Pattaya is a tourist city with beautiful sights of many together. It also supports various festivals many conveniently close to Bangkok.
Pattaya Traditional Long Boat Race Festival will be held at the Mabprachan Lake. Reservoir over the weekend of the 20th and 21st of November.
The event,the Pattaya Longboat Racing competition with the Princess Sirindhorn Trophy as the main incentive, although the 500,000 baht in prize money might also be of some interest. There will be competitors from seven countries including Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and of course Thailand
There will also be a special Tak Raw and big drum (or, as it is known in Thai klong yao) competition. Entry for spectators will be free.
The Longboat competition is organized by Pattaya City Hall, Nongprue Municipality and the Pong Sub-District Administration.