Pattaya City officials say Fireworks Festival drew 400,000 visitors, promise to resolve crowd issues for future events like New Year’s Countdown

Pattaya, Thailand-

The PR page of Pattaya City Mayor Poramese Ngampiches announced today, November 28th, 2022 that the city did far more than expected in terms of visitors for the Pattaya International Fireworks Festival.

In fact, the mayor’s page said the city absolutely crushed the estimated 100,000 visitors it planned for before the event with roughly 400,000 domestic and international visitors in general!How that number was reached or tabulated was not immediately clear or given, notes TPN media. However, based on widespread reports of traffic jams lasting hours and the beach being nearly impassable at times with foot traffic, many residents online said it was the busiest they had ever seen Pattaya, barring possibly the Songkran and New Year’s celebrations.Not helping the issue was long-running construction…