Pattaya Times Newspaper Market Share Booms

The Pattaya Times newspaper recently signed a JV agreement with the Bangkok Post newspaper to work together to promote the positive aspects of life and culture in Pattaya and to share articles and advertisers. 

The Pattaya Times newspaper is Thailand's third largest English language newspaper, behind only the Bangkok Post newspaper and The Nation newspaper. The Pattaya Times is the largest English language newspaper printed outside of the capital city, Bangkok.

The focus of the Pattaya Times newspaper and website is on "News You Can Use" so readers are informed how they can participate in social, cultural, sporting events, spa and dining experiences, fine accommodations and property investment opportunities in Pattaya, Bangkok and the Eastern Seaboard. 

The Pattaya Times newspaper does not report crime, accidents or reprint wire service news  (AP, Reuters, AFP) which is readily available on the Internet the moment it breaks. 

Because the Pattaya times newspaper owners, Pattaya Times Media Corp., are also the owners of the largest Pattaya law firm, PAPPA Co., Ltd. law Office, the Pattaya Times often break news on new visa requirements, land ownership regulations, new policies governing foreigner's banking in Thailand, company limited requirements and other information essential to living in or doing business in Thailand. 

This news helps increase Pattaya Times' readership over all other newspapers of any language sold in Pattaya, Laem Chabang Port, Chonburi and the Eastern Seaboard provinces. Many major websites reprint Pattaya Times newspaper's legal and social articles which reach many millions of additional readers. This exposure continues to increase readership of the Pattaya Times newspaper and related website, www.pattaya-times.com.

The majority of the Pattaya Times news is written by its staff and articles are for the most part unique only to the Pattaya Times and not published elsewhere without the permission of the Pattaya Times.

The Pattaya Times readers are demographically comprised of New Generation Thais (40%), followed by Thai socialites and business people (22%) active Expats living in Pattaya, Bangkok and the Eastern Seaboard (20%) and the remaining 18% of Pattaya Times followers are made up of returning visitors, international business people, MICE participants, investors, Thai property owners and students.

The website http://Pattaya-Times.com is rated by Google Adwords as deserving as the most expensive site in Thailand for advertising middle to high end products and services like Bangkok luxury hotels, Pattaya luxury hotels, restaurants, spas, banks, airlines, automobile dealerships, etc., yet we rarely accept advertising on our website, or in our newspaper for that matter. And our rates, when we do accept ads, are well below what Google says advertising on our website is worth.

The Pattaya Times newspaper is subscribed to by 65 Embassies in Bangkok, 500+ businesses in the Easter Seaboard Industrial Estates, Pattaya City, Banglamung, Chonburi and Bangkok government administrative offices, Immigration and TOT offices and Laem Chabang Port. 

The Pattaya Times newspaper is also distributed in 15 key provinces at 487 locations.

The Pattaya Times is the only foreign language, broadsheet newspaper in Pattaya and the Eastern Seaboard, as all other German, Russian and English publications are printed as tabloids. The look is international like the International Herald Tribune, Bangkok Post, Wall Street Journal, Hindi Times, Singapore Strait Times, etc., and most leading hotels like the Hilton, Amari, Dusit, Woodlands, Holiday Inn, Marriott, Sheraton, Royal Cliff and Hard Rock prefer to offer complimentary copies of the Pattaya Times to their guests instead of other local papers which are in booklet, tabloid formats.

The Pattaya Times Media Corp., publishers on the Pattaya Times, is the only foreign-owned media company licensed to publish in Thailand and also owns the rights to the English-language phone book for Pattaya and prints the Official Map of Pattaya for Pattaya City, TAT, the police and for public use.