Pattaya

The name Pattaya evolved from the march of Phraya Tak and his army, with 'Phatthaya' meaning 'the wind blowing from the southwest to the northeast at the beginning of the rainy season'.

Pattaya was a fishing village until the 1960s when tourism began during the Vietnam War.

Pattaya has frequently suffered from flooding, with the worst flood in a decade occurring on 27 August 2021.

Pattaya has a tropical wet and dry climate, divided into hot and dry, hot and humid, and hot and rainy seasons.

In 2018, Pattaya was the 18th most visited city in the world with 9.6 million tourists.