Tag: Pattaya Countdown
Pattaya Countdown moves to Naklua
This year’s Pattaya Countdown will tick off the final minutes of 2016 in Naklua instead of amid a rollicking, fireworks-punctuated festival at Bali Hai...
Fireworks, merit-making usher in 2016
Thais and tourists brought in 2016 in a grand celebration mixing music, fireworks and religious ceremonies. The focal point of New Year’s Eve in...
City to ban alcohol during Pattaya Countdown 2016
City hall is considering banning alcohol sales at its three-day Pattaya Countdown concert and fireworks festival at Bali Hai Pier. City Councilman Rattanachai Sutidechanai...
Pattaya Countdown ticks down at Bali Hai starting Dec. 29
Preparations are wrapping up for the area’s biggest party of the year, the annual Pattaya Countdown, which will ring in 2016 with three days...
Top Thai bands featured at Pattaya Countdown 2014
Sweet Mullet and Paradox kicked off the week-long Pattaya Countdown that saw hundreds of thousands of people converge on Bali Hai Pier to usher...
New Year, same bad traffic
It’s the same old story: every holiday and long weekend brings gridlock to Pattaya, from Sukhumvit Road (shown here) to the beach. This year...
Disgruntled cop fires shotgun into Pattaya police chief’s house
A drunk Pattaya police officer celebrated the New Year by firing a 12-gauge shotgun into the residence of the city’s police chief. Senior...
Pattaya voted ‘best countdown city’ in TAT poll
Pattaya has been voted the best place in Thailand to count down to the New Year in a poll by the Tourism Authority...
Pattaya rakes in 8 billion in tourism revenue in 2011
Tourists spent nearly 8 billion baht in Pattaya in 2011, up 8.7 percent from 2010 despite countrywide flooding that dampened arrivals for much of...
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Panic on Pattaya beach as python emerges from the sea at Jomtien
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