Pattaya (In Thai: ????? , pronunciation Ã, , RTGS: Ã, Phatthaya , Thai pronunciation: Ã, [p? ÃÆ'¡tt ??? j ?:] ) is a resort town in Thailand. It lies on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) south east of Bangkok, inside, but not part of, Amphoe Bang Lamung in Chonburi province. Pattaya City (Thai: ?????????? RTGS: Ã, Mueang Phatthaya ) is a self-governing municipality that includes all the Nong Prue and Na Klua moons and parts of Huai Yai and Nong Pla Lai. The city is in the East Coast industrial zone, along with Si Racha, Laem Chabang, and Chonburi. Pattaya is the center of Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area - a conurbation in Chonburi Province - with a population of about 1,000,000.
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History
The name Pattaya evolved from the Phraya Tak march (then King Taksin) and his troops from Ayutthaya to Chanthaburi, which occurred before the fall of the capital to the Burmese invaders in 1767.
When his troops arrived in the vicinity of what is now Pattaya, Phraya Tak meets the troops of a local leader named Nai Klom, who tries to intercept him. When the two met face to face, Nai Klom was impressed with Phraya Tak's dignified and disciplined stance of his army. He gave up without a fight and joined his troops. Place soldiers meet each other then known as "Thap Phraya", which means "soldier of Phraya". This then becomes Pattaya, the name winds blowing from southwest to northeast at the beginning of the rainy season.
Pattaya is a fishing village until the 1960s. Later, during the Vietnam War, American soldiers stationed near U-Tapao or other US bases in Thailand began to visit Pattaya. One story, unverified by a credible source, notes that it all began when a group of 500 American soldiers stationed at a military base in Korat were taken to Pattaya on 29 June 1959 for a week of rest and relaxation. They rented several houses at the southern end of the beach from a Thai aristocrat, Lord Sunthorn. Although they stayed for a while, the soldiers had fun and babbled about the place. The word spread among other American soldiers stationed in the area and Pattaya quickly became a hot alternative to Bangkok.
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Climate
Pattaya has a wet and dry tropical climate, which splits into the following seasons: hot and dry (December to February), hot and humid (March and April), and hot and rainy (May to November) ).
Demographics
The city ( mueang ) has 320,262 inhabitants and is calculated at the 2010 census (National Statistics Office). Most of these people are counted as Thai, with most migrants unrecognized, although the details are quite complicated because even indigenous Thai people are stateless, and migrant workers have since been largely regulated (albeit with urgent foreign pressure ). Therefore, the census population does not even represent the total number. As for Thai citizens and law enforcers (very few) who register cities as their hometowns, the province's felling population is 107,944 in 2010, slightly increased to 118,511 by 2017. Like the Metropolitan Region of Bangkok, the number of registered residents issued by a agents from the Office of National Statistics barely capture the scope of urban transformation that has occurred over time - the economy depends on the large number of casual Thai workers working in the city but still enrolled in their hometown, there are many work turns and to and from the capital, as well as seasonal agricultural migration. Migrant workers from neighboring countries, and many long-term expatriates living in cities as retired or self-employed or traditionally contracted are not counted. There is never a reliable figure for the population, but the thinking is quite large (on the order of half a million people) given the large number of migrant workers that are everywhere and occurring in Thailand. Pattaya City excludes some nearby areas such as Nong Prue (73,901 people in the 2010 census) and Huay Yai.
Pattaya also has a large population inflows of short tourism, with 2,000 hotels and 136,000 rooms available by 2015.
Because of the tourism industry, many people from the northeast (known as Isan, Thailand's poorest region) have come to work in Pattaya, and counted for census purposes in their hometown.
There is a rapidly growing foreign pension community living in Pattaya. Thai immigration has a special visa category for foreigners over the age of 50 who wish to retire in Thailand. Pattaya appeals to many retirees from other countries not only because of the exotic and easy climate and lifestyle, but also because the cost of living is lower than in many countries.
Physical geography
Pattaya, in the Gulf of Thailand, is about 160 kilometers (99 mi) south of Bangkok in Bang Lamung District.
Pattaya City is a special city area that includes all the Nong Prue (Nongprue) and Na Kluea (Naklua) tambon and Nong Pla Lai. The township of Bang Lamung that forms the northern border of Pattaya includes parts of Bang Lamung (Banglamung), Bang Nongung, Nong Pla Lai and Takhian Tia. Bang Sali is on the southern border of Pattaya.
