After its recent history as a ghost town, Pattaya is welcoming with open arms the international tourist boom which has the cash registers ringing all over town and the hoteliers and condominiums enjoying a new lease of life.
With the Thai prime minister welcoming the 10th million arrival to Thailand this year as early as December 10, all bets are off for 2023. The Tourist Authority of Thailand predicts 18 million, others 25 million plus or even beating the 40 million record in 2019. The Pattaya area will get its full share of perhaps a third of the total because of the expansion of U-tapao airport, 30 kilometers away, which is resulting in dozens of charter flights weekly from various Russian cities alone. The Russian pressure in particular is for more and more.
The news that Chinese nationals will be able to travel abroad from January 8 without experiencing compulsory quarantine…
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