Reading the history, Pattaya is only a small fishing village until the 1960's, American troops from their AU headquarters in U Ta Pao, Rayong Province found this area. The city is growing rapidly, largely because of go go bars and other nightlife.
As American soldiers left the area after the Vietnam War, the city was falling into pools of crisis, but with the rise of mass tourism from Europe, particularly business tourism to grow this city back. In 2001 more than 24,000 hotel rooms available in Pattaya.
