Hua Hin tourism reaches 2.5 million per year

[buksida]

Hua Hin tourism has expanded rapidly, prompting a forecast of a 20-percent increase of room availability in the resort town.

Roongroj Seeluangsawat, Hua Hin-Cha am Tourism Association chairman, said the number of tourists visiting Hua Hin annually has reached 2.5 million, of whom 40 percent are foreign tourists. There are currently some 13,000 hotel rooms available in the town.

Meanwhile, Nopporn Wuttikul, mayor of Hua Hin municipality, said the city will develop a town plan and move the municipality office, public schools and provincial waterworks office to the suburbs in order to change areas in the town centre to become parking buildings and improve the town’s layout and traffic system. A budget of Bt100 million is expected for the modification.

There is also a plan to invest in water purification equipment with a budget of Bt30 million to produce enough water to meet demand, while another Bt11 million will be used to connect raw water pipelines from nearby Petchaburi province to Hua Hin for 24-hour water transport.

Closed-circuit television cameras are to be installed around the town as well to create confidence among tourists and holiday goers.

Source: Pattaya Mail

[sargeant]

Seems they all come friday saturday and go back on sundays according to the traffic

[buksida]

Just thinking about that ... 40% foreign, which means 60% must be domestic.

60% of 2.5 million is 1.5 million, divide that by 52 and you've got 28,846 Bangkokians on the roads in Hua Hin every weekend.

[STEVE G]

...you've got 28,846 Bangkokians on the roads in Hua Hin every weekend...

That wouldn't surprise me, If you look at Cha Am as well, I've sat on the beach there before and idly contemplated how many deck chairs they have there and it's something like four a metre for several kilometres and some weekends it's hard to find an empty one!

[Terry]

..........................Meanwhile, Nopporn Wuttikul, mayor of Hua Hin municipality, said the city will develop a town plan and move the municipality office, public schools and provincial waterworks office to the suburbs in order to change areas in the town centre to become parking buildings and improve the town’s layout and traffic system. A budget of Bt100 million is expected for the modification...................................Source: Pattaya Mail

Some good thinking - but - Bt 100 million wouldn't buy the paint.......................

[sargeant]

and you've got 28,846 Bangkokians on the roads in Hua Hin every weekend

I would think moto sigh riders would think that a bit on the low side

[Bristolian]

The maths are wrong!

Obviously the only ones that they count are the ones that actually survive and succeed in making the complete journey. Many more indeed set out but, in the ensuing drive of survival, many are lost en route. Between the busses, the Fortuna drivers the mini-vans and the 18 wheelers, conducting u-turns, many will and do fail in the attempt of the weekend migration. Today was another David Attenborough migration classic, award winning episode, of lemming like behaviour. It should be entitled “Never let a little tropical storm slow you down”

[Terry]

TOO TRUE