Thursday, October 31, 2013

Pattaya Boat Show to begin 22 November

Pattaya Boat Show set to kick off at Ocean Marina for three days starting 22 November

People may not associate Pattaya with sailing, regattas, or deep sea fishing but there is a huge here market for all. 


Ocean Marina will be holding its 2nd annual boat show with the hopes of delivering high end tourists to Thailand's number one beach resort destination, Pattaya. Here is an article i found in Thai Visa that explains what the boat show will offer


Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show shines global spotlight on Pattaya's marine tourism treasures
THB 90 million generated in revenue for the marine tourism industry from inaugural 2012 Show

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Mr. Ronnakij Akasingh, Deputy Mayor of Pattaya City (back row, third from left), Mrs. Pataraporn Sithivanich, Executive Director, Product Promotion Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand (front row, second from left), Mrs. Supatra Angkawinijwong, Deputy Managing Director, Ocean Property (front row, third from left) and Mr. Scott Finsten, Harbour Master, Ocean Marina Yacht Club (back row, sixth from left), together with exhibitors.

PATTAYA: -- The annual Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show is set to take place at Ocean Marina Yacht Club 22–24 November 2013 for the second year, with the aim to promote marine leisure tourism and deliver high end tourists to Thailand's number one beach resort destination, Pattaya.

At the recent press conference in Pattaya, guest of honor Mr. Ronnakij Akasingh, Deputy Mayor of Pattaya City, together with Mrs. Pataraporn Sithivanich, Executive Director, Product Promotion Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), and Ocean Property executives announced the highlights for the Show's second year.

Pattaya is widely regarded as one of Asia's favourite seaside resorts, increasingly being referred to as the "Thai Riviera". Catering to tourists from all cultures and walks of life, Pattaya provides a safe, relaxing, fun–filled stay with tropical beaches, world-class hotels, a wide variety of local and international restaurants, as well as shopping centres and markets featuring local OTOP handicrafts to global luxury labels. International standard golf courses, top medical facilities and an established marine infrastructure make Pattaya a leading holiday destination of choice for both Thai and International visitors.

According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), almost nine million tourists visit Pattaya each year, a mix of domestic and international, who enjoy the coastal resort and the marine leisure tourism offerings that has made Pattaya a household name around the world.

In line with the TAT’s strategy to grow high end tourism in Pattaya, and working closely with the marine tourism sector on Thailand's east coast, organisers of the Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show aim to showcase the region as a leading marine tourism hub in South East Asia.

Mrs. Supatra Angkawinijwong, Deputy Managing Director, Ocean Property commented, “Pattaya is famous for its beaches, islands and marine tourism, and through the Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show we aim to promote the region and showcase the marine leisure tourism industry to a global audience. Following a successful first year, we expect to see the event grow even bigger this year.”

“The number of boats in the area continues to grow and while Ocean Marina Yacht Club is already the largest marina in South East Asia, we have plans to expand further. This, together with a growing marine infrastructure around Pattaya, positions the region as a leading marine tourism hub in South East Asia.”

Marine tourism is a large revenue generator for Pattaya, attracting high end international tourists who come to enjoy the stunning marine landscape, chartering yachts and using the marine services and marina facilities provided by Ocean Marina Yacht Club.

The Gulf of Thailand opens up to the South China Sea giving easy access to yachts from Hong Kong and further north, and south to the Indonesian archipelago, Australia and New Zealand. Strategically positioned and with the untouched waters of Cambodia and Vietnam on its doorstep, in addition to the myriad of islands dotted off the coast, gives credence to Pattaya's claim as a leading marine tourism hub in South East Asia.

Pattaya, in addition to having a strong international tourism appeal, is also popular with domestic tourists visiting from Bangkok and surrounds. And this market continues to grow with a trend toward more Thai nationals investing in the marine leisure tourism lifestyle.

“Yacht owners at Ocean Marina Yacht Club have always been majority foreigners, approximately 80%. However, recently we have seen this demographic change as more and more Thais buy into the marine leisure lifestyle. We have seen the number of Thai yacht owners in the marina increase from 20% to 38% within the last 12 months.”

