Sun, sea, sand... and a £5bn sex trade: Seedy side of Brit crooks' Thai haven

Pattaya is at the centre of Thailand’s sex tourism industry, where women and girls are pimped for sex – often for just a few pounds

ByAmanda Killelea

 

File photo: Walking Street:

 

With its idyllic beaches and crystal clear blue seas, Pattaya could be the definition of paradise.

 

But scratch beneath the surface of this little piece of Thai heaven, and there is something much more sordid going on.

 

On the resort’s infamous Walking Street, where thousands of so-called bar girls ply their trade, tourists can buy T-shirts with the slogan: Good guys go to heaven, bad guys go to Pattaya.

 

The strip is lined with gaudy go-go bars lit with neon signs promising pole dancing, sex shows, cheap drinks and more. Women in barely there outfits and skyscraper heels offer tourists massages while signs ask: Do you like sexy ladies?

 

Full story: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sun-sea-sand-5bn-sex-11824796

 

-- Mirror 2018-01-10

 

 

Is this supposed to be breaking news or something?

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

With its idyllic beaches and crystal clear blue seas

can someone tell me where the crystal clear blue sea is   ? 

I suspect that the British population of Pattaya will double in the next few weeks.

 

 

Best advert for Pattaya in a long time.

 

This will have some old Brits hobbling down to Lunn Poly to book their flights asap.

 

Will have the Spanish tourist board in an uproar  . . . .  

2 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

I suspect that the British population of Pattaya will double in the next few weeks.

 

 

Yes, I foresee an influx of families to the "Family Resort" too.

There are an estimated 2.8 million prostitutes in the country, with around 40,000 of them children who are forced into selling sex.

 

I keep on hearing/reading this but have never seen it myself in Thailand. And those children must have parents who are Thai as well i assume.

 

I just wished Thailand could clean it's name about childprostitution....my wife doesn't even dare to say she's Thai when in Europe.

 

 

blimey, who'd have thunk it!

 

thai visa team; thanks so much for this ground breaking journalism and enlightening article.

Supposition, estimates, vulnerable, subjective, this report is a nothingburger.

1 minute ago, Thian said:

There are an estimated 2.8 million prostitutes in the country, with around 40,000 of them children who are forced into selling sex.

 

I keep on hearing/reading this but have never seen it myself in Thailand. And those children must have parents who are Thai as well i assume.

 

I just wished Thailand could clean it's name about childprostitution....my wife doesn't even dare to say she's Thai when in Europe.

True plus 95% of "Johns" are Thai men...

 

"With its idyllic beaches and crystal clear blue seas"

 

"2.8 million prostitutes" 

 

 . . the mind boggles!!!    Faker than fake !

hey luv ...  ya funcy a trap ta Pattaya far tha holideys .....    oh yer luv,  tha wood be luvly ...

"With its idyllic beaches and crystal clear blue seas,",

Amanda has obviously never been to Pattaya,and is

just using the press release from TAT.and she should

be sued under the trade description act.

regards worgeordie

Oh no here we go again...govt denials alongside police crackdowns!!

LOL

I doubt many Brits returning home in the next few months for a visit or whatever will be as vocal about where they live.

"I live in Pattaya" will become "I live in Chiang Mai"

Wonder why? 

The way I see it, if you're so proud of what you do out here, why wouldn't you want everyone to know about it?

 

That being said, I can see Bob, the ex-truck driver from Nuneaton cancelling his traditional jolly to Benidorm and limping on to 

a plane for Pattaya with a pocketful of cash courtesy of an Ocean Finance secured loan.

 

 

Well blow me - no I'd better rephrase that - knock me down with a feather, so that's what goes on in Pattaya! Well ,well, well, golly!

"It must be true - it was in The Mirror"!

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18 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

"With its idyllic beaches and crystal clear blue seas,",

Amanda has obviously never been to Pattaya,and is

just using the press release from TAT.and she should

be sued under the trade description act.

regards worgeordie

Yeah Had to Laugh when I Read that 1st Line......

1 hour ago, webfact said:

With its idyllic beaches and crystal clear blue seas, Pattaya could be the definition of paradise.

I think The Mirror should sack the journalist for fake reporting. 

Here we go, a tabloid run down on Thailand based on the basis of some of the very tragic events over the past week.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

idyllic beaches and crystal clear blue seas, Pattaya

Please, tell me where, when.

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Do you like sexy ladies?

 

     What a dumb question. 

1 hour ago, Essecola said:

Is this supposed to be breaking news or something?

ha ha . i nearly choked.

 

15 minutes ago, Borzandy said:

Please, tell me where, when.

I already asked that.  

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 

With its idyllic beaches and crystal clear blue seas, Pattaya could be the definition of paradise

A little O.T.T.   ....right?

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

can someone tell me where the crystal clear blue sea is   ? 

The author has obviously not been to Pattaya to research her story but wrote it from the comfort of a London office, sifting through various news stories. Look at the pictures accompanying the article; without exception they're all file photos from Getty Images. Junk journalism very typical of The Mirror.

Edited January 10, 20188 yr by Misterwhisper

"A few pounds" - I wish. Those days are long gone.

Ahhh! the good old days!

I think they got Pattaya mixed up with Skegness.....

Its so bracing......

1 hour ago, webfact said:

On the resort’s infamous Walking Street, where thousands of so-called bar girls ply their trade, tourists can buy T-shirts with the slogan: Good guys go to heaven, bad guys go to Pattaya.

 

Forget about the girls, it is selling those darn T-shirts with silly slogans on them that gives Pattaya the bad global name.........

I am now utterly disillusioned