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Special governed city in Chonburi, Thailand

Pattaya พัทยา
Special governed city
Pattaya Urban center เมืองพัทยา
From left: Pattaya panorama, Nong Nooch Garden, Pattaya sunset, bird'due south centre view of Pattaya, The Sanctuary of Truth, Walking Street
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Coordinates: 12°56′09″N 100°53′twenty″E  /  12.9357°N 100.889°Due east  / 12.9357; 100.889 Coordinates: 12°56′09″North 100°53′twenty″E  /  12.9357°N 100.889°E  / 12.9357; 100.889
Country	Thailand
Province	Chonburi
District	Blindside Lamung
Self-administrating municipality	30 Oct 1978
Authorities
• Type	Special Governed City
• Mayor	Vacant since 25 Mar 2022[1]
Area
• Full	53.4 km2 (xx.6 sq mi)
• Rank	8th
Population (2019)[2]
• Total	119,532 (Registered residents)
• Rank	10th
• Density	2,238/km2 (v,800/sq mi)
• Census figures	320,262 (Census count)
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Postcode	20150
Calling code	038
ISO 3166-2	Thursday-S
Website	www.pattaya.go.th

Pattaya (Thai: พัทยา, RTGS: Phatthaya , pronounced [pʰát.tʰā.jāː] ( mind )) is a urban center in Thailand. Information technology is on the eastward declension of the Gulf of Thailand, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Bangkok, within, but not role of, Bang Lamung District in the province of Chonburi. Pattaya City (Thai: เมืองพัทยา, RTGS: Mueang Phatthaya ) is a self-governing municipal area which covers Tambon's Nong Prue and Na Klua and parts of Huai Yai and Nong Pla Lai. The city is in the industrial Eastern Seaboard zone, along with Si Racha, Laem Chabang, and Chonburi. Pattaya is at the center of the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area—a conurbation in Chonburi Province—with a population of roughly one,000,000.

History [edit]

The name Pattaya evolved from the march of Phraya Tak (afterwards King Taksin) and his army from Ayutthaya to Chanthaburi, which took place earlier the fall of the former capital to Burmese invaders in 1767. When his regular army arrived in the vicinity of what is now Pattaya, Phraya Tak encountered the troops of a local leader named Nai Klom, who tried to intercept him. When the 2 met face to face, Nai Klom was impressed by Phraya Tak's dignified style and his army'southward strict discipline. He surrendered without a fight and joined his forces. The place the armies confronted each other was thereafter known equally "Thap Phraya", which means the "army of the Phraya". This later became Pattaya, the name of the wind blowing from the s-due west to the north-eastward at the beginning of the rainy flavor.

Pattaya was a fishing village until the 1960s. Tourism began during the Vietnam War, when American servicemen began arriving on R&R (residue and relaxation). One large group who arrived from a base in Korat on 29 June 1959 and rented houses from Phraya Sunthorn at the due south end of the embankment, on what is now known as the "Strip", are credited with recommending Pattaya, whose fame spread past give-and-take of mouth.^{[3] [4]}

Climate [edit]

Pattaya has a tropical moisture and dry climate, which is divided into the following seasons: hot and dry out (Dec to February), hot and boiling (March and April), and hot and rainy (May to Nov).