"Greater Pattaya" occupies most of the Banglamung coastline (one of the eleven districts that make up Chonburi Province). It is divided into the larger northern part that extends to the area east of Naklua Beach (northernmost beach) and Pattaya Beach (main beach) plus Bukit Pratamnak (often called "Bukit Buddha" because of the temples on the hill) cape directly at south of Pattaya Beach, and the smaller southern part covering the area east of Jomtien Beach (just south of Bukit Pratamnak).
Environment
Pattaya produces 450 tons of solid waste per day. The city spends more than 300 million baht on garbage disposal and disposal every year. Average pay 1,600 baht to process every ton of garbage. Significant waste volume allegedly dumped into the sea by tourist boats.
In July 2017 Pattaya Beach was breached for a week by raw sewage poured out of the storm channel. City officials blamed the incident on faulty pumps and an untreated Pattaya water treatment plant. The environment ministry said it would increase pollution law enforcement and encourage Pattaya to improve wastewater treatment efficiency. According to the ministry, Pattaya has 1,047 sources of waste and waste pollution identified, the number is growing as the city grows. Sea water along Pattaya's coastline is poor quality even in the absence of a waste spill and "could endanger human and marine life", the regional environmental office said. They consider the quality of seawater near Pattaya's central coast as "poor" and deteriorate. They assessed water quality near Na Klua in North Pattaya, South Pattaya, Ko Lan, and Jomtien Beach as "good enough". The city has considered expanding two water management installations to increase capacity for better wastewater treatment before disposal into the sea. The water treatment plant in Soi Wat Nongyai after the expansion will be able to handle about 130,000 cubic meters of wastewater per day, up from 80,000 cubic meters at present.
Administration
The city of Pattaya has been managed under a special autonomous system since 1978. It has a status comparable to the municipality and is separately managed by the mayor of Pattaya city responsible for policy-making, regulating public services, and overseeing city workers.
Twin Cities
Beaches and islands
The main sweep of the bay area is divided into two main beaches. Pattaya Beach is parallel to the city center, and runs from Pattaya south to Nuea Walking Street. Along Beach Road are restaurants, shopping and bars.
Pratumnak is on the south side of Pattaya and is very popular for viewpoints and temples (Wat Phra Yai) on the hill. Pattaya Park and Pattaya tower are at the southern end of Pratumnak and Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (P.E.A.C.H), positioned at the northern end of Pratumnak. In recent years, Pratumnak has gained popularity due to its more natural environment, nicer beaches, and convenient location between Jomtien and Pattaya city.
Jomtien is divided from Pattaya by Thepprasit Road, south route to Pattaya city. It consists of high-rise condos, beachfront hotels, bungalow complexes, shops, bars and restaurants.
The offshore islands include three "islands": Ko Lan (main island), Ko Sak, and Ko Krok, 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) from Pattaya beach. The "distant islands" are Ko Phai (main island), Ko Man Wichai, Ko Hu Chang and Ko Klung Badan, located off the west coast of "nearby islands". Ko Rin is located offshore in the southwest, south of the Ko Phai group. The names of "nearby islands", "distant islands", and "Pulau Karang" are used for marketing purposes only and do not conform to island group naming conventions and are not shown on the maritime graphs published by the Royal Thai Hydrographic Service.
In June 2016, the Regional Environment Office reported that, "Sea water along the busy coast of central Pattaya has poor quality and can endanger human and marine life."
Transportation
Road
- Via Bangkok-Chonburi-Pattaya Motorway (Hwy 7) This highway is connected to the Outer Ring Road of Bangkok. (Hwy 9) and there is also another entrance at Si Nakharin and Rama IX Junction.
- Via Bang Na-Trat Highway (Hwy 34) From Bang Na, Bang Phli, across the Bang Pakong River to Chonburi there is a Chonburi bypass that meets Sukhumvit Road, (Hwy 3, passes Bang Saen Beach, Bang Phra to Pattaya.
Famous roads
- Pattaya 1 Road (Beach Road): walk along the beach.
- Pattaya 2 Road: (Second Road) runs about 400 meters to the mainland, parallel to Pattaya 1 Road.
