Pattaya rebranding as family-friendly destination to boost tourism

[jippytum]

Dream on.... They have trying to rebrand Pattaya as a family destination for two decades. 

[shackleton]

Pattaya City is well known around the World as Sin City 

Single guys and old perverts don't come to lie on the beach and visit Temples

The numbers of beer bars  and night clubs  with girls will confirm this 

The name Sin City will not go away 

The City authorities have to live with this nothing will change 

 

[Polaky]

There is nothing they can do, if they close soi 6 / walking street , thousands of people would be out of work , the attraction would no longer be there, it would force many to holiday elsewhere, just simply rumbling the same tune over and over.

[Shocked farang]

15 minutes ago, NemoH said:

The good hotels in Pattaya are so expensive. Almost the Same price as a room in Hong Kong or Singapore s$250 average 6500 baht +VAT per nite. 
 

So if the hotel rates are this high, then families will just go to Okinawa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia Penang or Langkawi or Bali..

 

Crazy hotel rates will deter families  

Well, just reminding that at least Langkawi and Bali have really stunning and clean beaches, with a lot of nature which Pattaya does not. Pattaya used to have some green, I believe Coconut trees, it's all gone. Some bright idea of some city developer. 

[Shocked farang]

Just now, Polaky said:

There is nothing they can do, if they close soi 6 / walking street , thousands of people would be out of work , the attraction would no longer be there, it would force many to holiday elsewhere, just simply rumbling the same tune over and over.

The walking street without the ping pong show is no fun! I recommend that all families visiting Pattaya check out the ping pong show! It's amazing! 

[spidermike007]

Well Pattaya is a pretty large city and I think it does have the potential to attract families. Now I think it's mostly Thai families, who knows maybe they can attract some foreign families.

 

They do have a few go-kart tracks which are quite good, and perhaps some other amusement parks like that could do the trick. 

 

Many of us do consider it to be the PFP sex capital of the planet, and it will likely remain so in the coming decades. Especially with the dramatic decline of action on Phuket and Samui. Let us hope. LOL. 

[AustinRacing]

The elite are so Butthurt that their country and especially pattaya is the hub of low class activities. Too bad. It is what it is. If it wasn’t the hub of corruption also a lot of these elites wouldn’t be able to make the kind of money they do. 

[Andrew65]

I first visited Thailand in 1985, I had booked a package deal through Kuoni, 1 week in Bangkok (Manhattan Hotel), followed by 1 week in Pattaya (Nipa Lodge Hotel). Flew on a QANTAS 747-100, Manchester - Athens - Bangkok (That variant of the 747 didn't have the range to do UK - BKK in one go).

Kuoni stated in their brochure that they didn't consider Pattaya to be a resort that was suitable for a family holiday

[NativeBob]

There are funds released for so-called "rebranding". How difficult is it to grasp?

Cute guys at something tourism assoc./federation just funneling those funds. Normal practice worldwide. Skimming. 

No body actually cares about that <deleted>hole, we all heard about "turning Pattaya into family friendly resort", so? Not even a small thing changed. 

Just as klongs in Bangkok - as sh*tty and filthy as they were 30 years ago. Even worse.

[Millcx]

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[Bobydog]

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

The picture says it all..... family friendly and distancing from sex tourism.....If no sex tourism in Pattaya, no tourists either

Lookat the promo for TOP STORIES side by side. Pattaya brands as family friendly.

Former Dutch Soldier arrested for drug making in Pattaya. Picture perfect lol.

[Watawattana]

I wonder if the Grand Hotel signposted in the photo has family rooms?

[sammyoz]

Government officials in this country seriously have no shame, yet they care about what they drive and how they dress to save face. Turning Pattaya into a family friendly place requires a little more than just "rebranding". LMFAO. If Pattaya is rebranding to family friendly, then I'm rebranding to the new king of Morroco. All same same just different. 

[smew]

Impossible on short run as the world knows Pattaya for what it really is. 

Family friendly??,  then address and solve the ffollowing issues: noisy motorbikes, double pricing, soi dogs, rip offs, dirty beaches and poluted sea water.    

[CanadaSam]

In business, it is often better to leave a thriving business alone, and try new marketing concepts in a different location.

 

Does Thailand have any lack of more beautiful destinations that could be made "family-friendly"?  No!

 

For example, Hua Hin, etc. 