Climate data for Pattaya (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	February	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Yr
Tape high °C (°F)	36.0 (96.8)	37.1 (98.8)	37.three (99.1)	37.0 (98.6)	36.0 (96.8)	35.4 (95.vii)	34.9 (94.viii)	34.five (94.one)	33.7 (92.7)	33.8 (92.8)	35.vi (96.1)	35.9 (96.6)	37.iii (99.1)
Average loftier °C (°F)	30.half dozen (87.1)	31.1 (88.0)	31.viii (89.2)	32.9 (91.2)	32.iv (xc.three)	31.7 (89.1)	31.4 (88.5)	31.2 (88.2)	31.0 (87.8)	xxx.eight (87.4)	30.5 (86.9)	30.0 (86.0)	31.three (88.three)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.three (79.iii)	27.3 (81.1)	28.two (82.8)	29.iii (84.seven)	29.2 (84.6)	28.ix (84.0)	28.5 (83.3)	28.four (83.1)	27.7 (81.9)	27.0 (lxxx.6)	26.vii (80.1)	25.9 (78.vi)	27.viii (82.0)
Boilerplate depression °C (°F)	23.0 (73.four)	24.4 (75.9)	25.4 (77.7)	26.three (79.three)	26.4 (79.5)	26.3 (79.three)	26.0 (78.viii)	26.0 (78.8)	25.2 (77.4)	24.4 (75.ix)	23.vii (74.vii)	22.5 (72.v)	25.0 (77.0)
Record low °C (°F)	sixteen.4 (61.5)	xviii.v (65.three)	17.7 (63.ix)	20.8 (69.4)	21.5 (70.7)	21.3 (70.3)	21.4 (seventy.five)	22.0 (71.6)	21.5 (70.7)	19.8 (67.6)	16.7 (62.i)	xiv.6 (58.3)	14.6 (58.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	15.6 (0.61)	14.iii (0.56)	53.3 (2.10)	64.0 (ii.52)	148.iii (five.84)	119.0 (4.69)	97.4 (3.83)	97.vi (3.84)	204.vii (8.06)	216.1 (8.51)	72.one (2.84)	8.three (0.33)	1,110.7 (43.73)
Average rainy days	1.6	2.5	iv.5	6.4	11.8	12.0	12.4	13.1	16.6	17.3	6.0	one.iv	105.half dozen
Average relative humidity (%)	73	77	77	77	78	77	77	77	81	83	76	70	77
Mean monthly sunshine hours	229.iv	211.nine	238.7	204.0	155.0	114.0	117.8	114.7	108.0	145.vii	189.0	226.3	2,054.5
Mean daily sunshine hours	7.4	vii.5	7.7	vi.8	5.0	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	4.vii	6.3	seven.iii	5.6
Source 1: Thai Meteorological Section[v]
Source 2: Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun and humidity)[vi]

Demographics [edit]

The city (mueang) had 320,262 people resident and counted on census 2010 (National Statistics Office).^[7] Virtually of these people counted are Thai, with almost migrant populations not recognized, although the details are quite circuitous as in that location are even ethnic Thais without nationality, and migrant workers have since been largely regularized (albeit with due strange pressure). Therefore, the demography population even does not represent the total figure. Every bit for Thai nationals and legal permanent residents (very few) registering the city as their hometown, the provincial authority logged population was 107,944 in 2010, modestly rising to 119,530 by 2022.^[two] Every bit with the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, registered population effigy issued by a dissimilar agency than the National Statistics Office hardly captures the scope of the urban transformation that has occurred over the fourth dimension bridge – the economy is dependent on the large numbers of casual Thai workers who work in the city yet remain registered in their hometowns, at that place is much employment turnover and to and from the capital, as well as seasonal subcontract migration. Migrant workers from neighboring nations, and many long-term expatriates who reside in the city as retirees or self-employed or contracted are traditionally not counted. There has never been a reliably published figure for total population, but its thought to be quite large (on the order of one-half a million people) given the ubiquity and sheer number of migrant workers taking place of Thai labor. Pattaya urban center excludes some nearby areas like Nong Prue (73,901 people in 2010 census) and Huay Yai.

Pattaya additionally has massive population inflow from brusque stay tourism, with its 2000 hotels and 136,000 rooms available equally of 2022.^[eight]

A growing customs of foreign retirees live in Pattaya. Thailand immigration has a special visa category for foreigners over age 50 who wish to retire in Thailand. Pattaya is attractive to many retirees from other countries not just because of its climate and lifestyle, but as well because living costs are lower than in many countries.^{[ citation needed ]}

Concrete geography [edit]

Pattaya, on the Gulf of Thailand, is approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) south of the city of Bangkok in Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province.

