Pattaya, a tourist location in Chon Buri province, commemorates its 60th anniversary next month and has prepare for marketing projects and promos throughout the year.
The Swimwear Beach Race, the Pattaya Music Celebration and the Pattaya International Fireworks Celebration are amongst the activities set up for this year to draw travelers.
Ekasit Ngampichet, president of the Pattaya Company and Tourist Association, anticipates 19-20 million visitors to Chon Buri province, primarily to Pattaya City, which gets more than 10 million travelers each year.
The variety of visitors have actually been growing every year, from 16 million in 2017 to some 18 million in 2015, thanks to transfer enhancements that link Pattaya City with other resort towns and the capital.
This coming Friday and Saturday, the city will arrange the Pattaya International Fireworks Celebration on Pattaya beach, primarily to honour His Majesty the King.
Other activities such as trade conferences will likewise happen this year, hosted by the Tourist Authority of Thailand.
Ronakit Ekasingh, deputy mayor of Pattaya, stated the growth of U-tapao airport, sitting in between Chon Buri and Rayong, will bring financial investment to the 2 provinces, which become part of the Eastern Economic Passage together with Chachoengsao province.
Stable financial investment to help with transportation from other locations to Pattaya remains in the works, consisting of a high-speed train with a station in Pattaya City, Mr Ronakit stated.
Mr Ekasit stated financial investment in Pattaya is on the increase, particularly in the retail sector, to capitalize growing visitor traffic.
” An expediency research study for a huge retail job from the investors of Iconsiam someplace around the Jomtien location is being carried out,” he stated.
The absence of an appropriate wastewater treatment system at popular beaches, consisting of Jomtien, is a pushing concern.
Mr Ronakit stated Pattaya City is talking about the issue with the regional town to construct a wastewater treatment plant on-site. Specialists from universities will be welcomed to add to the modelling and expense structure for the plant.
