Pattaya to hold Halloween Festival to boost tourism
Dolsinee Kritayapimonporn

BANGKOK, 4 September 2010 (NNT) — Pattaya City will organize the Halloween Festival 2010 on 30-31 October to stimulate the local tourism industry.

Pattaya City Mayor Ittiphol Khunpluem said that the Pattaya Halloween Festival 2010 would be held under a budget of 6 million THB in total. One million THB was allocated from the Office of the Pattaya City Manager’s 2011 budget, and the other 5 million THB came from the Pattaya Provincial Administrative Organization.

According to the mayor, the grand Halloween celebration is aimed to stimulate the beach vacation city’s tourism industry and promote quality and sustainable tourism. The main target group is Thai and Asian tourists.

The Pattaya Halloween Festival will be held at Central Pattaya Beach on 30-31 October 2010. Highlights will include performances by musical artists and a fancy costume contest with prize money worth over 100,000 THB in total.

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