The urban center of Pattaya is a special municipal area which covers the whole tambon Nong Prue (Nongprue) and Na Kluea (Naklua) and parts of Huai Yai and Nong Pla Lai. Bang Lamung township which forms the northern border of Pattaya covers parts of the tambon Bang Lamung (Banglamung), Nong Pla Lai and Takhian Tia. Bang Sare (Blindside Saray) is on the southern border of Pattaya.

"Greater Pattaya" occupies most of the coastline of Banglamung (one of the eleven districts that make up Chonburi Province). It is divided into a larger northern section which spans the areas to the eastward of Naklua Beach (the most northern beach) and Pattaya Embankment (the primary embankment) plus Phra Tamnak Colina (frequently chosen "Buddha Colina" considering of the temples on elevation of the hill) headland immediately south of Pattaya Beach, and a smaller southern section covering the area to the due east of Jomtien Beach (directly south of Phra Tamnak Hill).

Beaches and islands [edit]

The Pattaya Bay surface area is ane of Asia'south largest beach resorts and the 2d most visited city in Thailand, after Bangkok. This panorama overlooks Bali Hai pier and the cadre of the city.

The principal sweep of the bay area is divided into ii primary beachfronts. Pattaya Beach lies parallel to the city centre, and runs well-nigh 2.7 km long from Pattaya Nuea (Northward) south along the declension to Pattaya Tai (Due south) which is the entrance to Walking Street. The embankment, which used to be 35 thousand broad, suffers from erosion and in some places was reduced to a width of only ii to three meters. A 429 million baht beach restoration scheme was implemented in 2022. It volition accept 360,000 kⁱⁱⁱ of sand from Ko Rang Kwian offshore to increase the beach width to 50 m.^[nine] Without intervention Pattaya will likely see its beaches disappear in roughly ten years according to Chulalongkorn University researchers. Within a month of the completion of the restoration of the first 400 m of Pattaya Beach, the work was "seriously damaged" by flooding. The beach is the first in the country to use imported sand to recoup for littoral erosion. An official said, "...the longer it is left without the inundation impairment being repaired, the worse information technology will get."^[10]

Pattaya Embankment in June 2022

Phra Tamnak Colina is on the south side of Pattaya and is popular for its viewpoints and the temple (Wat Phra Yai) on superlative of the hill. Pattaya Park and Pattaya belfry are at the s terminate of Phra Tamnak Loma and the Pattaya Exhibition And Convention Hall (P.E.A.C.H), is positioned at the due north end of Phra Tamnak Hill. In contempo years, Phra Tamnak Colina has gained in popularity considering of its more natural environment, nicer beaches, and its convenient location between Jomtien and Pattaya metropolis.

Jomtien is divided from Pattaya by Thepprasit Road, the southern route into Pattaya metropolis. It consists of high-ascent condominiums, beach side hotels, bungalow complexes, shops, bars, and restaurants.

Ko Khram's shore and next islets during a combined amphibious landing force exercise Cobra Gilded.

Offshore islands include iii "near islands": Ko Lan (master island), Ko Sak, and Ko Krok, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the shore of Pattaya. The "far islands" are Ko Phai (master island), Ko Human Wichai, Ko Hu Chang and Ko Klung Badan, located offshore further w of the "near islands". Ko Rin lies offshore to the south-west, south of Ko Phai group. The names "near islands", "far islands", and "Coral Island" are used for marketing purposes just and do not correspond to whatever naming conventions of the island groups and are not shown on maritime charts published by the Hydrographic Service of the Royal Thai Navy.

