Thailand Festivals and Events

The Royal Ploughing Ceremony

Date : 13 May 2010
Venue : Phra Meru Ground (Sanam Luang), Bangkok

The Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day has existed for a long time to make moral supports to the grain foods and the rice farmers and to predict the weather conditions and the rice yields to be rolled out in the harvest season approaching.

Program on Thursday 13th May, 2010
07.30 am.  : – Arrival of the audiences
- The procession of Phraya Raek Na (Load of the Royal Ploughing Ceremory)
leaves the Grand Palace for the pavillion at the Phra Meru Ground (Sanam Luang)
08.30 am.  : – Arrival of Their Majesties the King and Queen
- The Royal Ploughing Ceremony
10.00 am.  : – End of the Ceremony

Contact:
- Tourism Division of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Tel: 0 2225 7612-5
- TAT Tourist Hotline 1672

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The main sweep of the bay area is divided into two principal beach fronts. Pattaya Beach is parallel to city centre, and is the main destination for bathers and loungers with the section from Central Road (Pattaya Klang) south to the harbor forming part of the core of the town’s restaurants, motorcycle hire, and night attractions.
Jomtien Beach in the southern part of the bay area is divided from Pattaya beach by the promontry of Pratumnak Hill, just south of the city. It consists of high-rise condominiums, beachside hotels, bungalow complexes, shops, bars, and restaurants. On weekends, it becomes increasingly crowded, with many Thai visitors coming from Bangkok. It offers of watersport activities such as jet skis, parasailing and small sail boat hire.
Pattaya Beach

Offshore islands include the “Near Islands”, Ko Larn (main island), Ko Sak and Ko Krok located 7 km from the western shores of Pattaya Ko Larn, or “Coral Island”, Mu Ko Phai, the “Far Islands”, Ko Phai (main island), Ko Man Wichai, Ko Hu Chang and Ko Klung Badan, located offshore further west of the “Near Islands”, and Ko Rin, located offshore to the southwest, south of Mu Ko Phai. Some of the islands in the group are accessible by speedboat in less than 15 minutes and by ferry taking about 45 minutes. The names “Near Islands”, “Far Islands” and “Coral Island” are used for touristic purposes only and do not correspond to any naming conventions of the island groups and are not shown on maritime charts published by the Hydrographic Service of the Royal Thai Navy. Many of the islands have public beaches and offer scuba diving activities.

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Pattaya’s name evolved from the march of Phraya Tak (later King Taksin) and his army from Ayutthaya to Chanthaburi. This took place before the fall of the former capital to the Burmese invaders in 1767.

When his army arrived at the vicinity of what is now Pattaya, he encountered the troops of Nai Klom, who tried to intercept him. When the two leaders met face to face, Nai Klom was awed by Phraya Tak’s dignified manner and his army’s strict discipline. He then surrendered without a fight. The place the two armies confronted each other was called Thap Phraya, which means the Army of the Phraya. This was later changed to Phatthaya, which happens to mean the wind blowing from the southwest to the northeast at the beginning of the rainy season. Today the city is officially know as Pattaya.

For centuries, Pattaya was a small fishing village. But a change occurred on April 26, 1961, when the first group of about 100 American servicemen who were fighting in the Vietnam War arrived in Pattaya for relaxation. From this beginning, Pattaya became a popular beach resort which now attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors. Fishermen’s huts along the beach were replaced by resort hotel and shopping malls. Fishing vessels were adapted to become tourist boats.

Pattaya History

Pattaya (Thai: พัทยา, About this sound พัทยา (help·info), RTGS: Phatthaya) is a city in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok located within but not part of Amphoe Bang Lamung (Banglamung) in the province of Chonburi.

The city of Pattaya is a self governing municipal area which covers the whole tambon Nong Prue (Nongprue) and Na Kluea (Naklua) and parts of Huai Yai and Nong Pla Lai. It is located in the heavily industrial Eastern Seaboard zone, along with Si Racha (Sri Racha), Laem Chabang, and Chon Buri (Chonburi).

Pattaya is also the center of the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area, the conurbation in Chonburi Province.

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