Projections for 2023 increase assurance
In 2024, Pattaya’s regional tourism authority hopes to bring 27 million people to the seaside city.
The goal of 27 million tourists was not optimistic, according to Urai , Mukpradapthong, director of Thailand’s Pattaya office of the Tourism Authority. Although the exact amount is still unknown, it is anticipated that 23 million more tourists will arrive by 2023.
In the last quarter of 2023, Pattaya attracted a sizable amount of domestic and foreign visitors. According to Ms. Urai, the visa exemption structure played a small role in this upswing.
She claims that because of the variety of attractions available, including extensive sports facilities and enormous convention centers, the coastal town has maintained its status as one of Thailand’s most well-liked tourist spots.
Pattaya City often hosts events and activities to increase hospitality with assistance from the municipal operational body of Chon Buri. Additionally, it takes part in business exhibitions and street shows in a number of nations in Europe and the Middle East.
Pattaya has more than 70, 000 three- to five-star hotel rooms, all of which can hold a sizable number of guests.
Russia, India, China, South Korea, and Vietnam were the best five nations visiting Pattaya from abroad in 2023, according to Ms. Urai.
Pattaya anticipates welcoming as many as 27 million visitors in 2024 as a result of last week’s success and carefully thought-out efforts to be launched this month, she added.
However, on New Year’s Eve, more than 20,000 visitors flocked to Koh Phangan, another well-liked vacation spot off the southern Thai state of Surat Thani.
Europeans made up the majority of the attendees at the whole moon group clock.
” International visitors from all over the world found the event to be very famous.” According to older municipal official Somchai Ruangchan, they came to celebrate the end of the year and observe the island’s first sunlight in 2024.
Numerous F&, B offerings from nearby restaurants and food vendors were among the exhilarating assortment of entertainment that was on display at the festival, which also included concerts and a fireworks display.
Mr. Somchai claimed that the state had used its resources to ensure the safety of all visitors, working with the sea and tourist police.