Pattaya is more than sex and sin - says Thai Rath news - as controversy rages.

[rooster59]

Pattaya is more than sex and sin - says Thai Rath news - as controversy rages

 

 

News organization Thai Rath have responded to the furor about Pattaya being only sex and sin by producing a promotional video.

The one minute video attempts to present the other side of the Queen of the Eastern Seaboard.

It starts by posing the question: "A tour to Pattaya - is this what they mean by sex capital and sin city?"

 A series of slides on their Facebook page shows islands with "water as clear as the Andaman sea", astonishing attractions like "a Buddhist image cut by laser into the hillside as well as a wonderful garden on 1,700 rai (Nong Nooch) and a floating market.

 

 

The video claims that culture from all over Thailand can be seen in one place. There are traditional dances and shadow puppets.

 

Pattaya has it all - Walking Street is mentioned just in passing with the tagline "party time and shopping".

 

The video was shared many times and inspired a fair amount of comment in agreement with the sentiments of Thai Rath. 

 

Most comments centered around the fact that it was true that the resort had more than just sin and sex.

 

Besides, said many posters, what city in the world doesn't have its seedy side?

 

But poster Weerawit Yaovaja said: Don't be naïve - you only have to Google 'Pattaya sex show" or go on YouTube to know what Pattaya is all about.

 

Source: Thairath

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-02-25

[saakura]

Yes, every city in the world has its seedy corner, but the number of such seedy corners in most of thailands tourist spots seems over the average. And Pattaya, way over.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Typo !!
" Pattaya is more sex than sin " maybe ?


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[DILLIGAD]

'Walking Street is for shopping', true but for what!
Nudge, nudge!!!!


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[colinneil]

1 minute ago, DILLIGAD said:

'Walking Street is for shopping', true but for what!
Nudge, nudge!!!!


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Walking street is for shopping for p...y why else would anyone go there.

[petermik]

7 hours ago, colinneil said:

Walking street is for shopping for p...y why else would anyone go there.

Please be informed Beach road is a much cheaper shopping area...........so my mates tell me anyhow 

[Thaiwrath]

42 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The video claims that culture from all over Thailand can be seen in one place.

I could substitute the word culture with a more appropriate one !

[clockman]

The truth always hurts!

 

[NCC1701A]

Travis knows what to do:

 

 

[darksidedog]

I'm sure if you go ten miles outside Las vegas you won't see a Casino.

The inner part of it is flashing lights, and serious gambling, which no one denies.

Sure, ten miles outside Pattaya you have some nice attractions that are not sex related.

Trying to pretend that the centre of Pattaya isn't about sex is akin to insisting the world is flat, depsite the evidence.

Most places in Asia have sex areas, but they don't try to pretend otherwise. They regulate it to run smoothly and no one really cares.

Until Thailand stops seeing things in terms of "face", reality will elude them, but no one else really cares either.

 

[trogers]

3 hours ago, petermik said:

Please be informed Beach road is a much cheaper shopping area...........so my mates tell me anyhow 

That's the attraction of Pattaya...a shopper's paradise offering a wide range of quality and prices within walking distance, between the hours of 2pm to 5am.

[mark01]

If "traditional dances" involve a slow shuffle while clinging onto a chrome pole, then yes!

I'll be out looking for a little ST "shadow puppet" later 

[thhMan]

Ok.. There is a stinking, dirty beach that Tourists dont know about till they get here and by then its too late - However, I dont think they know about the sewage, as a "chokito" bar floats past them

I saw a lot of Pink shirts, so where they locals or Tourists?

 

And of course the sex is toned down a bit during the day... (girls need their sleep)

 

[Xaos]

[British Bulldog]

Doesn't Video show all the stuff you do during the day ... and then at Night ....... !!!!!!!!!!

[Cake Monster]

Pattaya was called the " biggest whorehouse " in the world way back in the 80,s by another UK newspaper.

The powers that be in Pattaya did not like it then, and they dont like it now.

