Tuesday morning at City Hall,Mayor Ittipol Khunplume hosted a meeting to discuss plans to develop Pattaya City.

Pattaya City is a fast-growing town and is rapidly gaining in popularity both within Thailand and internationally. The city and its businesses are a major source of revenue for the country.

During the meeting, officials introduced three different plans to develop Pattaya. The initial plan focuses on long-term goals for the years 2011 through 2020, then a strategy for the years 2011 to 2015, and a more immediate plan for growth in the next 3 years.

The long-range objective is to increase the stability of the city as a tourist destination, so an essential part of this plan is improving the image of Pattaya. This will have a two-fold benefit: a wider variety of tourists will visit the city, and job prospects for locals will increase, as there will be more work in the tourism and service industries here.

News stories placed on this website are short versions. If you would like the full story, please read the Pattaya People Weekly newspaper.