An expanded in-water space at the 2013 Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show will host a large display of luxury motor and sailing yachts, including models from Princess and Simpson Marine, as well as gadgets and water toys for those who already have everything.

Onshore will be a diverse display from the marine tourism and leisure and lifestyle business sectors, from Thailand and overseas, including top yachting brands as well as luxury real estate, Super Bikes, Super Cars, marine accessories and much more. In total, there will be over 100 exhibitors and 2,600 sq.m. of exhibition area.

For visitors, of which approximately 3,000 are expected, there is a packed program of onshore and on-water activities and entertainment planned, including free sailing trials, free kayak trials, lucky draws, cocktail parties, Dragon Boat Races and a marina-side beer garden and festival with live band.

The 2013 Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show will take place 22-24 November at Ocean Marina Yacht Club.

For more information: website: www.oceanmarinaboatshow.com

 

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Koh Samet will open Ao Phrao this Friday

Ao Phrao Beach on Koh Samet is cleaned up and ready to open this Friday


Clean up from the huge oil spill has gone well and Koh Samet is ready to get back in business according to this article from The Nation

AFTERMATH
Ao Phrao to reopen on Friday after oil spill

Suriyan Panyawai
The Nation

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Seawater off Samet has recovered sufficiently: govt

BANGKOK: -- KOH SAMET'S Ao Phrao, hit by an oil spill several months ago, will officially reopen to tourists this Friday.


Seawater-quality tests have confirmed that the bay is now ready for visitors to enjoy safely. Petroleum hydrocarbon, for example, has dropped to less than 1 microgram per litre of seawater, and mercury has plunged below 0.1mcg/l.

"The seawater started to return to normal at the end of September," Udom Kraiwatnussorn said yesterday in his capacity as secretary to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Vichet Kasemthongsri.

An estimated 50,000 litres of crude oil leaked from an offshore pipe owned by PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) on July 27 off the coast of Rayong province. Because the oil spill hit Ao Phrao hard, it has been closed to the public since July 29. Ao Phrao is a part of Khao Laem Ya-Mu Ko Samet National Park.

During the past few months, extensive clean-up operations have taken place and the oil spill's environmental impacts have been closely monitored.

Chote Trachu, permanent secretary of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, yesterday announced that the ecological system around Ao Phrao was clearly recovering.

"We have found more ghost crabs and other animals on the beach now," he said, adding that affected coral reefs also showed signs of improving.

Chote said his ministry thus resolved that Ao Phrao should reopen to tourists from November 1 onwards.

However, he said monitoring of the oil spill's impacts on marine and coastal ecology would continue for at least one more year. An environmental-rehabilitation plan has also been prepared for PTTGC to follow.

"The plan, for example, covers projects to expand corals, to plant artificial reefs, and to improve Samet Island's wastewater-management system," he said.

Pinsak Suraswadi, a senior official at the Marine and Coastal Resources Department, said the plan would require a budget of Bt166 million. "We will charge PTTGC for that," he said.

A PTTGC executive yesterday disclosed that it had already paid more than Bt800 million in expenses and compensation related to the oil spill.

To date, PTTGC has paid more than 5,000 small-scale fishermen in Rayong after they reported that the spill had badly affected their livelihoods.


-- The Nation 2013-10-29

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Condo Market Sales Continue to Rise!

Thailands Condo Market has been thought of as overbuilt, and a bubble waiting to pop. 

Not only is development still going strong but units continue to sell and not just in places like Pattaya, Jomtien Beach, and Hua Hin but also the nations capital.



Check out this article from National News Bureau of Thailand

Special Report:
Condo sales in suburban Bangkok reach new high

BANGKOK: -- According to property experts, the average sales price of condo units in Bangkok's outer areas is set to soar by nearly 50 percent but condo supply in general will dwindle by next year.


The growing popularity of condominiums in suburban Bangkok is due to the expansion of the mass transit system from the central business districts to the suburbs and the safety from flooding which damaged many areas of Bangkok and other provinces in 2011.

The extension of the mass transit network, especially along the skytrain line from On Nut to Bearing, has fuelled growth in condo supply. Continual increases in condo prices were reported in six locations, which include Khae Rai-Lak Si-Ram Intra, Bang Sue-Nonthaburi, Ratchada (Lat Phrao-Makkasan), On Nut-Bearing, Bang Na-Suvarnabhumi and Taksin-Bang Wa.

