Pattaya’s mayor said April 23 that local businesses would most welcome an influx of U.S. sailors in August.
Speaking to the media two days after U.S. embassy officials told city leaders that about 2,000 U.S. Navy and Army personnel would take shore leave in Pattaya during the Cobra Gold joint military exercise in August, Sonthaya Kunplome said Pattaya would welcome them with open arms.
Hopefully by then, Sonthaya said, 70 percent of Pattaya locals will be vaccinated against the coronavirus and pubs and bars will be bustling.
