Thai Officials Clarify Approval of 24/7 Entertainment Venues in the Pattaya Area: U-Tapao Airport Area Only

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Officials: 24/7 Entertainment Venues Approved at U-Tapao Only

 

Rayong – The Thai Cabinet has approved a proposal to allow entertainment venues to operate 24-hours a day only in the U-Tapao International Airport area to boost tourism.

 

Thai officials and entertainment association representatives have since clarified after the original proposal appeared to cover Pattaya as well that this is not, for now, the case.

 

Mr. Damrongkiet Pinitkarn, a secretary of the Pattaya Entertainment Association, told the Pattaya News that the Thai cabinet HAS approved to allow 24-hour operation of entertainment venues but only in the U-Tapao International Airport area and planned to be developed airport city.

 

This allowance is primarily to service passengers who are waiting for their flights so they can order alcohol to drink and not for all night and day beach and nightclubs. This proposal for 24-hour operations does not currently affect entertainment venues in Pattaya, Damrongkiet clarified.

 

Damrongkiet did add that entertainment venue owners in Pattaya were still pursuing a legal 4:00 A.M. closing hours extension and zoning extensions in Pattaya which have already been formally requested to the appropriate agencies. 

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2023/07/23/thai-officials-clarify-approval-of-24-7-entertainment-venues-in-the-pattaya-area-u-tapao-airport-area-only/

 

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Pattaya entertainment venues near U-Tapao airport get 24-hour operations approval
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In an effort to stimulate the tourism sector, the Thai Cabinet has given the nod to a proposal that promotes round-the-clock operations of Pattaya entertainment venues. However, this permit is specifically allocated to the region around U-Tapao International Airport.

 

The allowance is aimed at servicing transient passengers who wish to enjoy a relaxing drink while awaiting their flight schedules, not extending to the operations of beach and nightclubs that are active both day and night, expressed Pattaya Entertainment Association Secretary, Damrongkiet Pinitkarn.

 

Damrongkiet shed light on the fact that the 24-hour operations proposal does not currently extend to the entertainment establishments in Pattaya. But he swiftly followed this clarification with the revelation that the entertainment venue owners in Pattaya are ardently requesting for their operating closing hours to be extended to 4am legally. This request also ties up with zoning expansions in Pattaya, both of which have been primarily forwarded to the relevant agencies. However, the final decisions are pending till the country successfully transitions to a new government and Prime Minister.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/pattaya/thai-entertainment-venues-near-u-tapao-airport-get-24-hour-operations-approval

 

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[AdamRich]

I am hosting a big party next week at Utapao.

[HappyExpat57]

????

Yeah! The U-Tapao International Airport has ALWAYS been such a tourist attraction!

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai Cabinet has approved a proposal to allow entertainment venues to operate 24-hours a day only in the U-Tapao International Airport area to boost tourism.

Boost tourism... yeah okay.

[pepi2005]

I see a big future for U-Tapao!

 

[bkk6060]

Could include Ban Chang I guess.

[jacko45k]

And we have a picture of Walking Street.

Which is rather far to go if you have a flight that evening.

 

I am rather perplexed by this topic... as far as I know we do not have any entertainment venues near to U-Tapao airport, I also have concerns with the concept of having Go-Go Bars and beer bars available for those waiting for their flights..... on-board incidents will increase rather a lot.

Just a filler topic?

 

[MadMac]

1 hour ago, HappyExpat57 said:

????

Yeah! The U-Tapao International Airport has ALWAYS been such a tourist attraction!

Absolutely, since Vietnam. 

[Andycoops]

Another completely useless announcement from the Muppets.

 

Hardly surprising as of course that airport is run by the military, navy.

 

More cronism blatantly being shown as they know no shame.

 

Meanwhile the real businesses providing a service to millions of tourists are left high and dry...

[kcpattaya]

What time Happy Hour starts at the Fly by Inn A-Go-Go?

[stix40]

33 minutes ago, kcpattaya said:

What time Happy Hour starts at the Fly by Inn A-Go-Go?

Is that air nok flight attendant costume for Q3/Q4 ?

[racket]

Great, pilots landing will most likely get some nice rest and sleep only to end up drinking and partying before their next scheduled flight ????

[jacko45k]

They going to run shuttles from The Airport A-Go-Go.......?

[kevin612]

I am going to u tapao shortly, let’s go folks

[ross163103]

I'm amazed almost every day in this country at the absurd things that go on here. I keep trying to make sense of it all, then I realize it's never going to happen. Mai pen rai

[brianthainess]

The girls in ban-chang will be on double shift between these 2 venues. I didn't even bother reading any of the article.

[Skeptic7]

Such a primo location. Convenient and easy to get to. Be seeing everyone there soon and often...

...NOT❗

[ignore it]

U-Tapao

Thailand's newest party central.

The 24/7 place for the wild side of Asia.

And there's an airport too.

[LALes]

Glad to see this doesn't include Pattaya or Jomtien.  How many times do they have to get shot down on this 4 AM attempt before 

they get the message?  What a bunch of pathetic losers!  Their only way to increase tourism is to sell more booze.

[KhunBENQ]

What a frigging joke. Real life satire.

U-Tapao still dead as a dodo but can open 24h.

Do interested renters need a queue ticket

 

But hey: maybe a master plan to move all the "filthy" business from Pattaya to U-Tapao with airport access

[Bangkok Barry]

2 hours ago, ross163103 said:

I'm amazed almost every day in this country at the absurd things that go on here. I keep trying to make sense of it all, then I realize it's never going to happen. Mai pen rai

I always refer to Thailand as a lunatic asylum. It is abundantly clear that those making many of the announcements and decisions must have mental problems, while living in a fantasy world of their own.

[Sydebolle]

Well, I hear that hundreds of buses are leaving for U-Tapao airport to apply at the "After Flight" A-Go-Go emporium. 

Are these people for real, honestly? 

[Grusa]

[Guderian]

Just waiting for the U-Tapao Departure Lounge-a-gogo to open on Walking Street, lol.

[Mintyy]

The only alcohol you will find at this 24/7 UTP party zone is Tsingtao beer

[Emdog]

Good. I hope there is not "zone creep" somehow getting into Pattaya city

There is no good reason to have bars open 24/7. Hard core alcoholics can just learn to have a bottle at home for them if the bars shut at 2. Some people actually have lives, jobs, like to be about in daylight and don't enjoy being kept up by the blasting sound systems.

If you can't get blotto enough by 2 am, then find a different sort of debilitating addiction

[Trippy]

Encouraging people to get drunk before taking a flight, what could possibly go wrong?

[Burma Bill]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

who wish to enjoy a relaxing drink while awaiting their flight schedules,

Oh dear - stagger "hissed" from the bar/night club, fall into the plane and throw up in the cabin!!

 

Edited July 24, 2023 by Burma Bill
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[VBF]

9 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

????

Yeah! The U-Tapao International Airport has ALWAYS been such a tourist attraction!

Now it's REALLY taking off! ????????