Pattaya booze ban stays, operators peeved

Entertainment venue in Pattaya. Photo: Aleksandr Zykov / flickr.
PATTAYA: Local tourism operators are upset that the popular resort city has been left off a short list of places where alcohol sales will be allowed in restaurants starting on Monday.
Pattaya deserves to be included in a four-province cluster where restaurants will have permission to sell alcoholic beverages to patrons, said Boon-anant Pattanasin, president of the Pattaya Business and Tourism Association.
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