Pattaya is closed! Yes, that\u2019s right, it\u2019s closed, but that is not what the 2-week millionaires and mongers want to hear \u2013 that their favourite holiday destination is not available\u00a0at the moment. It\u2019s a place that makes\u00a0them feel alive, invigorated and happy for a short time. I know \u2013 I have had many happy holidays\u00a0there.<\/p>\n
This is where\u00a0they have been going once or twice a year {or sometimes months at a time} for the past 5, 10 or 15 years, sometimes longer than that and they don\u2019t\u00a0want to go anywhere else. It\u2019s a sad state of affairs all over\u00a0the world which has impacted not only holiday hotspots but life and income in general. Guesthouses in your home country. Beaches and resorts in Europe or wherever\u00a0you live and luxury cruises or Caribbean\u00a0holidays will all take a hammering during this pandemic. So, guys, save your energy on looking after yourself, family, friends and neighbours and not be worrying\u00a0or wondering too much about Pattaya\u2019s recovery\u00a0or when you can go \u2013 it will hopefully sort itself out.<\/p>\n
Pattaya is a unique city built upon the sex industry. Yes, there are shopping malls, day trips and island excursions but a lot of Farang cash is spent on bargirls, gogo girls, lady drinks, barfines, freelancers, oil massages {with or without happy endings}, soapy massages and of course alcohol in the bars or clubs. Those girls then use that cash for basic living costs and then spend freely on fashion, drink, drugs, nightclubbing \u2013 new phones, rented scooters and other gadgets and then maybe send some back to family up North, So most of their income made from sex goes back to local Pattaya business owners!<\/p>\n
Take the Farang sex cash out of the equation and the strong link in the chain is broken. As Wesley Snipes said in New Jack City, \u201dMoney talks, bullshit runs the marathon\u201d. Cash is King in Pattaya and I fear that the link in the chain\u00a0may be more difficult to weld together than other holiday resorts in the future. Tourist numbers have been dropping rapidly\u00a0over the past years due to the terrible exchange rate. Added to that, people are always stating, \u201dThe place is just not the same\u201d. {This could mean various different things to different people but I think the main 2 is the Thai attitude towards them in Pattaya and the party atmosphere is just\u00a0not there.}<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s say in 3 months\u2019 time the lockdown restrictions are removed and flights go back to normal, a place like Pattaya will not just hit the ground running \u2013 it may take well into 2021 just to get back half the numbers that it has seen in recent years. The 2-week millionaires that spend money in the bars and on sex are just average guys who save up for months just to enjoy\u00a0a few weeks holiday. In the future most of them will have no job or reduced income \u2013 could be on benefits and maybe in debt! The last thing on their minds will be saving\u00a0for a holiday just to give it all away to Bargirls. \u00a0This is of course their choice but I will not be one of them. As for the Thai bar and business owners \u2013 will they have the cash to start over and take a risk on making it work? This is just my opinion anyway and the future of all holiday resorts is uncertain \u2013 I am not an economist, Business analyst nor do I work in the travel industry but I have been to Pattaya enough to know that the place revolves around the sex industry \u2013 pure & simple. But as the saying goes, sex sells\u2019, so we will all have to wait and see.<\/p>\n
Take care everyone and I hope you all get to enjoy Pattaya again sometime in the future,<\/p>\n
Paul
\nEngland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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