faranglandoz Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 A hypothetical question, do you think the closure of half the beer bars in central and south Pattaya would improve its image. I think it would make the resort more acceptable to Thai and foreign families, something like Patong. Mant parts of Pattaya, such as North Pattaya, and Jom Tien, are very nice. The facilties and shopping is far superior to Patong. There is in the construction stage a new Central Departmental store on Beach Road. Even though the beaches are better in Patong, I think with less beer stalls, there would be a vast improvement of the cities image. Faranglandoz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poshthai Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 North pattaya is full of beer bars.I would agree that shutting many bars would result in the other bars being more profitable but maybe prices will go up.The good part of too many bars is competition.I dont accept that having too many bars results in less tourism for families.The beach road katoys and gangsters stop tourism,the corrupt police stop tourisam,the necklace theives stop tourism,shall i continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynthialee Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 close half? you got to be kidding. why not all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poshthai Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Who will decide which ones to shut,not easy my friend cynth, hope you are joking lol,i like a drink twice a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faranglandoz Posted August 3, 2008 Author Share Posted August 3, 2008 close half? you got to be kidding.why not all! Well said Cynthia, maybe we would get more repectable foreign tourists and residents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faranglandoz Posted August 3, 2008 Author Share Posted August 3, 2008 North pattaya is full of beer bars.I would agree that shutting many bars would result in the other bars being more profitable but maybe prices will go up.The good part of too many bars is competition.I dont accept that having too many bars results in less tourism for families.The beach road katoys and gangsters stop tourism,the corrupt police stop tourisam,the necklace theives stop tourism,shall i continue. Does that mean there is not the same ganster and corrupt police in Patong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poshthai Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 and throw the aussies out lol.them lot drink far too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynthialee Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 of course im joking. trying to change an image by eliminating only half seems silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poshthai Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 farangland, the post was about pattaya not patong.start a post about the same but patong then i may reply with a VIEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faranglandoz Posted August 3, 2008 Author Share Posted August 3, 2008 of course im joking. trying to change an image by eliminating only half seems silly. I think some bars are ok, Patong has some and dos'nt seem to get the same bad label as Pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faranglandoz Posted August 3, 2008 Author Share Posted August 3, 2008 of course im joking. trying to change an image by eliminating only half seems silly. I think some bars are ok, Patong has some and dos'nt seem to get the same bad label as Pattaya If shutting beer bars is not the answer, how do you think Pattaya's image could be improved Faranglandoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theyreallrubbish Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 You could close them but a week later they'd sprout up somewhere else. The Thais are very good entrepreneurs when it comes to small cheap businesses like these. They can open a bar on a patch of scrub the size of a parking space if they have to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiG16 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Im moving this to the Pattaya forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Fun City needs the beer bars - part of its vibe. No doubt will be here for many decades to come. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 of course im joking. trying to change an image by eliminating only half seems silly. I think some bars are ok, Patong has some and dos'nt seem to get the same bad label as Pattaya If shutting beer bars is not the answer, how do you think Pattaya's image could be improved Faranglandoz Build MORE bars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 If shutting beer bars is not the answer, how do you think Pattaya's image could be improvedFaranglandoz Get rid of the family mirage and promote Patters like Las Vegas. :D Seriously - cleanup the waters, beach, and fix the traffic problem. This is what needs to happen before Patters can move fwd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgjackson69 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 If shutting beer bars is not the answer, how do you think Pattaya's image could be improvedFaranglandoz Get rid of the family mirage and promote Patters like Las Vegas. :D Seriously - cleanup the waters, beach, and fix the traffic problem. This is what needs to happen before Patters can move fwd. Yeah...we saw how well that worked for Las Vegas Who decides what "the image" should be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo9 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 close half? you got to be kidding.why not all! You got a problem with Beer Bars? What's up? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jupiler Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Without the beerbars, Pattaya don't have more to offer than any other Thai city. Or would the tourists come to PTY for the polluted beaches, traffic jams and maffia gangs who make the streets unsafe at night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphodbeeblebrox Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Why not just ban the sale of liquor? The bar closures seem to drive the Brits insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 (edited) Too much focus on the negative. You close one thing, you need to open something else. They are already building more big shopping malls here than will be needed for 50 years. So, what else? What do other beach resort cities have? More varied entertainment. More arts. More culture. Better and more varied restaurants. Closing half the beer bars or 90 percent would just leave a BIG HOLE with nothing to fill it. I have said it before, the real answer is MORE ARTS. The city should build a huge arts center ala Singapore Durian Dome or Sydney Opera House. Then you will have a real international city here. Edited August 3, 2008 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetjock Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 We all know that beer is considered a bit low class so in keeping with the Pattaya's new attempt at cleaning up the cities image, perhaps they should close all the beer bars and replace them with wine tasting rooms. It would be OK to keep the girls but perhaps have them dress in a way more reminiscent of wine country atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonista Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 A hypothetical question, do you think the closure of half the beer bars in central and south Pattaya would improve its image.The problem is not closing the bars, but chasing away all the ugly girls working there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo9 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 A hypothetical question, do you think the closure of half the beer bars in central and south Pattaya would improve its image.The problem is not closing the bars, but chasing away all the ugly girls working there. There you got a point Simple cure however, go back to your home country for 2 weeks or so.... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo9 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 We all know that beer is considered a bit low class so in keeping with the Pattaya's new attempt at cleaning up the cities image, perhaps they should close all the beer bars and replace them with wine tasting rooms. It would be OK to keep the girls but perhaps have them dress in a way more reminiscent of wine country atmosphere. Hmmm...as the best Bordeaux's come from France, there is a real chance for more French kisses in the future. Not a bad idea at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiman Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 If shutting beer bars is not the answer, how do you think Pattaya's image could be improvedFaranglandoz Get rid of the family mirage and promote Patters like Las Vegas. :D yes get rid of family folks. they can go to phuket or samui and be lame. keep pattaya the way it was meant to be(R&R) Seriously - cleanup the waters, beach, and fix the traffic problem. This is what needs to happen before Patters can move fwd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzzer88 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Fixing the beach might be fairly straightforward, but fixing the traffic, however desirable will take a lot more effort and money. I agree 100% that this would go a long way to improving Pattaya, but somehow I don't think it's going to happen, alas. Buzzer88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Why this constant effort to turn Pattaya into a grannie resort? Grannies have already got Sarasota, Florida. Besides, there's Hua Hin. So buzz off, families and grannies! (In previous discussions, members with families have said they can survive well enough in Pattaya.) And who cares about Pattaya's "image?" Let it be what it's always been! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Fixing the beach might be fairly straightforward, but fixing the traffic, however desirable will take a lot more effort and money. I agree 100% that this would go a long way to improving Pattaya, but somehow I don't think it's going to happen, alas.Buzzer88 Fixing the traffic could be the easiest thing to do in Pattaya if the powers that be had the balls to stand up to the baht bus co-operative and remove at least half of them from the roads!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticpig Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Thais tend to look after the family you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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