Restore Pattaya Tourism Campaign Gets Under Way

[Rimmer]

Pattaya City Council and tourism-related business in the city are now making all out efforts to woo tourists back to the resort-city in time for this year’s high season, following the most dismal low season ever, with hotel occupancy in June down to 20% of what it was a year previously. Such low figures are essentially due to the combined impacts of the Bangkok airport closures, the Red Shirts’ riots and now swine flu.

Full story and pictures at:

http://pattayadailynews.com/shownews.php?IDNEWS=0000009622

[Humphrey Bear]

Pattaya City Council and tourism-related business in the city are now making all out efforts to woo tourists back to the resort-city in time for this year’s high season, following the most dismal low season ever, with hotel occupancy in June down to 20% of what it was a year previously. Such low figures are essentially due to the combined impacts of the Bangkok airport closures, the Red Shirts’ riots and now swine flu.

Full story and pictures at:

http://pattayadailynews.com/shownews.php?IDNEWS=0000009622

What about high crime rate, poor attitude of tourist-related businesses, continued economic downturn with high Thai Baht exchange rate?

Everyone has forgotten the airport closure, people outside Thailand know very little of thepolitical situation.

[LennyW]

What about high crime rate, poor attitude of tourist-related businesses, continued economic downturn with high Thai Baht exchange rate?

Everyone has forgotten the airport closure, people outside Thailand know very little of thepolitical situation

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Exactly right HB, these "suits" at city hall need to ask the expat/foreign tourist what is needed instead of thinking they know what we need!!

I get the impression sometimes that city hall likes to have meetings about meetings and little ever comes of their get togethers, apart from deciding to have another meeting??

[TheWalkingMan]

Do the people at City Hall ever talk to foreign tourists? It is so easy, just send some people to the beach, the shopping malls, walking street, Jomtien and conduct a survey! How is the cleanliness? Do you like seeing street urchins selling flowers? What makes you, or would make you come back again? Have you been stitched up by the police? Have you been overcharged? How was your baht bus experience? Easy!

Sometimes I think that some people leave their brains in their bed and leave the house.

TheWalkingMan

[doggie888888]

I think City Hall overlooks the importance of the beach as part of Pattaya's overall attraction. As other posters mention, politics will settle down, airport closures will be forgotten and economic downturns will end...but memories of dirty/eroded/degraded beaches, litter strewn shorelines, murky waters combined with foul stench at certain times of the day will linger in people's minds so that they will think phuket, samed or samui for next tropical holiday. Just see the large number of people on Pattaya, Jomtien, Wongamat beaches and it becomes undeniable how important the beach is to Pattaya's overall attractiveness.

If someone's primary criteria is the bars (not beach), then many of them would opt for BKK with more options there. THere are also better malls, better hotels, better everything really for the tourist.

But if you wanted to combine bars and beach, Pattaya is ideal..so break the link and let the beach degrade further, then Pattaya will lose its unique combination of beach, booze, sex and sun

[Chang_paarp]

They think the problem is beggars look here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Issue-Homele...ya-t278008.html for the latest. Someone has a powerpoint presentation that will fix the problem.