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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Wonder People Festival returns to Pattaya for fifth anniversary celebration
PATTAYA, Thailand – Young performers, musicians, dancers and emerging artists from around the world will come together in Pattaya this November as the Wonder...
Discover Taiwanese Shabu at Warng Warng in Ban Chang
BANCHANG, Thailand – Looking for something different from the familiar dining scene of Pattaya and Jomtien? Just a short drive away, Warng Warng Original...
Rotary Eastern Seaboard launches Pink Moves Charity Workout for Breast Cancer
PATTAYA, Thailand - Get ready to move together, give together and fight breast cancer together when the Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard (RCES) joins forces...
Ray Run Pattaya 2026 brings runners of all abilities together for a race of...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Ray Run Pattaya 2026 will bring children, people with disabilities, families, seniors and runners of all abilities together under the inspiring...
Pattaya gives the beach time to recover after major floods
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya is giving the city and its beaches time to recover after days of heavy rain brought some of the worst...