Pattaya (Thai พัทยา Phattaya) is a city of 95,000 inhabitants (2004) in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok in the province of Chonburi. It is one of the biggest centers of tourism in Thailand, with some 1.5 million visitors in 2003.
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