- Pattaya 3 Road: (Third Road) is a Pattaya outer ring road connecting north, south and central Pattaya.
- Pattaya Tai: (South Pattaya Road) runs from Beach Road to Sukhumvit Highway.
- Pattaya Klang: (Central Pattaya Road) runs from Beach Road to Sukhumvit Highway.
- Pattaya Nuea: (North Pattaya Road) walks from Beach Road to Sukhumvit Highway.
- Tappraya Road: connect Pattaya 2 to Jomtien Beach Road.
- Thepprasit Road: connect Tappraya Road to Sukhumvit Highway.
- Soi Buakaow: connect Pattaya Tai and Pattaya Klang, between Pattaya 2 Road and Pattaya 3 Road.
Rel
Daily service operates on the East Thai State Railway Line between Pattaya and Hualumphong Station in Bangkok.
Bus
Pattaya is served by bus service from Bangkok's Northern Bus Terminal (Mo Chit) and East Bus Terminal (Ekamai), which connects to Pattaya's main bus terminal in Pattaya Nuea (North Pattaya Road) near Sukhumvit Road.
There are two airport bus services Bandarapattayabus 389 bus service connects Pattaya with Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK). It uses modern air-conditioned buses, and takes about 1 / 2 hours to reach the airport. The journey from the airport (level 1 gate 8 in the arrivals hall) to the bus terminal in Pattaya, make three stops at the intersection of North, Central, and South Pattaya before going to their last point, office on Thappraya street (near Jomtiem). It can take longer if many hotel stops are negotiated along Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya. Other bus services are Bell Travel Service (Coach 36) departing from the airport (Level 1 Between Gate 7 & amp; 8) to Bell Pattaya office at North Pattaya junction, and then provide transfer to local hotel.
The bus from the terminal at Sukhumvit Road near Pattaya Klang (near the intersection of Central Pattaya) connects Pattaya with many destinations to the northeast (ie Isan).
Urban and suburban services are mainly provided by songthaew, dubbed the "baht bus" or "blue taxi".
Taxi
Several argo taxis and air-conditioned vans operate for private hire from the hotel's car park. Dubbed the "baht-bus" in Pattaya, songthaews is the most common public transportation mode. The cost is 10 baht for any distance on a regular route, but much higher if asked to go to a specific destination. Motorbike taxis generally operate in cities and suburbs. Although taxis must carry meters according to law, in reality they are rarely used.
Air
Pattaya is about 120 kilometers (75 miles) by road from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), the largest international airport in the country. Through the road, it is accessed from Sukhumvit Road and Motorway 7 from Bangkok. Pattaya is also served by scheduled flights via U-Tapao International Airport (UTP), a 45-minute drive south of the city.
Boat
The passenger ferry service from Pattaya to Hua Hin commenced operations on January 12, 2017 and operated by Royal Passenger Liner. By road, the journey takes five to six hours. Ferries shorten travel time to about two hours, depending on sea conditions. The ferry sailed at a speed of 27 knots on a 70km journey across the Gulf of Thailand with a maximum passenger capacity of 150 people. Large ferries carrying up to 260 people can be added to the service later. The ferry capable of carrying the vehicle is projected for 2020.
Main view
After a fishing town, Pattaya first erupts as an R & amp; R during the Vietnam War. It strives to be a family oriented beach destination. In 2007, foreign tourists visiting Thailand amounted to 14.5 million.
Popular activities include golf (19 golf courses within 40 minutes of Pattaya), go-kart racing, and visiting theme parks and zoos such as Elephant Village, where ancient ritual-training demonstrations and ceremonies are performed daily. The Sri Racha Tiger Zoo personally has tigers, crocodiles, and other animals in daily performances. The Vimantaitalay tourist submarine offers a 30 minute underwater journey to see the coral and marine life just a few kilometers offshore. Tropical Botanical Garden Nong Nooch, about 15 kilometers south of Pattaya, is a 500-acre (500 km) orchid botanical garden and orchid where cultural performances with chimpanzees and trained elephants are presented. The park also stores several tigers and various birds.