SET-listed developer Sena Development Plc said condo prices in far-off locations rose from 68,000 baht per square meter on average in 2009 to 100,000 baht this year - an increase of 48% in four years.

Sales of condominiums grew by a staggering 151.8 percent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2013. Suburban areas contributed heavily to the recent growth of Bangkok's condominium market, accounting for 70% of new launches or 22,465 units. The Real Estate Information Center (REIC) predicted a total of 70,000-75,000 new condominium units would be added to the market in 2013, a record for the property industry.

The projection for new condominiums this year was higher than in the 1997 financial crisis, since condominiums are gradually replacing single housing units in some locations.

The center noted however that the condo supply will slow down next year as developers reduce projects. A number of government agencies have earlier warned that there is a risk of oversupply, as more projects are launched throughout the year.

Negative factors contributing to the decrease in condo projects include the labor shortage and the excessive amount of new condos being built this year. Condo supply has already reached a surplus in some areas with slowing sales amid high competition.


-- NNT 2013-10-23

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Thailand hit with heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nari

Thailands Moonsoon Season full speed ahead!

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Heavy rains started pounding Thailand around 9PM local time last night and continued into the morning as Tropical Storm Nari made landfall in Vietnam

 

        Pattaya's New Improved Beach Rd

 

MCOT online news reports up to 80-90 mm of rain in some areas, here is the article.


Floodypedia
BANGKOK, Oct 16 - Bangkok was hit by a drenching downpour early this morning with rain averaging 80-90 millimetres, and Min Buri as well as Khlong Sam Wa were also heavily hit with 90 millimetres of rain, all part of the last performance of Typhoon Nari which brought disruption and destruction across east Asia.

Some areas of the Thai capital were flooded this morning due to the slow drainage of rainwater. The authorities have sped up drainage works to lower the water level in Khlong San Saeb to create spare capacity for draining water.

Now only a low pressure cell bringing abundant rain to a broad landscape that needs no more, the remains of Typhoon Nari has lost its storm power but now stretches across Thailand's northeast and east still more rain.

Today and tomorrow more rain and isolated heavy rain is expected along with winds over the Northeast and the East, not only at Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, and Ubon Ratchathani as earlier reported by the weather agency, but moving west and south to Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram, Surin, and Si Sa Ket.

From today through Saturday, another rather strong high pressure weather system from China will extend over upper Thailand leading to cool weather with a 5-8 degree Celsius temperature drop and in the North and the upper Northeast.

Typhoon Nari made its landfall at Da Nang, Vietnam and as it moved across Vietnam, the Lao PDR and into Thailand, it was downgraded to tropical storm, tropical depression and low pressure cell status. (MCOT online news)
 
-- TNA 2013-10-16

Ocean Marina Yacht Club is to host the 2013 Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show

The 2013 Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show will take place 22-24 November at Ocean Marina Yacht Club. There will be over 100 exhibitors from marine, marine tourism and the leisure and lifestyle business sectors, from Thailand and overseas.

Here is the article from Thai Visa:

 

Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show team up with TAT to draw high-end tourists to Pattaya
 

Showcase Pattaya and surrounds as leading marine tourism hub in South East Asia and underscore the region's preparedness for the AEC.

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  From left: Mr. Prommate Nathomtong, Director, Service Promotion Division, Tourism Authority of Thailand; Mr. Scott Finsten, Harbour Master, Ocean Marina Yacht Club; Ms. Wilaiwan Thawitsri, Tourism Authority of Thailand Deputy Governor for Tourism Products and Business; Mrs. Supatra Angkawinijwong,Deputy Managing Director, Ocean Property; and a model from Edox.

 

BANGKOK – Ocean Marina Yacht Club is to host the 2013 Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show, showcasing Pattaya and surrounds as a leading hub for marine tourism in South East Asia. The event will be held 22-24 November 2013 at Ocean Marina Yacht Club, Pattaya, Thailand.

