Tag: Thanet Supornsahatrangsi
EDM to take center stage at Pattaya Countdown
Electronic dance music will be focus of this year’s Pattaya Countdown as the city tries to cash in on the hottest trend in music...
Reluctant Pattaya board appointee eager to tackle tourism-related problems
The deputy chairman of the Tourism Council of Thailand said he never was interested in going into politics, but figures there was a good...
Tourist attractions given signs aimed at unruly Chinese
The Tourism Council of Thailand has begun distributing signs in Chinese and English in hopes of controlling the often unruly behavior of mainland visitors.
Thanet...
Pattaya tourism pushes cooperation to recover from bad press
With Pattaya’s overabundance of news outlets and social media’s tendency to blow out-of-proportion even the smallest incident, Pattaya’s business leaders have become hypersensitive to...
Russians drop, Chinese soar at Pattaya’s tourist market shifts
Russian tourism is down more than 50 percent so far this year, but has been offset by a 112 percent increase in Chinese tourists,...
PBTA chief calls for jet ski ban
Business group briefed on higher waste-treatment fees The head of Pattaya’s leading business association said he wants to see jet skis outlawed in the...
Hotel association head eyes better promotion, training, environment for growth in...
The newly re-elected president of the Thai Hotels Association - Eastern Region said she will focus on better promoting Pattaya, working with universities...
Thai tourist groups de-emphasizing western markets for 2011
Hotels association official says developing markets more important Regional tourism-promotion groups say they no longer are prioritizing Pattaya’s traditional tourist base and...
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Icelandic man found dead in Pattaya apartment stairwell as police investigate cause
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police in Pattaya are investigating the death of a 65-year-old Icelandic man who was found sitting deceased in the stairwell of...
Health Ministry sounds alarm as Thailand’s birth rate collapses and NCD crisis spirals
PATTAYA, Thailand – Minister of Public Health Pattana Promphat announced that Thailand is accelerating health policies to address declining birth rates and the increasing...
Pattaya’s Songkran thrills many, though some call peak days a ‘drunken nightmare’ and stay...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Songkran in Pattaya remains one of Thailand’s most energetic celebrations, but some long-term visitors and tourists say growing concerns over safety...
Pattaya retiree hub warned blocking emergency vehicles risks lives and criminal penalties
PATTAYA, Thailand – Motorists in Pattaya are being urged to give way to emergency vehicles, after a rescue volunteer described a critical delay caused...
Free motorway travel for Songkran to ease trips to Pattaya and across Thailand
PATTAYA, Thailand – Department of Highways Thailand — Thailand’s Department of Highways is offering free motorway travel on five major routes during the Songkran...