Other attractions in Pattaya include Million Years Stone Park, Pattaya Crocodile Farm, Pattaya Park Beach Resort Park, Funny Land Amusement Park, Orchid Siriporn Plantation, Silverlake Distillery, Underwater World Pattaya, Thai Alangkarn Thai Theater (cultural show), Museum Bottle Art , Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, and Underwater World, an aquarium with a collection of marine species from the Gulf of Thailand including sharks and stingrays. Khao Pratamnak or Khao Phra Bat is a small hill between south Pattaya and Jomtien Beach that provides panoramic views of the city and its crescent bay. This hill topped by Wat Khao Phra Bat, a temple, and the monument Kromluang Chomphonkhetudomsak, who is considered the founding father of the modern Thai navy.
The Cartoon Network Amazone is a water park near the naval golf course that opened in late 2014. It has a Cartoon Network theme. This park covers different zones where different water slides can be seen. There is also a wave pool and a surfing simulator that anyone can use, and the largest water park in Southeast Asia, which also includes two tipping buckets. A food court opens later in 2014, and includes a variety of cuisines, from traditional Thai food to Italian and Japanese food. Small huts are available for rent around the park. Annual admission is available for those who want to come there often and easily walk to the park. Several shops and souvenir shops are still under construction and projected to be completed by the end of 2015.
RamaYana, with a total size of over 18 ha (45 acres/102 Rai), is one of Asia's largest water parks, opened in May 2016. The park, designed as a modern water park built in an antique Asian city, offers 21 water slides, and some of them are unique1, 2 special zones for children, 600m long winding river, and a double wave pool with a 150m beach and a relaxation and activity pool. The park, located 20 km south of Pattaya City, is close to a large Buddhist Mountain (Khao Chi Chan) and next to the Silverlake vineyard, has lakes and nature islands in and around the park, and also includes attractions such as floating markets, native elephants or the labyrinth. A restaurant offers over 100 dishes and food delivery to the sun loungers, which are provided free of charge. The park also offers massage services and a fish spa.
The Sanctuary of Truth is a large wooden structure built in 1981 by the sea at Laem Ratchawet. It is understood from the concept that human civilization owes its existence to the truth of religion and philosophy.
Mini Siam is a miniature model village that celebrates Thailand's heritage with the most famous monument replicas and historic sites including the Emerald Buddha Temple, Democracy Monument, the Bridge over the River Kwai, and Prasat Hin Phimai. The London Tower Tower model, the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, and the Trevi Fountain are also featured in a section called "mini world".
Wat Yanasangwararam Woramahawihan is a temple built in 1976 for Somdet Phra Yanasangwon, the highest patriarch of today. Inside the temple complex is a replica of a Buddhist trail, and a large chedi contains Buddhist relics.
Thepprasit Market is the largest and busiest market in Pattaya. Open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings on Thepprasit Road. Known for selling pets, it has many Thai food stalls including local specialties such as insects and fried scorpions as well as branded clothes, shoes, and electronic items.
Festivals and events
- Chinese New Year (varies from late January to early February) is celebrated by the Thai-Chinese community of Pattaya with a parade of dragons, lion dances and fireworks.
- Pattaya Burapa Bicycle Week is Thailand, and one of the biggest motorcycle events in Southeast Asia, held in Pattaya every February, attracts motorcycle enthusiasts from all over Southeast Asia and abroad. The 2010 event was held for two days with local and international music performances.
- Pattaya International Music Festival is held annually in March. It attracts large crowds to various stages along Beach Road and Bali Hai Pier, and presents several styles of music performed by Thai and international artists.
- The Songkran Pattaya Festival, locally called Wan Lai , takes place every year in mid-April. This is different from most other Songkran festivals in Thailand in some aspects. It lasts several days longer and, in addition to water fights, the event includes beauty contests, musical performances, cultural performances, fireworks, and water sports competitions.
- Top of the Gulf Regatta is a week-long sailing event held in late April, early May.
- The Miss Tiffany Universe beauty contest is held mid-May every year. During the four-day contest, the most beautiful transgender and transsexual people of Thailand compete for first place with the last night broadcast live on Thai TV for viewers, on average, 15 million.
- Pattaya Marathon , featuring several categories of competitions, held annually in July.
- Pattaya Classic Guitar Festival , held annually on the last weekend of October, hosted by the Guitar Society of Thailand, Pattaya People's Media Group, and Siam Bayshore Pattaya.
