Pattaya city stretches for about 15 km along the Gulf of Thailand, 150 km south of Bangkok. Though its registered population is only 70,000 people, Pattaya has as many as 2 million tourist visitors each year.

Originally a small fishing village of only a hundred families, the Vietnam war brought discovery by the western world and Pattaya soon became the official "R & R" center for American armed forces. Shops services, bars and hotels grew to meet the demand. The tourism boom followed and nowadays, Pattaya is a thriving resort destination.