A group of
tourism-related businesses have donated thousands of beach benches and
umbrellas to Pattaya.
Vittaya Yoondorn
A group of tourism-related businesses have donated
thousands of beach benches and umbrellas to Pattaya to help the city’s
effort to beautify its beachfront.
Air Asia, Bangkok Hospital Pattaya and Central
Festival Pattaya Beach donated a total 4,445 seven-meter-long beach
chairs and benches. Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, Royal Garden Plaza, and
Visa International contributed 5,090 umbrellas in several color
combinations.
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and Deputy Mayor Ronakit
Ekasingh thanked the companies for their contributions April 30, even
through the mayor had previously announced a beautification program
calling for all beachfront umbrellas to be the same color.
Itthiphol said the new umbrellas and benches would be
a benefit to tourists and help give the city a fresher image.
