening they are planning. 

48 minutes ago, Caldera said:

With their "no guarantees" approach they will pretty much guarantee to minimize the number of tourists who will actually come.

 

Just need to look at the Phuket sandbox. Merely 30,000 arrivals in more than two months, half of them not even tourists strictly speaking.

 

I predict a similar outcome for Pattaya. Some 10,000s will come, the rest cannot be bothered until it's back to normal.

Pollyanna! ????

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

Seen one temple you've see them all

At one stage I felt if I saw another Wat I’d have a 'temple tantrum' ???? 

I  never knew that the leading cause of the Covid Pandemic in Thailand was from the sale & consumption of alcoholic beverages...funny, but it doesn't seem to be the primary cause for the rest of the world!

35 minutes ago, Molly Malone said:

Government puritanical MORONS, open the GYMS.

You really are proof that you just can't fix "stupid"!!!!

Everything else is OPEN, except night bars/clubs etc, which is one of your biggest money makers. 

Covid can be caught on a Khlong ferry, a check out line in Tesco, at a bus stop, just as easily as at a bar,

BUT even less so at gyms where people who REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH are paying money to keep fit, which protects them, if they catch COVID.

What a bunch of mental spastics you are! OPEN GYMS. 

It’s " open gyms" that they are trying to curtail ! ???? 

2 hours ago, 2long said:

there is some sense in opening for people who don't just come for some local flesh and Chang beer,

Except why would they go to Pattaya? Better places in LOS for culture, and the beach certainly isn't a draw card.

It's not even a cheap place to stay anymore.

OK, I'll join the chorus - the mention of "cultural and natural activities" and Pattaya, in the same sentence, just produces an instinctive guffaw, like that knee-tap reflex you get when a doctor hits your knee with his little rubber hammer.

The thing to watch on the bars and nightlife opening is the opening of the schools.

 

If the schools do not open, then the nightlife will not. Currently the earliest the schools will open is November, so Nightlife will not open until at least November. There would be a lot of ill feeling by the Thais - and rightly so - if tourists were put ahead of thai children's education.

 

Little point in tourism until fully  opening. Who wants to holiday in a boarded up city - the Thai officials are nuts to even consider it !

Edited September 16, 20214 yr by RichardColeman

Seems they didn't notice that Thailand is near the top of the list of places NOT to travel to around the world.  
 

TAT … stop defrauding potential tourists stating that Thailand is open, when in reality it’s not and unlikely to be for some time. You are expecting tourists to spend their hard earned money in order to come to Thailand when the country is still in lockdown with curfews and entertainment venue closures 

6 hours ago, Gold Star said:

Give everyone a chance to come together again.  The economy will prosper due to the trickle down effect.

reagan tried to do that   and it failed miserably  trickle down 555

pattaya is famous as sin city..SEX SEX AND SEX.. for many years

 

why would sailor or farang want to visit the city on cultural THINGS.

Nobody is interested in the ding ding ding music.. they want the girls dancing on the poles.

 

 

 

 

 

As most people, other than the zero dollar chinese, come specifically for the nightlife, by which I mean bars, GG bars etc.

If they remain closed it will be a non starter.