It what should come as a surprise to no one, Pattaya bar owners support a proposal to extend operating hours to 4 a.m.
Damrongkiat Pinitkan, secretary of the Pattaya Entertainment & Tourism Association, said that, after two years of closures and hardship, the extra two hours a night would help offset losses.
He said Pattaya could serve as a model for a tiered tax system for bars and restaurants.
Restaurants, he said, would close by 2 a.m. at latest and, in return, would get a lower tax rate than bars, which would pay more to stay open until 4 a.m.
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