In June 2022 the Regional Environmental Office reported that, "The sea water forth the busy central Pattaya beaches is of poor quality and could endanger human and marine life."^[11]

Environment [edit]

Pattaya produces on the society of 450 tonnes of solid waste per day. The city spends more than 300 1000000 baht on waste material removal and disposal annually. On boilerplate information technology pays i,600 baht to process each tonne of garbage.^[12] Meaning volumes of rubbish are allegedly dumped into the sea past tour boats.^[thirteen]

In July 2022 Pattaya Embankment was fouled for a week by raw sewage that poured out of a tempest drain. City officials blamed the incident on broken pumps and Pattaya's poorly maintained sewage-handling plant. The environmental ministry declared it would step up enforcement of pollution laws and push button Pattaya for better wastewater-handling efficiency. According to the ministry, Pattaya has i,047 identified sources of sewage and garbage pollution, the number increasing as the city grows.^[fourteen] The bounding main water along central Pattaya beaches is of poor quality even in the absenteeism of sewage spills and "could endanger human and marine life", the regional ecology office has said. They deemed sea water quality near central Pattaya beaches as "poor" and deteriorating. They judged h2o quality nigh Na Klua in North Pattaya, Due south Pattaya, Ko Lan, and Jomtien Beach as "fairly good". The city has considered expanding two water management plants to increment chapters for better handling of wastewater prior to discharge into the body of water. The h2o treatment plant in Soi Wat Nongyai after expansion would exist able to treat around 130,000 cubic metres of waste water a solar day, upwards from 80,000 cubic metres at present.^[15] The expansion was never implemented.^[16]

In November 2022, the Pattaya City Council approved 188 million baht for the repair of its six wastewater treatment plants. Installed in 2000, the plants tin accommodate 65,000 one thousandⁱⁱⁱ of wastewater per mean solar day. More than a third of institute equipment was constitute to exist 40–50 percent worn out. The system treats waste from a 36 km² portion of Pattaya, or 68 percent of its urban surface area. Earlier plans to increase treatment capacity to 135,000 k³ were never implemented and existing plants were allowed to fall into disrepair. Pattaya uses more than 200,000 m³ of h2o a solar day, but claims to but belch most 70,000 m³ a day. The discrepancy is unexplained. Once treated, there are no tests to measure out water quality earlier it is dumped back into the ocean, which may account for foul h2o discharges.^[16]

Economic system [edit]

Hotel overlooking Pattaya Bay

Pattaya is at the middle of Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Investments totaling more than than 1.five trillion baht (U.s.$45 billion) are flowing into EEC infrastructure projects: airports, deep-sea ports, high-speed railways, autoroutes. The issue will enhance Pattaya's accessibility. According to the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) the EEC investments, the U-Tapao International Drome and the high-speed train that will link three major airports to Pattaya, will make Pattaya the heart of the eastern region. The TCC view is that, "Plenty of attractions...will lure lots more foreign and domestic tourists in the hereafter." Better connectivity will reduce both the toll and time to travel to Pattaya, with the TCC estimating the number of tourists visiting the EEC region to rise to 46.7 million over the next few years, one and one-half times the current 29.8 million visitors. Pattaya projects include developing a tram in the city and building a bigger prowl terminal, likewise as new tourist attractions: a water park, an ice dome, cultural markets, Thai battle gyms, theaters, and conference halls. All are under development. "We aimed to get rid of the previous [seedy] image of Pattaya and endeavour to promote a new epitome to show that Pattaya is a place for everyone with diverseness of new tourist attractions," said an official of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). He said that the EEC would make Pattaya more than competitive compared with other popular Thai embankment destinations such as Phuket and Ko Samui, with cheaper transport costs.^[17]

14 meg visitors in 2022 contributed 239 billion baht to the city'south treasury. That represents more 70% of Pattaya's total income for the year. The city's leadership plans to reduce Pattaya'due south reliance on tourism to 60% by 2025 by transforming itself into "Neo Pattaya", an international business center. Key to the plans are infrastructure improvements: ix.5 billion baht for inundation direction projects and upgrading sewage handling plants to handle 130,000 chiliad³ of waste per day, up from 67,000 mⁱⁱⁱ per day in 2022.^[18]

Transportation [edit]

Central Pattaya; Pattaya 2 Road on left

Road

1. Via the Bangkok-Chonburi-Pattaya Throughway (Hwy 7) The pike is linked with Bangkok's Outer Ring Road., (Hwy 9) and there is likewise another entrance at Si Nakharin and Rama Nine Junction.
2. Via Blindside Na-Trat Highway (Hwy 34) From Bang Na, Blindside Phli, across the Bang Pakong River to Chonburi there is a Chonburi bypass that meets Sukhumvit Route, (Hwy 3, passing Bang Saen Embankment, Blindside Phra to Pattaya.

