Pattaya a tourist ghost town as strong storm hits the resort

 

Picture: Siam Chon

 

PATTAYA: -- Pattaya beaches were deserted Wednesday as severe stormy weather hit the resort.

 

Siam Chon news reported that Jomtien beach was almost completely devoid of tourists as high winds and rough seas wreaked havoc.

 

The Pattaya Harbor master set red flags at half mast meaning small craft had to stay in port.

 

Tourist operators kept their craft in safe places as the storm took hold from late morning. It is expected to be stormy well into today, Thursday.

 

Picture: Siam Chon

 

Wednesday was also a no beach umbrella day though it was unlikely that it would have been much fun to sit on the beach in such a storm.

 

The storm, caused by a low pressure sector over Myanmar hit a great swathe of Thailand all the way from Kanchanaburi through Bangkok and out to Trat on the Cambodian border.

 

Source: Siam Chon

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-05-18

 

Since when is Pattaya a resort?

I take it the 'brainwave' of the police, the drone, was grounded ? 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Siam Chon news reported that Jomtien beach was almost completely devoid of tourists as high winds and rough seas wreaked havoc.

Hold the front page...

Tourists wishing to enjoy the sun, sand and sea avoiding a storm ravaged beach.

Now that's what I call investigative reporting

 

What the h*ll does one expect? That tourists are enjoying their private little Songkran?

Are there any tourists left in Pattaya?

When indoors, beware of stray darts caused by heavy wind conditions.

2 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

Since when is Pattaya a resort?

For some geezers it is the last resort.....

Yep, regular ghost town. All the tourists blew away like plastic bags on the beach

Or maybe they were in hotel rooms?

Torrential rain, driving winds and pounding waves force tourists by the thousands to lie on Pattaya and Jomtien beaches and soak up Thailand's beautiful climate.

 

Sorry, but should this have been a new thread?

I guess someone forgot to tell the shitloads of Asian and all other oblivious foreign male tourists walking/standing around smoking cigarettes all day,  about this storm.

55 minutes ago, Emster23 said:

All the tourists blew away like plastic bags on the beach

Or maybe they were in hotel rooms?

 

Getting blown, no doubt.

 

 

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Edited May 18, 20179 yr by Dobredin Ghusputin

"Wednesday was also a no beach umbrella day though it was unlikely that it would have been much fun to sit on the beach in such a storm."

 

I can't believe we missed a no beach umbrella day!  We'll have it on Friday, instead.

Finally a "Pattaya clean up" that works. Some administration officers obviously burned tons of incense and done a month long prayer.

5 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

Since when is Pattaya a resort?

Check this out:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattaya

7 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

Since when is Pattaya a resort?

What would you call it Sin City?

53 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

What would you call it Sin City?

It frequently is called that. The point being that it is a city, which has many places they call resorts. Of course the word resort is terribly stretched in this country. Sometimes even attached to a two room guest house without even a pool or a view,

5 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

It frequently is called that. The point being that it is a city, which has many places they call resorts. Of course the word resort is terribly stretched in this country. Sometimes even attached to a two room guest house without even a pool or a view,

Yes I guess they are resorting to stretching the truth. Guess we are all guilty of that from time to time. 

7 hours ago, mikebell said:

Are there any tourists left in Pattaya?

Heaps. My hotel is on Second Rd and other than the hour or so of the deluge, plenty of people walking around.

 

As for the storm itself, it wasn't anything exceptional. I have enjoyed more heavy downpours on the islands.

Must have been worse elsewhere though.

Edited May 18, 20179 yr by thaibeachlovers

With a bit of luck it will wash the place way.

title should have said 'beaches' instead of 'ghost town'

High winds and rough seas!! They have no idea.

On 5/18/2017 at 5:32 AM, canuckamuck said:

Since when is Pattaya a resort?

A Sex Resort,Yeah !!!

On 5/18/2017 at 7:55 AM, mikebell said:

Are there any tourists left in Pattaya?

Sex Tourists Yeah......

instead of going to the beaches, tourists just holed out in restaurants and bars

On 5/18/2017 at 5:32 AM, canuckamuck said:

Since when is Pattaya a resort?

It is commonly regarded as a resort town.  In the same sense as Blackpool or Daytona Beach are "seaside resorts."Surely only a issue of semantics.   

"a place that is frequented for holidays or recreation or for a particular purpose.

"a seaside resort"

synonyms:

holiday destination, holiday centre, tourist centre, centre, spot, retreat, haunt; More

On 5/27/2017 at 0:45 PM, Nong Khai Man said:

Sex Tourists Yeah......

Pattaya has plenty of tourists, the overwhelming majority of whom are not sex tourists.

I once spent a week in Nong Khai, even though I was only there for a day.

9 minutes ago, champers said:

I once spent a week in Nong Khai, even though I was only there for a day.

That's a pity about Pattaya , especially for the people who had saved up for a holiday,

 

but you shouldn't knock NK....I had 8 years in Pataya before I went to Issan, at the time the lonely planet described Udon "As a Town best viewed in your rear vision mirror" which I thought was a bit harsh....I decided to stay for a while as I was a little burnt out ...still here after 11 years  --so either its speeded up or I have slowed down---probably the latter................

pattaya was great,the triathalo was this week end good turn out and perfect wheather,lots of chineses and Koreans around soi1 and beyond..ghost town ''fake news''

I once spent a week in Nong Khai, even though I was only there for a day........You Never gave it LONG Enough !! I've been here for 22 Years Now, O.K Can get a little boring at times but it can also be very peaceful......

On 17/05/2017 at 11:32 PM, canuckamuck said:

Since when is Pattaya a resort?

It's a well known holiday resort.