Introduction to Pattaya
Pattaya is Thailand’s largest resort town and is a modern and ever-expanding city. It would be only two hours from Bangkok on the eastern seaboard makes it a popular holiday destination for both foreign and Thai visitors.
Annually, over a third of the 12 million foreign visitors to Thailand visits Pattaya, some for a day or two, and some for several weeks. As there is a large ex-pat community who travel from all over the world, while Thais, particularly Bangkok residents with second homes here, visit frequently. International conferences and sports competitions also feature highly in the day-to-day life of the city.
Pattaya Beach, a long but narrow crescent beach, is a central feature of the city, with a promenade running its length and the main locus of activity is centered among the lanes that run from here into the city’s main street – Sukhumwit road.
Pattaya offers a wide range of activities, sports and pastimes to please all tastes and pockets, ranging from diving and golf to swimming and shopping, relaxing on the beach to bungee jumping, motor sports to real Thai massage and spas. The nightlife is legendary, with several thousand bars, restaurants, and clubs and go go bars to choose from, all located conveniently within a large area.
Rather than seeing itself as sleazy, Pattaya prefers to be recognized as a vibrant and fun break from Bangkok with a good tourist infrastructure, plenty of entertainment options, a healthy trade in budget package tourism and a thriving property market buoyed by the massive industrial development (with foreign input) that is occurring on this part of the eastern seaboard.
Source of information: Thailand Tourism Board
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