Notable roads

• Pattaya 1 Road (Beach Road): runs along the beach.
• Pattaya 2 Road: (Second Route) runs approximately 400 metres inland, parallel to Pattaya ane Road.
• Pattaya 3 Route: (Tertiary Road) this is Pattaya'southward outer-band route which connects north, south, and cardinal Pattaya.
• Pattaya Tai: (Due south Pattaya Road) runs from Beach Route to Sukhumvit Highway.
• Pattaya Klang: (Central Pattaya Road) runs from Beach Route to Sukhumvit Highway.
• Pattaya Nuea: (Northward Pattaya Route) runs from Beach Road to Sukhumvit Highway.
• Tappraya Road: connects Pattaya 2 to Jomtien Beach Route.
• Thepprasit Road: connects Tappraya Road to Sukhumvit Highway.
• Soi Buakaow: connects Pattaya Tai and Pattaya Klang, between Pattaya 2 Road and Pattaya three Road.

Rail

A daily service operates on the Eastern Line of the State Railway of Thailand between Pattaya and Hualumphong Station in Bangkok.^[19]

Omnibus

Pattaya is served past bus services from Bangkok's Northern Autobus Terminal (Mo Chit) and the Eastern Jitney Last (Ekamai), connecting to Pattaya's master charabanc terminal on Pattaya Nuea (North Pattaya Road) near Sukhumvit Route.

There are two airport bus services^[20] The 389 Autobus airportpattayabus service connects Pattaya with Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK). It uses modern, air-conditioned buses, and takes around 1+ one⁄ii hours to reach the airport. The trip from the airport (level 1 gate eight at inflow hall) to the double-decker terminal in Pattaya, makes three stops at N, Central, and South Pattaya intersections before going to their last drop off point, the role on Thappraya road (near Jomtien). It can take longer if many hotel stops are negotiated along Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya.^[21] The other omnibus service is the Bell Travel Service (Coach 36) which goes from the aerodrome (Level 1 Between Gate 7 & viii) to the Pattaya Bell office at the North Pattaya Intersection, and and then provides transfers to local hotels.^[22]

Buses from a terminal on Sukhumvit Road near Pattaya Klang (nearly the Central Pattaya intersection) connect Pattaya with many destinations in the north-east (i.eastward., Isan).

Metropolis and suburban services are mainly provided past songthaew, popularly nicknamed "baht buses" or "blueish taxis".

Air

Pattaya is most 120 kilometres (75 mi) by road from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), the state'south largest international airport. By road, information technology is accessed from Sukhumvit Road and Motorway vii from Bangkok. Pattaya is as well served by scheduled flights via U-Tapao International Aerodrome (UTP) which is 45-infinitesimal drive south of the city.

Boat

A passenger-simply ferry service from Pattaya to Hua Hin began operation on 12 January 2022 and is operated by Purple Passenger Liner.^[23] By route, the journeying takes five to six hours. The ferry shortens travel time to well-nigh ii hours, subject to bounding main conditions. The ferry cruises at 27 knots on the 113 km journey across the Gulf of Thailand with a maximum passenger capacity of 150 persons. Larger ferries conveying upwardly to 260 people may be added to the service later. Ferries capable of carrying vehicles are projected for 2022.^[24] In Nov 2022, Hua Hin deputy chief Chareewat Phramanee confirmed the ferry service, suspended due to low tourist numbers during depression flavor, would exist up and running over again for high flavour between Hua Hin and Pattaya, a 2.5-hour journey for ane,250 Thai Bhat on a catamaran with a maximum capacity of 340.^[25]

