Pattaya Flourishes from Quiet Fishing Village to Vibrant Tourist Hub

[Watawattana]

2 hours ago, Tailwagsdog said:

Whenever I arrive it's always pulsating 😁

There's an image in my head that I hope I can quickly lose... 😂

[flexomike]

1 hour ago, simple1 said:

My wife's father was a fisherman in Pattaya and remembers going with him. Then she and her brother provided horse rides along the beach for visitors - memories....

I might have ridden on one of those horses

[BigStar]

45 minutes ago, Issanraider said:

nothing has changed with the infrastructure with constant gridlock on most roads although to be fair there was an exceptional amount of additional traffic due to the fireworks festival.

 

A lot has changed with the infrastructure. Don't worry, every change was accompanied by a loud chorus of sneers on the forum.

 

You really think this many people are going to make into the beach and back w/ no gridlock?

 

 

49 minutes ago, Issanraider said:

after just a couple of hours in Soi Diana last Thursday I concluded that I no longer want to be in the company of masses of pissed up farangs anymore.

 

Well, then you wouldn't stay in Soi Diana. Pattaya's a large and diverse area. The vast majority of expats don't live in the CBD and don't even visit that regularly. 

 

 

[BritScot]

2 hours ago, BigStar said:

 

No longer the principal industry. You stuck in the past.

 

 

No, it didn't. And the article, to its great credit (for once), doesn't repeat that ignorant myth.

 

Not a myth, fact and the elite also became very rich over the Vietnam war as America gave Thailand billions over that period "where did it all go"? Not to the Thai people. Soldiers went to Pattaya and officers went to Phuket. That divide still vibrates slightly even to this day. Watered down a bit when the Russians started to appear in numbers ( I noticed this change in about 20012/13).

[Confuscious]

Take away the sex trade and Pattaya will be a fishing village again.
Most of the tourists and people wwho go to Pattaya are only for the sex trade, not for anything else.

[Suetape]

[BigStar]

1 hour ago, BritScot said:

Not a myth, fact and the elite also became very rich over the Vietnam war as America gave Thailand billions over that period "where did it all go"? Not to the Thai people. Soldiers went to Pattaya and officers went to Phuket. That divide still vibrates slightly even to this day. Watered down a bit when the Russians started to appear in numbers ( I noticed this change in about 20012/13).

 

Ignorant nonsense. R&R was in Bangkok. It was wide open, and it had everything for everybody. The bases, except U-tapao, were north of BKK in Isaan. Why spend your precious R&R fishing at a pretty much deserted beach with no bar scene or nightlife? As for U-tapao, it had its own regulated little bar scene even further south at a place called Newland.

[BigStar]

1 hour ago, Confuscious said:

Take away the sex trade and Pattaya will be a fishing village again.
Most of the tourists and people wwho go to Pattaya are only for the sex trade, not for anything else.

 

No.

Edited 13 hours ago by BigStar

[Kinok Farang]

Always baffled me how Pattaya became so popular.

Cities usually spring up from being located on a river which Pattaya hasn't got.

There are hundreds of nicer beaches in Thailand too.

Pattaya just got lucky (or unlucky) i guess.

[black tabby12345]

Pattaya Flourishes from Quiet Fishing Village to Vibrant Tourist Hub

 

flocked by the oversexed men from all over the world...

 

Edited 12 hours ago by black tabby12345

[simple1]

2 hours ago, flexomike said:

I might have ridden on one of those horses

My wife was very beautiful when she was young, maybe you remember her?

[newnative]

2 hours ago, Confuscious said:

Take away the sex trade and Pattaya will be a fishing village again.
Most of the tourists and people wwho go to Pattaya are only for the sex trade, not for anything else.

Utter nonsense.  

[kiwikeith]

7 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

No mention of Pattayas principal industry of prostitution? It started during the Vietnam R and R destination during the Vietnam war as referenced in the article and has indeed flourished since that date.

 

Quiye why such a random article should make headlines today, I have no idea 🤷‍♂️

Most people that know it well call it little Russia these days.

[kiwikeith]

43 minutes ago, black tabby12345 said:

Pattaya Flourishes from Quiet Fishing Village to Vibrant Tourist Hub

 

flocked by the oversexed men from all over the world...

 

it's still a fishing village only you fish for two legged fish in bars.

[flexomike]

44 minutes ago, simple1 said:

My wife was very beautiful when she was young, maybe you remember her?

Would have been 68-70

[john donson]

disney for adults or pornhub in real life

[sambum]

 "The city soon earned a reputation for its lively nightlife, ................."

