BBC - Is sex tourism bad for Bangkok?

[Spitfire]

This Voranai character may well use a foreigner to actually write stuff, many of these reporter types do, and still should be able to do a half-decent job with just Microsoft word.

Regarding the intruduction of the sex angle into Thai culture, then....well....it's the Chinese that introduced it, ie 'soapy' massage palaces/places that offer a "massage" that lasts 5 minutes then wonders onto other activities etc........that's Chinese culture and was here long before any Americans showed up, just more discretion to it, a 'rub n scrub' after work, then go take the wife and kids out for dinner.

What the Americans did was just to make it obvious in a western way with bars etc.

Heard a few people say "The Chinese introduced the sex industry, the Americans made it obvious."

[BaaBaa.]

It's amazing to think those girls have turned into the blood nut chewing grannies who chase Farang around the villages trying to grab a kiss.

Please don't tell me that's what the future holds.

Only for you Mr P!

[johnnyk]

Sex tourism and golf tourism are not as important as falangs like to think. Both are just components of the larger tourist industry which is mainly 1 & 2-week packages.
Go over to Koh Si Chang near Sri Racha and you'll count 30+ large ships at any time waiting to berth at the piers. They aren't carrying condoms or golf clubs.

[richard]

Tourist revenue is peanuts to the Thai economy