Assistants [edit]

Subdistrict	Villages	People
Nong Prue	7	67,846
Na Klua	7	49,129
Nong Pla Lai	3	2,403
Huai Yai	1	154

Pattaya metropolis has been administered under a special autonomous system since 30 Oct 1978.^[26] Information technology has a status comparable to a municipality and is separately administered past the mayor of Pattaya urban center who is responsible for making policies, organising public services, and supervising the city's workforce for an area that covers 53.iv square kilometers and consists of 4 subdistricts, 18 villages (muban).^[ii]

Tourism [edit]

One time a fishing town, Pattaya first boomed as an R&R destination for United states of america servicemen stationed at nearby former USAF base at U-Tapao, or other US bases in Thailand during the Vietnam War. In 2007, foreign tourists visiting Thailand totalled xiv.v one thousand thousand.^[27]

Festivals [edit]

Wonderfruit festival in Pattaya

• Chinese New year's day (varies from belatedly January to early February) is historic by Pattaya'south large Thai-Chinese customs with dragons parades, king of beasts dances, and fireworks.
• Pattaya International Music Festival is held annually in the month of March. It attracts huge crowds to the dissimilar stages along Beach Route and Bali Hai Pier, and presents several styles of music performed by Thai and international artists.
• The Pattaya Songkran festival, locally called Wan Lai, takes place each year in mid-Apr. It differs from most other Songkran festivals of Thailand in several aspects. Information technology lasts several days longer and, besides water fights, the upshot includes beauty pageants, musical performances, cultural shows, fireworks, and water sports competitions.
• Peak of the Gulf Regatta is a calendar week-long sailing event held at the end of April, outset of May.^[28]

• The Miss Tiffany Universe dazzler pageant is held mid-May each year. During the 4-mean solar day pageant, Thailand's nigh beautiful transgender persons and transsexuals vie for first place with the final evening broadcast live on Thai Idiot box for an audience of, on boilerplate, xv million.^{[29] [xxx] [31] [32]}
• Pattaya Marathon, featuring several race categories, is held each year in July.^[33]
• Pattaya Classical Guitar Festival, held annually on the last weekend of October, organized past the Thailand Guitar Society, Pattaya People Media Group, and Siam Bayshore Pattaya.
• Loi Krathong, a calorie-free festival held during the total moon of the twelfth calendar month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar and which unremarkably falls in November, is celebrated in Pattaya, equally in the residuum of the country, that evening with people floating krathongs (small, candle-lit floats fabricated from elaborately folded banana leaves) on the waters, as well as releasing khom loi (candle-fired hot air balloons) into the nighttime sky.
• Every Nov Pattaya hosts Miss International Queen, a yearly international pageant for transgender persons and transsexuals. In 2007 the event drew an estimated 25 one thousand thousand viewers on national TV.^{[34] [35]}

Nightlife [edit]

Pattaya has derived function of its reputation equally a tourist destination due to the sex industry^{[36] [37]} and the resulting nightlife, and this notoriety has influenced the city's evolution in many ways.^[38] Prostitution in Thailand is technically illegal but tolerated in most cities, including Pattaya.^[39] The city'south vast numbers of host confined, gogo confined, massage parlours, saunas, and hourly hotels, serve strange tourists every bit well as locals. This is peculiarly prominent on Walking Street every bit well as other areas around the metropolis.^[twoscore] Efforts have been made to clean up the urban center's image.^[41]

