Over 17,000 people applied for financial and investment services from banks, financial institutions, asset management firms and insurance companies. There was a total of THB 17 billion in loans. The most popular loans were for buying houses; about 4,500 customers applied for a home loan, which accounted for about THB 12 billion.
Loans for small and medium-sized enterprises reached THB 2 billion, a reflection that businesses in the Pattaya area are largely unaffected by the current political turmoil. As the anti-government protests are concentrated in Bangkok, the Pattaya tourism market, as opposed to that of the Thai capital, has remained relatively unscathed.