Pattaya: China's state news agency calls resort deserted and Thais have no money

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Pattaya: China's state news agency calls resort deserted and Thais have no money

 

Picture: Kom Chad Luek

 

A report by the Thai arm of the Chinese state news agency Xinhua published pictures and a brief one paragraph report about the desperate state of Pattaya.

 

They said the pictures were taken on Tuesday this week. 

 

They showed empty deckchairs, an almost deserted beach and sea. 

 

And a lonely farang looking at his phone. 

 

Pattaya was once thronging with Chinese especially the beach that became a drop off point for sea tours, notes Thaivisa. 

 

Picture: Kom Chad Luek

 

Now Xinhua has said that the closure of the airspace and the borders have left Pattaya deserted and the Thai people with no money.

 

Xinhua is the biggest news organization in China and one of the biggest in the world in terms of the number of correspondents. 

 

Picture: Kom Chad Luek

 

Thai media Kom Chad Luek carried the story and provided a link but made no mention of where it came from in the body of their brief report merely mentioning that it was "foreign media". 

 

Source: Kom Chad Luek

 

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[mickyr55 319]

Wow Chinese news stating true facts, now that must be a first

[Peterw42 12,638]

If things are that bad, I better stop buying rubbish off AliExpress then. 

[ezzra 41,919]

tze tze tze,, not nice China to talk about your lackey friend who is about to buy half dozen submarines from you, not nice...

[steven100 19,838]

RIP Pattaya ....  sadly,  your days are numbered.

[NanLaew 21,417]

Now THAT'S gonna leave a mark!

 

 

 

[PatOngo 39,320]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Now Xinhua has said that the closure of the airspace and the borders have left Pattaya deserted and the Thai people with no money.

Well you know what you can do with your submarines................ OK! 

[spiekerjozef 3,986]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

And a lonely farang looking at his phone.

That says enough about the world we are living in...

[Lacessit 17,389]

Perhaps the CCP is trying to discourage its citizens from going to Thailand, as a fair few dollars get shifted out of China that way.

[PatOngo 39,320]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

RIP Pattaya ....  sadly,  your days are numbered.

The mayors proposed marching bands competition will revive the masses................have faith!

[PatOngo 39,320]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

Perhaps the CCP is trying to discourage its citizens from going to Thailand, as a fair few dollars get shifted out of China that way.

CCP possibly saying....."go back when we own it!"

[JusticeGB 2,692]

CCP tells the truth for the first time should be the headline. The Thai Government hasn't realised what damage has been reeked on cities like Pattaya and its workers mainly from Isaan. It will never fully recover and the mayor is eyeing up changing Walking Street into a shopping mall so the character of Pattaya will be gone forever. I remember taking my 6 year old daughter for a walk down Walking Street she just loved all the pretty lights and noise of Walking Street. I probably had different thoughts about it.

[AbeNormal 734]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Pattaya was once thronging with Chinese especially the beach that became a drop off point for sea tours,

yes they used Pattaya beach as a boarding point by rip off speedboats to get to Koh Larn - they never actually stopped on Pattaya beach or used any of the deck chair services

[brucegoniners 961]

Pretty accurate.

[Justgrazing 17,821]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Pattaya was once thronging with Chinese especially the beach that became a drop off point for

all their rubbish and tat accumulated on the trip to Larn ..