Feature: A tourist’s guide to some of the biggest changes in Pattaya for visitors who have not been since before the Covid-19 pandemic

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By Adam Judd

 

Haven’t been to Thailand since before the Covid-19 pandemic took place, say before March 2020?

 

We have you covered here at TPN media. The following article is designed for visitors and tourists, not expats, and is focused on some of the changes in venues, atmosphere, and the town in general since pre Covid. For the ease of use in this article we will call that period PC. AC will be after Covid.

 

This article isn’t designed to list every single change, business opening, closure, etc. It’s only a general guide for those who haven’t been in a while, not meant to be all inclusive. We also aren’t covering requirements with visa, or covid vaccines etc. To come. This is more focused on Pattaya itself.

 

We here in Pattaya have already seen many people returning for the first time in two years plus and the number of people returning will only likely increase as we move into Quarter Four and the first high season without strict border entry restrictions since 2019. Let’s begin.

 

-Road construction may actually be worse now than PC, especially on Second Road. Be aware of potential traffic delays and roadworks. The city blames this on transitioning to a new mayor (see next point) and months of Covid-19 restrictions that saw construction workers locked down in their camps.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/08/26/feature-a-tourists-guide-to-some-of-the-biggest-changes-in-pattaya-for-visitors-who-have-not-been-since-before-the-covid-19-pandemic/

 

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[DezLez]

An article aimed at returning and first time visitors with lots of place names but NO accompanying map!

[RichardColeman]

They'll be sure to note half the 711's are gone !

[OneMoreFarang]

I searched for the most important place in Pattaya and I extracted this sentence from that article. ???? 

 

"Soi 6 is slowly reopening many of its bars and is in much better shape in terms of venue selection than a few months ago."

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

They'll be sure to note half the 711's are gone !

Market saturation and being vulnerable in a time of financial downturn. There seems to be one every 50m on Arunothai still!

[mikebell]

Sukhumvit road (Pattaya's main artery) is still semi-impassable since before Covid.  Roll-on deodorants are now 500% more expensive than in UK. New packs of wild dogs have proliferated.  It is rumoured the town is soon to get a police force.

[OneMoreFarang]

2 hours ago, mikebell said:

It is rumoured the town is soon to get a police force.

I heard another rumor. They have already people who are called police.

And they spend a lot of time in places collecting money so that later they can pretend not to see those places.

[Denim]

And this year sandals are out !

 

 

 

The World has moved on !

[Emdog]

18 minutes ago, Denim said:

And this year sandals are out !

 

 

 

The World has moved on !

Sandals were good enough for Jesus, so good enough for me!..... What? you're telling me he wore cross trainers?

[PETERTHEEATER]

4 hours ago, Denim said:

And this year sandals are out !

 

 

 

The World has moved on !

No thongs? I don't  care. I am NOT going back to Y-fronts!

[PoorSucker]

I can compare to Samui where I lived before, when the resorts were empty they dug up Chaweng Beach road and buried all the cables. 

<deleted> they couldn't have done it here. 

[Leaver]

On 8/27/2022 at 12:49 AM, jacko45k said:

Market saturation and being vulnerable in a time of financial downturn. There seems to be one every 50m on Arunothai still!

 

It was the lack of high end Chinese tourists buying Mama noodles in the 7/11's that saw most of them have to close.  ????

[aussiexpat]

On 8/27/2022 at 9:47 AM, RichardColeman said:

They'll be sure to note half the 711's are gone !

I live on soi 15 Pattaya, I had four 7/11's surrounding my condo pre-covid, still have 4 post covid

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, aussiexpat said:

I live on soi 15 Pattaya, I had four 7/11's surrounding my condo pre-covid, still have 4 post covid

Beach Rd, surrounded by bars, or 2nd Rd which is all dug up?

[aussiexpat]

1 minute ago, jacko45k said:

Beach Rd, surrounded by bars, or 2nd Rd which is all dug up?

Soi 15 is other side of 2nd road behind avenue.

 

I arrived 11 Jan, they started digging up soi 15 on 13 Jan, after 4 months of burying plastic pipes I couldn't handle it anymore so left. 

 

Why didn't they do that during covid shutdown rather than starting when they re-opened the country. Reading on here I see soi 15 is still being dug up more than 7 months later ???? 

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, aussiexpat said:

Soi 15 is other side of 2nd road behind avenue.

 

I arrived 11 Jan, they started digging up soi 15 on 13 Jan, after 4 months of burying plastic pipes I couldn't handle it anymore so left. 

 

Why didn't they do that during covid shutdown rather than starting when they re-opened the country. Reading on here I see soi 15 is still being dug up more than 7 months later ???? 

There is more than one soi 15, but I know where you mean now. Runs from 2nd, behind Avenue to Buakhao. It has been a mess for a long time..... they were making a mess round the corner before they got to you! It will take a good while longer yet, as they will put in drains to Buakhao.... currently at the back of Areca....a motorcycle and passengers ended up in a hole there recently. 

[Photoguy21]

On 8/27/2022 at 10:40 AM, Emdog said:

Sandals were good enough for Jesus, so good enough for me!..... What? you're telling me he wore cross trainers?

He wore Nike and only Nike.