I'm curious if the mass exodus home of working girls from Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket is noticable in the cities and villages?    There must have been thousands of sex workers and tourism industry workers returning to Issan

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In years past (I first visited in 2004), I remember at the start of High season seeing pickup truck after pickup truck driving down the sois with a dozen young ladies sitting in the back.  Saw less and less of that over the years as many of the girls I think just stuck it out after high season as there were so many residents and expats in Thailand to help them eke out a living

Women return to Isan. Girls stay with their sponsors. ???? 

Tens of thousands have packed up and gone home. For many, the near future looks very dim. Tourism is not returning anytime soon, and most know that, despite what the goons continue spouting on about.

 

Nobody knows how high unemployment is right now. I suspect it is over 30% nationwide. Alot of hurt right now. Alot of pain for the locals. I really feel for them. Where is the hope? Where is the promise of a rosy tomorrow? What is the future of the nation?

 

Seven years of regression, combined with a stunning degree of mismanagement, ineptitude, lack of vision, and inability to even get the vaccine program right, is leading to alot of desperation at this time.

 

 

I’m sure they’ve all sold there gold by now, however many still have income from guys supporting them from afar.

On 7/25/2021 at 4:28 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

Women return to Isan. Girls stay with their sponsors. ???? 

I suspect you have a room full of them? ????????

On 7/25/2021 at 4:47 PM, spidermike007 said:

Tens of thousands have packed up and gone home. For many, the near future looks very dim. Tourism is not returning anytime soon, and most know that, despite what the goons continue spouting on about.

 

Nobody knows how high unemployment is right now. I suspect it is over 30% nationwide. Alot of hurt right now. Alot of pain for the locals. I really feel for them. Where is the hope? Where is the promise of a rosy tomorrow? What is the future of the nation?

 

Seven years of regression, combined with a stunning degree of mismanagement, ineptitude, lack of vision, and inability to even get the vaccine program right, is leading to alot of desperation at this time.

 

 

You got that right.  Suicide across the nation is at an all time high.  Domestic abuse: elder abuse (more than usual), spousal abuse, child abuse, you name it.  Theft, local scams, feuds and murder are also up up up. 

 

The vast majority of village folk live hand to mouth and a food cart income doesn't go far, especially when it's been shut down for over a year.  And most of those that go to the cities to work "in the trades" can't send anything home when they can't pay their own rent.  Or worse, when they have to join the family back in the village when they were the main bread winners in the first place.  All is lost and another mouth/family to feed.

 

It is a tragedy what has happened to all these folks, and so many more around the globe.  Count yourself fortunate if you've been able to keep the bills paid and stay at least somewhat healthy.

Plenty of boys returning too I guess, a tragedy of equal magnitude for those with that particular orientation.

 

Regardless, for those of us who lived through the good times of Thailand and still felt they had many good times to go, it is a lamentable and disastrous situation at the moment.

 

But it will get better and get back to normal eventually, since just as the natural environment heals itself, so will Thailand when this is all over.     

1 hour ago, chicowoodduck said:

I suspect you have a room full of them? ????????

No. My girlfriend wouldn't like that. And a couple of them all the time is probably more than I can handle. ???? 

35 minutes ago, Inala said:

Plenty of boys returning too I guess, a tragedy of equal magnitude for those with that particular orientation.

 

Regardless, for those of us who lived through the good times of Thailand and still felt they had many good times to go, it is a lamentable and disastrous situation at the moment.

 

But it will get better and get back to normal eventually, since just as the natural environment heals itself, so will Thailand when this is all over.     

The boys should stay up country and do all that farm work. We take care of their sisters. ???? 

Where we live near the border of Bueng Khan there definitely has been.  Lots of well dressed sexy girls many with tattoos.  A lot of them opening nice shops compared to the usual dark,dank, and poorly lit mom pop shops.  They resemble modern well stocked and clean shops you find in Pattaya,Bangkok, Hua Hin, etc.

 

Nice change.  Good for the locals also as they seem to have money.

 

Hopefully they stay.  Sure makes walking around the towns a lot more fun.

 

 

On 7/25/2021 at 11:54 AM, ricklev said:

I'm curious if the mass exodus home of working girls from Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket is noticable in the cities and villages?    There must have been thousands of sex workers and tourism industry workers returning to Issan

Did you write this a year ago but forget to post it?

1) "thousands": Isan is more than 20 million people on 168000 km²

2) 9x% of bar girls don't dress as bar girls back home, even hide their tattoos (if any)

 

So don't expect that easy to spot change.

Here in the village the female population older 18 and younger 40 is still low.

We have people back in my Isaan village who worked in bars, massage places, hotels, restaurants, taxi drivers, tuk tuk drivers you name it.

 

On 7/25/2021 at 11:54 AM, ricklev said:

I'm curious if the mass exodus home of working girls from Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket is noticable in the cities and villages?    There must have been thousands of sex workers and tourism industry workers returning to Issan

Your joking right?

Are you living under a rock¿¿¿ Where do you think they went a year and a half ago?

8 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

2) 9x% of bar girls don't dress as bar girls back home, even hide their tattoos (if any)

So don't expect that easy to spot change.

 

and the family and the rest of the village all pretend that the girls were working in respectable real jobs in the city..... 

YES!  They have ALL headed back to isan.

They can survive off very little at home.  Although leaving the entertainment zones will decrease their earnings, many of them still have sponsors and have money coming in..  Most I know have Korean, Japan, or Chinese sponsors living in their countries.  And, most sponsors would prefer them to be back in their villages anyway, then working in a bar or massage in Pattaya.

Yup. There's been an obvious rift between some members of my extended fam. Those who managed to snag sponsors, and those who didn't. You can tell who's in a better mood, and who's trying to now eke a living selling food by the side of the road.

 

While I sympathize with the latter's plight, as many are hurting like this right now, I don't have much sympathy for all that time in BKK they had. Time they had to develop their English and social skills, and much better attitudes, which would've led them to forge quality relationships.

On 7/28/2021 at 5:55 AM, Alwaysthailand said:

YES!  They have ALL headed back to isan.

Yet, all are not from Isaan. 

Beyond this trivial pursuit - who's counting this supposed exodus?