An commodity in the British tabloid the Daily Mirror ^[42] take described Pattaya as "the globe's sexual practice capital letter", a "modern-twenty-four hours Sodom and Gomorrah". This provoked acrimony from regime officials equally high up as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Pol Col Apichai Krobpetch, the Pattaya police superintendent, denied that Pattaya is a sexual activity trade paradise. Upset nigh the British media's stories, he insisted they were fabricated. "In that location is no such thing as prostitution in Pattaya," said Col Apichai. "Where did they go the effigy of 27,000 sex workers in Pattaya? Anyone can make upwards this information....Thai ladies having sex with foreigners is their personal outcome. If they like each other, I don't see anything wrong with what they do behind closed doors."^[43] In response, Pattaya social worker Surang Janyam, the director of Service Workers IN Group Foundation, said that estimated number of Pattaya prostitutes published in the Daily Mirror is inaccurate: "27,000 sex workers in Pattaya is way besides low. We have a lot more sex workers than that."^[43] In June 2022, over twenty loftier ranking Police, Army and Local government officers toured Pattaya and reported the primal streets safe and free from illegal activities.^[44]

Transsexual cabaret performers, Pattaya

Every bit bear witness of the government's commitment to clean up Pattaya, on 26 Feb 2022 at 20:00, sixty police officers and soldiers raided Pattaya's notorious Soi 6 to check for violations of the law. When the checks were completed, police announced that all licenses were in order and at that place was no constabulary breaking of whatever kind, including prostitution, taking place there.^[45]

Pattaya also has Asia'south largest gay scene^[37] based around Boyztown, the Jomtien Complex, and Sunee Plaza. The city is besides famous for its flamboyant kathoey cabaret shows where transsexual and transgender entertainers perform to packed houses.^[46]

Law-breaking [edit]

In recent years, Pattaya has served as a hideaway for foreigners with connections to organized crime in their home countries, and dozens have been murdered in gang-related disputes.^{[47] [48]}

People who visit the Pattaya area may come across footling crime, commonly limited to pickpocketing and confidence tricks, particularly in and around major tourist areas such as Jomtien and Pattaya Beaches and on the "baht buses". A special Tourist Police division has been established to aid tourists who are victims of criminal offense. The 2009 British 8-episode Television documentary Big Trouble in Tourist Thailand described crimes involving tourists in Pattaya.^[49]

On 11 Apr 2009, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva alleged a country of emergency in the areas of Pattaya and Chonburi, in response to Red Shirt anti-government protesters breaking into the conference centre of the Imperial Cliff Beach Resort hotel complex, the site of an ASEAN Summit. The meeting was immediately cancelled and Asian leaders were evacuated, some by helicopter.^{[50] [51]}

Law [edit]

In 2022 the International Thai Foundation ('ITF') established a Community Legal Centre in Soi Bua Kao, Pattaya. Its objectives are to promote pedagogy, protect human rights & salve poverty for the people in Thailand. This is the third CLC in Thailand Pro Bono Community Hub in Chiang Mai

Media and communications [edit]

Several local foreign-language newspapers and magazines are published either weekly or monthly, particularly in English, Russian, and German. The English-language newspapers include the Pattaya Mail and Pattaya People. The Pattaya News is an online portal that writes the local news in six languages. DER FARANG is a German-language newspaper published every fourteen days. Thailands Tidende is a Norwegian-language paper published monthly.

In popular media [edit]

The novel Platform by French author Michel Houellebecq prominently features the city of Pattaya equally well as its nightlife.

Education [edit]

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International schools in Pattaya:

• École francophone de Pattaya
• International School of Chonburi
• Tara Pattana International School
• Regents International School Pattaya
• Rugby Schoolhouse Thailand
• Mooltripakdee International School Pattaya
• Hastin International School

The Thai-Japanese Association School Sriracha, a Japanese international schoolhouse, is in nearby Si Racha. It is an affiliate of the Thai-Japanese Association Schoolhouse in Bangkok.^[52] Si Racha formerly housed the Sriracha-Pattaya Japanese Supplement School, a Japanese weekend schoolhouse.^[53]

Twin towns and sister cities [edit]

Pattaya has agreements with the following sister cities

Meet as well [edit]

• Wong Amat
• Walking Street, Pattaya
• Phra Tamnak Colina
• Jomtien Beach

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

Official website

• Pattaya travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Thailand's Sin City Reaches for Respectability – slideshow by The New York Times

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

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