 

Come on, be honest and tell it like it is!

Edited 10 hours ago by sambum

[sambum]

7 hours ago, BigStar said:

 

No longer the principal industry. You stuck in the past.

 

 

No, it didn't. And the article, to its great credit (for once), doesn't repeat that ignorant myth.

 

 

" The Vietnam War played a crucial role, as American soldiers deployed in the region frequented Pattaya for leisure, igniting the town's initial tourism spark."

[BigStar]

1 hour ago, sambum said:

 

" The Vietnam War played a crucial role, as American soldiers deployed in the region frequented Pattaya for leisure, igniting the town's initial tourism spark."

 

A common, oft-repeated myth we love. The only American soldiers in the region were at U-tapao. They visited (not "frequented," they worked on the base) in a desultory fashion w/ a few buddies for occasional fishing. Rented boats, headed out towards Koh Larn.

 

[BigStar]

1 hour ago, sambum said:

 "The city soon earned a reputation for its lively nightlife, ................."

 

Come on, be honest and tell it like it is!

 

In the 70s after the American military had left. Germans and Australians, mainly. Really picked up in 1978 w/ influx of offshore oil workers.

[Hanuman2547]

10 hours ago, Tailwagsdog said:

The girls still love the American seamen 60 years Later ...😁

...........and in some cases it's the same girl from 60 years ago! 555!

[Evil Penevil]

14 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

It started during the Vietnam R and R destination during the Vietnam war as referenced in the article and has indeed flourished since that date.

That's a myth.  Pattaya was never an R & R destination for U.S. military personnel during the Vietnam War.  Bangkok was, but not Pattaya.  Very, very few  U.S. R & Rers ever made the trip to Pattaya becauswe it was indeed a "sleepy fishing village" at the time. It had only two hotels and a handful of bars and restaurants.

 

Even the USAF troops stationed at U Tapao didn't visit Pattaya much. They had a shack bar areas, first Kilo Sip, then Newland, closer to the base.  Charter tourist groups, mainly from Germany and Scandinavia, spurred Pattaya's development as a tourist destination in the early 1970s, with the P4P angle coming a few years later. Remember, the first go go bar in Pattaya didn't open until 1978.  The R & Rntroops had an enormous effect on Bangkok's commercial sex scene, but not Pattaya's.

[watchcat]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Once a serene fishing village along Thailand's Eastern Gulf Coast, Pattaya has morphed into a bustling tourism powerhouse over the decades.

 

I would prefer the former.

[SAFETY FIRST]

14 hours ago, simple1 said:

My wife's father was a fisherman in Pattaya and remembers going with him. Then she and her brother provided horse rides along the beach for visitors - memories....

Did he own any land. 

 

My girlfriends family come from Pattaya, they have owned land beach road/second road since 80's. 

Their Land value has sky rocketed since owning 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by SAFETY FIRST

[thaibeachlovers]

17 hours ago, Foxx said:

I think the last part of the title was truncated.  It should read:

"Pattaya Flourishes from Quiet Fishing Village to Vibrant Tourist Hub to human cesspit".

Do I detect a trace of wowserism there?

[thaibeachlovers]

57 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

I would prefer the former.

Being familiar with Thai fishing villages I doubt you'd want to live in it.

[thaibeachlovers]

10 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

Pattaya Flourishes from Quiet Fishing Village to Vibrant Tourist Hub

 

flocked by the oversexed men from all over the world...

 

Is that a problem for you, and why?

[thaibeachlovers]

16 hours ago, terryofcrete said:

Family friendly? I'd like to see a family negotiating their way up or down Soi Bukahao on foot without casualties...or worse...swim in the sea at this beach resort without being sick afterwards. ...bring the kids on a tour of the weed shops...? 

Family friendly is IMO a lie perpetuated by those that hope to tap into bigger profits.

One has always known that it is foolish for a farang to swim in the sea off Pattaya. I used to go to Jomtien to swim.

[thaibeachlovers]

16 hours ago, bbbbooboo said:

umm… how long hasn’t Pattaya been a quiet fishing village. I’m shocked to hear this?

since the 70s.

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Once a serene fishing village along Thailand's Eastern Gulf Coast, Pattaya has morphed into a bustling tourism powerhouse over the decades. This remarkable transformation springs from strategic development, increased infrastructure investment, and an expansive range of attractions that beckon global visitors.

Once a serene fishing village along Thailand's Eastern Gulf Coast, Pattaya has morphed into a bustling tourism powerhouse over the decades. This remarkable transformation springs from prostitution, including girls, boys and boys that want to be girls.

 

Fixed it for you.