Longtime farang residents flee Pattaya during the Songkran festival, however the city council has reported that over a half-million people visited the Last Babylon to participate in the festivities and mayhem, spending as much as 1000 baht a day. Mostly on beer and whiskey and hotel rooms. Business leaders have reported that the total visitors were less than years before and that increase in revenue arose from the increase in prcies rather than expenditures by merry-makers.
Even beer costs more than last year.
Will Chang hit 40 baht a bottle during the rainy season?
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