 

Please do it elsewhere, and spread the wealth around! 

[bob smith]

change the friggin' record for gods sake!

 

bob.

[artotle]

What do you mean rebrand? TAT and the levelheaded suits in Bangkok have claimed it to be a family friendly resort town for at least a decade.

[RethairedJarhead]

1 hour ago, Wanderer555 said:

Screenshot… you beat me to it!!!😆

 

I’m in for a legalized casino- poker is a great past time!

[MrJ2U]

Why not double down on its reputation.

 

Unbeknownst to many (on this forum),Pattaya has a plethora of family friendly activities.

 

However,it's main draw is it's   gorgeous women,debauchery,excellent nightlife,5 star hotels, and jus plain fun that's hard to find anywhere else.

 

It's a gold mine of a location and brings in tons of tourists.  

 

Plenty of other places to go if Pattaya isn't your thing.  

 

Another reason not to have ultra conservatives not run a government in any country.

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, RandolphGB said:

They should do something about the Soi 6 problem. 

Why? Nothing wrong with Soi 6. It fill a demand by people with money. Don't like it, stay away from Pattaya. it doesn't need people like that.

Next thing they will be demanding that Nana closes.

Wowsers have plenty of places to go to suit their druthers. I hear Saudi might be opening up to tourists- they should go there.

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

4 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

Why not double down on its reputation.

 

Unbeknownst to many (on this forum),Pattaya has a plethora of family friendly activities.

 

However,it's main draw is it's   gorgeous women,debauchery,excellent nightlife,5 star hotels, and jus plain fun that's hard to find anywhere else.

 

It's a gold mine of a location and brings in tons of tourists.  

 

Plenty of other places to go if Pattaya isn't your thing.  

 

Another reason not to have ultra conservatives not run a government in any country.

In the 70s Singapore was almost totally fun devoid, and the brothels were kept well away from the tourists. The only place that was a bit of fun was Bugis Street, and when they closed that and cracked down on all that sort of thing they found that tourists don't like fun devoid places and that shopping isn't a tourist attraction. Got so bad they had to loosen up a bit.

[impulse]

Have the kids in after 10:00 PM, and Pattaya is fine.  Lots of activities for families. 

 

They don't have to shut anything down.  Just discourage the real raunchy stuff until after 9:00 PM.  Then they can pull out the boner pills, blue dildos and the ping pong balls for the husbands to sneak away.  I suspect a lot of the wives would welcome the respite.

 

[kwilco]

3 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

The picture says it all..... family friendly and distancing from sex tourism.....If no sex tourism in Pattaya, no tourists either

What does it say?

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

aiming to transform the city’s image into a family-friendly destination,

 

What a laugh to start my day!

 

• Cops stop brawl between Kuwaiti tourists and Thai bikers
• Group of Teenagers Assaulted with Knives on Pattaya Beach, Two Teens Injured

[khunPer]

I presume that it's going be a hard job to both change image and make Pattaya physically family friendly...

[khunPer]

I presume that it's going be a hard job to both change image and make Pattaya physically family friendly...

[khunPer]

I presume that it's going be a hard job to both change image and make Pattaya physically family friendly...

[khunPer]

I presume that it's going be a hard job to both change image and make Pattaya physically family friendly...

[JensenZ]

1 hour ago, NemoH said:

The good hotels in Pattaya are so expensive. Almost the Same price as a room in Hong Kong or Singapore s$250 average 6500 baht +VAT per nite. 
 

So if the hotel rates are this high, then families will just go to Okinawa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia Penang or Langkawi or Bali..

 

Crazy hotel rates will deter families  

You don't know what you're talking about. Let's take the Hilton Hotel in Pattaya - without even shopping around and looking for discounts, I can get a room for 2 and a child, with breakfast, for 4000 a night. Between 4000 - 5000 baht, you can have your pick from many 5-star hotels, but there are many brand new 4-star hotels in Pattaya which are as good as 5-star and around 3000 a night.

 

There are also a lot of excellent 3-star Hotels for around 1000 a night. One of the major attractions of Pattaya is the cheap accommodation.

 

I have a friend coming from the US who just booked a great 4-star resort hotel for $75 US a night, all taxes and breakfast for 2 included.

[Photoguy21]

Are they going to build a new area and call it Pattaya? The existing one is way beyond redemption.