- Loi Krathong , a light festival held during the twelfth full moon of the traditional Thai lunar calendar and which usually falls in November, is celebrated in Pattaya, as in other countries. , that night with floating people krathongs (small, floating candles made of intricately folded banana leaves) on the water, and releasing khom loi (wax- fired hot air balloon) to the night sky.
- Every November Pattaya hosts the Miss International Queen, the annual international contest for transgender and transsexuals. In 2007 the event attracted around 25 million viewers on national TV.
Nightlife
Pattaya has gained part of its reputation as a tourist destination because of the sex industry and the resulting nightlife, and this notoriety has influenced the evolution of the city in many ways. Prostitution in Thailand is technically illegal but is tolerated in most cities, including Pattaya. A large number of host bars, gogo bars, massage parlors, saunas and hotels by the hour, cater to foreign tourists as well as locals. This is very prominent on Walking Street as well as other areas around the city. Efforts have been made to clean the city's image.
The articles in the English tabloid The Sun and Daily Mirror have described Pattaya as "the sex capital of the world", "modern Sodom and Gomorrah". This provoked the anger of government officials as high as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Pol Kol Apichai Krobpetch, chief of Pattaya police, denied that Pattaya is a sex trade paradise. Disappointed with English media stories, he insists that they are contrived. "There is no such thing as prostitution in Pattaya," said Colonel Apichai. "Where do they get 27,000 sex workers in Pattaya? Anyone can make this information.... Thai women having sex with strangers are their personal problems, if they like each other, I do not see anything wrong with what they do in behind the closed door. "In response, social worker Pattaya Surang Janyam, director of Service Workers at the Group Foundation, said that the estimated number of Pattaya sluts published in the Daily Mirror is inaccurate:" 27,000 sex workers in Pattaya are too low We have more sex workers than that. "
As evidence of the government's commitment to clean up Pattaya, on Feb. 26, 2017 at 8 pm, 60 police and army officers stormed the infamous Pattaya Soi 6 to check lawlessness. When the examination is completed, the police announce that all licenses are in order and there is no violation of any law, including prostitution, which takes place there.
Pattaya also has the largest gay scene in Asia based around Boyztown, Jomtien Complex, and Sunee Plaza. The city is also famous for the flamboyant cabaret show kathoey in which transsexual and transgender entertainers perform in crowded houses.
Health care
The major hospitals in this area include Bangkok Hospital Pattaya (private, most expensive), Pattaya International Hospital (private), Banglamung Hospital (general), Pattaya City Hospital (general) and Pattaya Memorial Hospital (private). Many foreign tourists have medical and dental procedures in Pattaya, although Bangkok is more popular as a medical tourist destination.
Crime
In recent years, Pattaya has become a hideout for foreigners who have connections with organized crime in their home country, and dozens have been killed in gang-related disputes.
Visitors may experience minor crimes, usually confined to pickpockets and confident tricks, especially in and around major tourist areas such as Jomtien and Pattaya Beaches and on the "baht bus". A Special Police division has been established to assist travelers who are victims of crime. The British eight-episode documentary Big Trouble in Tourist Thailand describes a crime involving tourists in Pattaya.
On April 11, 2009, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared a state of emergency in the Pattaya and Chonburi areas, in response to red-shirted anti-government protesters who broke into the conference center of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort hotel complex, where the ASEAN Meeting was held. The meeting was immediately canceled and Asian leaders evacuated, some by helicopter.
Media and communications
Some local foreign-language newspapers and magazines are published either weekly or monthly, mainly in English, Russian and German. English-language newspapers include Pattaya Pattaya Weekly , Pattaya Pattaya , Pattaya Today . German language magazines and news portals are DER FARANG .
Education
International School in Pattaya:
- ÃÆ' â € ° cole francophone de Pattaya
- Chonburi International School
- Tara Pattana International School
- Regents International School Pattaya
School of Thai-Japanese Association Sriracha, the Japanese international school, is near Si Racha. This is an affiliate of the Thai-Japanese School Association in Bangkok. Si Racha previously owned the Sriracha-Pattaya Japanese Supplementary School, the weekend school of Japan.
See also
- Walking Street, Pattaya
References
External links
- Pattaya travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Sin City Thailand Reaching a Sincerity - slideshow by The New York Times
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