Pattaya New Year Countdown to go ahead with spectacular fireworks

[snoop1130]

PHOTO: สายตรงนายกเมืองพัทยา

 

It seems that Pattaya authorities have changed their mind and will go ahead with the firework display at the New Year countdown celebration on December 31st.

 

According to a Facebook post from the Pattaya Mayor, the New Year celebration will include national-level fireworks displays but only on December 31st in Pattaya and Koh Larn. The fireworks will be prohibited only from December 29th to 30th as per the previous announcement.

 

Apart from this, the authorities said the countdown event in Pattaya will feature concerts and other activities such as shopping and eating as usual.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/12/26/pattaya-new-year-countdown-to-go-ahead-with-spectacular-fireworks-on-december-31st/

 

-- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-12-26

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more!

[ThailandRyan]

So the booking cancelations they were seeing will be reversed? millions will come. I wonder if the PMs veiled messsge or TATs statement made the difference, or the crying of hoteliers....

[champers]

Good news. I wonder if people cancelling hotel bookings caused the change of heart.

[KhunBENQ]

Will this be the only U-turn?

Have they got the the approval of the highest authority?

Thailand the land of U-turns.

[hotandsticky]

3 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Will this be the only U-turn?

Have they got the the approval of the highest authority?

Thailand the land of U-turns.

 

 

They would not have done it without that approval.....

[KhunBENQ]

41 minutes ago, champers said:

Good news. I wonder if people cancelling hotel bookings caused the change of heart.

Just had a look at booking.com (29 to 4).

Not seen that many booked places in central Pattaya in a long time.

At one of places I was with about 5 guests during high Covid times

[damen]

27 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Will this be the only U-turn?

Have they got the the approval of the highest authority?

Thailand the land of U-turns.

I belived a Elected governor can overwrite PM rullings. 

[KhunBENQ]

3 minutes ago, damen said:

I belived a Elected governor can overwrite PM rullings. 

? Only elected governor is in Bangkok, so no relation to Pattaya. Governors are hire and fire by interior ministry which is under supervision of the PM.

And highest authority is someone else than PM.

[IAMHERE]

" So the booking cancelations they were seeing will be reversed? "

I expect at a new higher price point.

 

" Thailand the land of U-turns. "

  Thailand the land HUB of U-turns.

 

Now I someone will wonder if it was all an elaborate ploy to get themselves/friends rooms late in the day.

 

[ThailandRyan]

11 hours ago, damen said:

I belived a Elected governor can overwrite PM rullings. 

Do you know much about how Thailands Governors are put in place? I think not. Bangkoks Governor is the only one who is elected by the people, and that's because it is its own administrative entity. The other provincial Governors are put in place by the Government.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/5-decades-of-governor-elections-that-have-shaped-modern-bangkok/

[Skeptic7]

One hand "Flip" meet other hand "Flop". You're to be closest of BFFs. Only stipulation is that neither is EVER privy to what other is doing. ????

[jacko45k]

Oh <deleted> make up your mind.... what a load of weak willed back pedaling nincompoops!

 

[hotandsticky]

3 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Oh <deleted> make up your mind.... what a load of weak willed back pedaling nincompoops!

 

 

 

I would actually give them some credit for what is a bit of an iron balls decision.

 

Given the (unpublished) situation, the U turn must have had the the approval from THE highest authority. 

[jacko45k]

Just now, hotandsticky said:

 

 

I would actually give them some credit for what is a bit of an iron balls decision.

 

Given the (unpublished) situation, the U turn must have had the the approval from THE highest authority. 

These types of decision and back pedaling happen often. The cannabis situation another example... it also happened frequently wrt covid procedures. I really don't care whether the fireworks go ahead or not, it is wrong that people who make plans are getting messed about from pillar to post....

They have iron balls until someone else pipes up!

[hotandsticky]

Just now, jacko45k said:

These types of decision and back pedaling happen often. The cannabis situation another example... it also happened frequently wrt covid procedures. I really don't care whether the fireworks go ahead or not, it is wrong that people who make plans are getting messed about from pillar to post....

They have iron balls until someone else pipes up!

 

 

This particular situation is somewhat different

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

This particular situation is somewhat different

Not really.... we had it wrt Songkran during Covid. 

[hotandsticky]

4 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Not really.... we had it wrt Songkran during Covid. 

I don't think you understand the situation - and it cannot be explained on here.

 

Those who know, know.

[kinyara]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Do you know much about how Thailands Governors are put in place? I think not. Bangkoks Governor is the only one who is elected by the people, and that's because it is its own administrative entity. The other provincial Governors are put in place by the Government.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/5-decades-of-governor-elections-that-have-shaped-modern-bangkok/

Pattaya's mayor who appears to be making the decision was voted in by an election held in May this year.

[jacko45k]

Just now, hotandsticky said:

I don't think you understand the situation - and it cannot be explained on here.

 

Those who know, know.

Yeah yeah let's hide behind that cloak, works for me. 

[hotandsticky]

1 minute ago, jacko45k said:

Yeah yeah let's hide behind that cloak, works for me. 

 

 

You will understand soon enough.

[Cake Monster]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

and other activities such as shopping and eating as usual.

Woopeeee !

[Gsxrnz]

Meanwhile In other non related news, the Pattaya City Council are unable to confirm or deny that the New Year's Eve pisss-up at a brewery will proceed or not.

[mikeymike100]

"It seems that Pattaya authorities have changed their mind and will go ahead with the firework display at the New Year countdown celebration on December 31st."

 

They must have realized how much money they would lose? I bet TAT is pleased with the decision?

[proton]

Oh no the 'fragile' mood of the Thais might push some over the edge now ????

[ThailandRyan]

2 hours ago, kinyara said:

Pattaya's mayor who appears to be making the decision was voted in by an election held in May this year.

Mayor's are not Governors who oversea the Province.

[alex8912]

It could be the " countdown events including shopping" that have turned this all around. 

[klauskunkel]

3 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

" Thailand the land of U-turns. "

  Thailand the land HUB of U-turns.

One U-turn begets another, this is Thailand's circular way into the future.

[NoshowJones]

16 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Will this be the only U-turn?

Have they got the the approval of the highest authority?

Thailand the land of U-turns.

Yes, U-Turns and 24 hour crackdowns.

[ThailandRyan]

20 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

One U-turn begets another, this is Thailand's circular way into the future.

So those that believe the earth is flat are definitely wrong then, is that what your sayng?

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

It seems that Pattaya authorities have changed their mind and will go ahead with the firework display at the New Year countdown celebration on December 31st

On-off on-off  like a pair of Pattaya girls underwear.

Thai style indeed.