Well ! they have had 30 years to clean up the reputation of the City and have done nothing, except reap the profits from the Tourists.

Well suck it up .

[elgordo38]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Pattaya is more than sex and sin

As compared to what??

[captspectre]

waters as clear as? NY pattaya beach. of curse if you go to the "islands" the water will be clear, but the beach? lots of luck!

[Itsnottheplaceitwas]

1 hour ago, thhMan said:

Ok.. There is a stinking, dirty beach that Tourists dont know about till they get here and by then its too late - However, I dont think they know about the sewage, as a "chokito" bar floats past them

I saw a lot of Pink shirts, so where they locals or Tourists?

 

And of course the sex is toned down a bit during the day... (girls need their sleep)

 

 

"The video was shared many times and inspired a fair amount of comment in agreement with the sentiments of Thai Rath. 

 

Maybe the agreement was from business owners .........

 

i wonder why ?

[little mary sunshine]

Pattaya has lots of options.  Great shopping Malls lots of beautiful 

tourist attractions....However please stop telling tourists, and

advertising the beautiful ocean and beach.   The water is filthy and

polluted, the beaches are loaded with trash, plastic bags,beer bottles

and general filthy trash.   I have lived inPattaya 7 years, only went into

the filthy water once....you must go 7-8 km south for a decent, cleaner

beach and water or to one of the islands.    As a tourist, make sure your

Hotel has a wonderful pool....that is the only water to enjoy in Pattaya!!

[FredNL]

Now you know why Jesus wasn't born in Pattaya.

No virgin and no 3 wise men to be found...

[KHAN no 1]

"Pattaya has it all - Walking Street is mentioned just in passing with the tagline "party time and shopping"."

YES ! It's true..... Bar and go go bar for party's, and MINISO FOR SHOPPING! 

What is wrong?

[jesimps]

I live a twenty minute drive from the city centre and it's beautiful, not a girly bar in sight. However, the centre (and other areas) is wall to wall sex. So Thai Rath is right in a way. I can't see why they're trying to water down the sexy side though, Pattaya has something for everyone and that IMHO is how it should be. The city and many other places in Thailand have thrived on it for years, why try and deny it. I haven't been in a girly bar in years but would hate to see them shut down. They add character to the place. I wouldn't live anywhere else.

 

 

[free123]

6 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Typo !!
" Pattaya is more sex than sin " maybe ?


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why people think sex is a sin ??????

sins are a truly christian concept a believe construct that is enforced since childhood and on the long it screws peoples natural spirituality.. 

[Revolutionary]

When was that photo taken of the beach. I was there 4 weeks ago and the water looked liked poo and the beach was a tip. 

[johng]

When was that photo taken of the beach. I was there 4 weeks ago and the water looked liked poo and the beach was a tip. 

its quite an old photo as the "Waterfront condo" had only just stated to rise.
also pattaya water is very clean according to officials...the brown color is just seasonal algae bloom.

[freebyrd]

7 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I could substitute the word culture with a more appropriate one !

Indeed, 'appropriately' starting with the same first two letters......

[Destiny1990]

True look at jomtien and even pattaya those beaches are full with international holiday makers and also thai families.Prostitution have everywhere in any city in the world.i feel deeply sorry for the thaivisa members stuck with their home and miserable wife in a far away sleeping isaan village.

[DerekMarshall]

"water as clear as the Andaman sea" 

 

doesn't speak much for the Andaman does it! filthy sea water where zero birds are seen and very few fish near the shore as filthy untreated sewage is pumped into the sea..jump in get dysentery and possibly e coli.  Everyone knows as the town expanded 1000 fold over the years the local council did not upgrade the sewage works. 

 

Should read "Water as clear as the sewage that is pumped into it" 

[Jeremy50]

Why do they keep beating themselves about the head with this? Like a spoilt little child who throws his broken toys around the nursery as soon as Nanny has gone out of the door.