Pattaya is a small city and a beach resort popular with tourists and expatriates. It is a self-governing municipal area which covers the whole tambon Nong Prue and Na Kluea and parts of Huai Yai and Nong Pla Lai. Located in the heavily industrial Eastern Seaboard zone, along with Si Racha, Laem Chabang, and Chonburi.