Coinciding with the launch of the second Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) initiate a strategy to promote high-end tourism in Pattaya, working closely with the marine tourism sector on Thailand’s east coast, and predict with the opening of the of Asean Economic Community tourism numbers in the area are set to increase 10%.

Mrs. Supatra Angkawinijwong, deputy managing director, Ocean Property commented, “This is the second year for the Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show. We wish to support the growth of marine leisure tourism in the region and as the number of yachts at Ocean Marina continue to increase, we plan to expand the number of berths again in the near future. Ocean Marina is already the largest marina in South East Asia and we plan to increase our capacity in line with the arrival of the AEC.”

“In previous years, the ratio of yacht owners at Ocean Marina Yacht Club was 80% foreigners and 20% Thai. However, last year we saw a significant change and Thai yacht ownership increase from 20% to 38%. This is a clear indicator that more Thais are enjoying the marine lifestyle and we expect that trend to continue.”

“In 2012 the Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show generated THB 90 million revenue for the marine tourism industry. Following the first year’s success, we are confident that the second year will deliver more quality and be event bigger. We have expanded the on water and onshore exhibition area to a total of 2,600 sq.m., and have strong support from exhibitors in marine tourism and lifestyle business sectors including leading yacht brands, Super Bikes, Super Cars, Luxury Property and many more.”

Ms. Wilaiwan Thawitsri, TAT Deputy Governor for Tourism Products and Business, unveiled that “Thailand is a popular destination for marine tourists with many chartering yachts and enjoying Thailand’s cruising grounds and those of neighbouring countries. Thailand has a well-developed marine infrastructure with international-standard marinas that can cater for all sizes of yachts, quality yacht maintenance services and skilled craftsmen, and combined marine leisure tourism generates considerable revenue for Thailand.”

Pattaya has become a top marine tourism destination in Thailand, in large part due to presence of the world-class Ocean Marina Yacht Club. According to information from the TAT, yacht brokers predict that the number of yachts visiting Thailand will increase dramatically by at least 31.25%, to approximately 2,100 yachts, by 2016.

In the overall tourism and hospitality industry, TAT has identified marine tourism as a high-end segment, with marine tourists spending more than regular tourists, staying in five stars resorts and dining in upscale restaurants. They choose to spend on high-end products including fashion, jewelry and accessories, and in general stay in Thailand for longer periods.

According to the TAT, Thailand welcomes 110 Superyachts each year and these are the highest tourism spenders. TAT predict that by 2016, 190 Superyachts will visit Thailand annually, a growth of 72.72%, and generate significant income for Thailand’s marine industry.

The Gulf of Thailand’s popularity continues to grow with approximately 8.5 million international tourists per year visiting the three leading tourism destinations of Pattaya, Hua Hin and Koh Samui. This is expected to grow 10% year-on-year, in particular due to the high growth potential of neighbouring countries such Myanmar, Lao, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and China.

The 2013 Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show will take place 22-24 November at Ocean Marina Yacht Club. There will be over 100 exhibitors from marine, marine tourism and the leisure and lifestyle business sectors, from Thailand and overseas. For visitors, of which approximately 3,000 are expected, there is a packed program of onshore and on-water activities and entertainment planned, including free sailing trials, free kayak trials, lucky draws, cocktail parties, Dragon Boat Races and a marina-side beer garden and festival with live band.


Bookings are now being taken for space at the 2013 Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show.

For more information: website: www.oceanmarinaboatshow.com

Friday, October 11, 2013

Beautiful Botique Condo for Sale in South Pattaya

Beautiful 24 SQM Botique Style Condo in Novana Residence 1.72 MB. 

This resale opportunity is available in foreign name

Built in kitchen, wardrobe, and 1 air con. Full security, underground parking, and communal swimming pool. Located right in the heart of South Pattaya just five minutes from the beach, nightlife, shopping, and fine dining. As part of the Nova chain you can be assured of the finest quality.

24 Sqm unit 


Kitchenette


Bed and Bath


Living area



Easy payment plan as follows:

  • 50,000THB for reservation fee
  • 20% sign contract after 2 weeks (minus the reservation fee)
  • 40% over 2 months
  • 40% on Completion

For more information or to arrange a viewing email:
Brian@bigmangoproperties.com
I.D.# 28814