Protesting nightspot owners in Pattaya

Posted by Party Pete on March 29th, 2008 filed in Entertainment, nightlife

The owners of bars and pubs in Pattaya are destined to defend themselves against the government’s restricted rules on opening hours. The business owners claim that the government’s crackdown already resulted in major income losses.

By the end of this month more than 130 owners and their staff members will unite and attend several crisis meetings to discuss, protest and create a strategy fighting the newly appointed Interior Minister’s order of closing all of the pubs and bars in Pattaya at 02:00.

Previously night spots throughout the “Capital of Fun” were allowed to run their business until 04:00 or even later. A group of night entertainment venues representatives is planning to establish a meeting with Chalerm Yoobamrung, the Interior Minister.

They would like to discuss the minister’s measures, which according to them severely restricts their businesses and also will has a negative effect on Pattaya’s image among visitors who travel to the seaside resort to mainly enjoy its famed nightlife.

Many tourists are not amused by the new crackdown on the bars’ opening hours…

The Pattaya City Council fully agreed with the business owners and is backing them up by announcing that the town draws large crowds of foreign visitors from all over the world, which provide a significant amount of Pattaya’s tourist-related income, but the new crackdown by the government is certainly jeopardising this. The nightspot representatives will definitely demand a return to Pattaya’s previous opening hours.

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