The top local stories in Pattaya and Chonburi from the past week: Injured elephant’s first Christmas, Pattaya “Booster” program begins, and more…

Hello Pattaya News Readers and Supporters!

The following is our weekly feature in which we highlight the top local stories in our area, Pattaya and Chonburi, from the past week. The number of stories differs from week to week.

These are chosen and curated by our editorial team and are designed for our readers to get a quick “catch-up” of important stories they may have missed. We publish many stories daily and it is easy to lose track of important events or changes in our area. We do national recaps in a separate article, this is only the top local stories in our area and province.

They are in no particular order of importance but roughly in order of publishing. These are from Sunday, December 19th, 2021, to Saturday, December 25th, 2021.

Let’s get started and see what the top local stories were!

1.  Pattaya City announces strict New Year’s Countdown rules

The event starts today for three days…Be aware of the rules.

Pattaya City announces strict New Year’s Countdown festival rules-only double vaccinated AND recently tested for Covid-19 can attend

2.  Pattaya starts Covid-19 vaccine booster program for local residents

This has been continuing throughout the area for the holiday season.

3,000 Pattaya area residents receive a third “booster” dose of a Covid -19 vaccine today

3.  Pattaya prepares for seven days of danger New Year’s traffic program

This has now begun as of yesterday, be aware of numerous checkpoints and road rules.

Pattaya preparing for “New Year’s Seven Days of Danger” traffic program

4.  Pattaya restaurant raided for the sixth time…

Time and Time again….

Pattaya “restaurant” raided for the sixth time after breaking temporary closure order

5.  Pattaya business leaders want the city to be a Sandbox once again for foreign tourists

This comes after the suspension of the Test and Go entry program and the reduction of Sandboxes nationwide to only Phuket last week due to Omicron Covid-19 concerns from the Thai Government.

Dozens of leading business leaders to request to Thai Covid Center for Pattaya to be allowed to be a Sandbox during current suspension of Test and Go

Pattaya hotel room bookings drop significantly after “Test & Go” scheme suspended, more business leaders call for Pattaya to be a Sandbox again

6. Recovering baby elephant, shot by suspected illegal poachers over ten times and stuck in a trap, celebrates her first Christmas

Let’s end on a positive note.

UPDATE: Injured baby elephant in Pattaya happy on Christmas Day

That is all for this week! Have a Happy New Year!