Popular Post webfact Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 Concerns are being raised about the potential damage to Thailand’s overall tourism market due to a documentary by German media organisation Deutsche Welle (DW), which highlights Pattaya as a sex tourism destination. This documentary is currently blocked in Thailand. Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi, the president of the Thai Hotels Association (THA), recalls a similar report about sex tourism in Pattaya from Germany around 20 years ago. That incident significantly affected the city’s tourism industry as it resulted in a substantial drop in visitor numbers. Marisa emphasised the need for improved law enforcement to address the issue of illegal sex workers, a problem that has plagued Pattaya and other Thai destinations for several years. She also acknowledged that despite Pattaya’s evolution into a destination offering a diverse range of tourist attractions for families and the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) segment, it remains a challenge to fully eradicate the city’s sex tourism reputation. In addition to her role as THA president, Marisa is the owner of three hotels in Pattaya. She proposed that the local administration and private sector could mitigate the issue by consistently promoting alternative tourism products and attractions to gradually replace the city’s sex tourism, reported Bangkok Post. by Alex Morgan Photo courtesy of iStock Full story: The Thaiger 2023-12-05 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 5 1 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bignok Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 What? 50% of tourists are sex tourists. Most normal tourists avoid the place. 15 3 3 6 3 12 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post it is what it is Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 This documentary is currently blocked in Thailand. there's non so blind as those who don't want to see. 12 1 3 9 7 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Negita43 Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 I suppose one section of the tourist visitors might increase - the ups and downs of international tourism figures! 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CDG931 Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 There is nothing wrong with Pattaya being a destination centered around the sex industry. What is disturbing is the hypocrisy of Thai society. And the unbearable repression of freedom of expression. And they can censor the DW documentary if they wish. In the age of social media, there are no more secrets. 17 1 7 10 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ben Zioner Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, CDG931 said: There is nothing wrong with Pattaya being a destination centered around the sex industry. Most people across the world would think it is wrong, utterly. But the only way they could fix it would be to bring in something as big as Disney. It would attract Indian families, boost domestic demand and offer jobs to young Thai graduates. 2 5 3 2 1 17 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bignok Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 Thailand should advertise Pattaya as the hooker and ladyboy capital of the world. Promote it. Have a hooker festival and a ladyboy festival every 6 months. 3 1 2 1 5 1 18 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bignok Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 Just now, Ben Zioner said: Most people across the world would think it is wrong, utterly. But the only way they could fix it would be to bring in something as big as Disney. It would attract Indian families, boost domestic demand and offer jobs to young Thai graduates. Bargirl and Ladyboy Land. 1 1 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 18 minutes ago, CDG931 said: In my humble opinion, Pattaya should remain as it was in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s —NOT positioned as a family destination. Let destinations like Hua Hin or Phuket handle family-friendly atmospheres. And please, no Chinese tour groups taking videos. anyone else not welcome in your club ? 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CDG931 Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, stoner said: anyone else not welcome in your club ? You dont get the point do you Edited December 5, 2023 by CDG931 1 3 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 Let's be honest here, without sex being offered almost everywhere, Thailand will lose 50% and more of it's expats and tourists... 3 1 2 1 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Liverpool Lou Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 16 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said: A whole city whose economy is entirely base on prostitution, be it Pattaya ofTijuana, is just gross, and shouldn't be seen in the civilised world. Fair enough comment if that was accurate but it is not, the entire economy of Pattaya is not based on prostitution but it says a lot about you that you think that it is. 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NoDisplayName Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 48 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said: Most people across the world would think it is wrong, utterly. But the only way they could fix it would be to bring in something as big as Disney. It would attract Indian families, boost domestic demand and offer jobs to young Thai graduates. Sure, Disney can fix Pattaya. Just look what they've done to fix Doctor Who..... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, CDG931 said: What a moronic comment. You dont get the point "What a moronic comment". And, on the subject of "moronic comments"... Edited December 5, 2023 by Liverpool Lou 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Liverpool Lou Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 9 minutes ago, ezzra said: Let's be honest here, without sex being offered almost everywhere, Thailand will lose 50% and more of it's expats and tourists... Let's be honest, that's just in your world. 1 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: Let's be honest, that's just in your world. Not sure about you but IN MY WORLD and having been living in Thailand for 35+ years, I have been sex 'mongering' for decades now and have been to all the places where they sell sex and more so i think i know what I'm talking about... 2 4 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sweede Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 Sex tourism?? Im here for the beaches and the yummy sandwiches in 7/11 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, ezzra said: Not sure about you but IN MY WORLD and having been living in Thailand for 35+ years, I have been sex 'mongering' for decades now and have been to all the places where they sell sex and more so i think i know what I'm talking about... I agree. Around half are sex tourists. If not half then 40%. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ujayujay Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 18 minutes ago, ezzra said: Let's be honest here, without sex being offered almost everywhere, Thailand will lose 50% and more of it's expats and tourists... So you are here for sex 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Liverpool Lou Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, ezzra said: 20 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: Let's be honest, that's just in your world. Not sure about you but IN MY WORLD and having been living in Thailand for 35+ years, I have been sex 'mongering' for decades now and have been to all the places where they sell sex and more so i think i know what I'm talking about... You "know so much about it" because you're a monger yet you quote a bizarre 50% "statistic" for which, I guarantee, you cannot provide evidence. Edited December 5, 2023 by Liverpool Lou 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Liverpool Lou Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, bignok said: I agree. Around half are sex tourists. If not half then 40%. Where's that "stat" from...somewhere dank and musty, no doubt. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndomitableSpirit Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 What reputation is it exactly? They keep going on about Pattaya's reputation when it has been like that from a very long time! Many go there for sex tourism, it is known globally to be "that place." It's like trying to cover a hole with gum, you know it's bound not to stick for a long time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, webfact said: Concerns are being raised about the potential damage to Thailand’s overall tourism market due to a documentary by German media organisation Deutsche Welle (DW), which highlights Pattaya as a sex tourism destination. This documentary is currently blocked in Thailand. Wy would anyone be worried about this . In the Netherlands when I was living there we had Amsterdam and Rotterdam Red Light districts and Coffee(Weed )shops and Sex/Toy shops Everywhere. That's were the Tourists went . So Figure It's an Advertisement 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackleton Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Pattaya is known around the World as the Sin City of Thailand 🇹🇭 It's a image that won't go away hence the number of Sex tourists coming to Thailand 💰 🤑 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiaCheese Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, it is what it is said: This documentary is currently blocked in Thailand. there's non so blind as those who don't want to see. It's most probably a geoblock, and not one from Thailand, but from the TV station itself. The broadcasting rights are often limited at German stations. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimTripper Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) I think I saw that flick 20 years ago. Was that the one where the guy said the lady he was dating dropped him when he ran low on money and she went out with the guy sitting behind him at the bar? There was also one about that girl Pla in Bangkok which I liked. I forget the name of the film. Kind of old school stuff. Edited December 5, 2023 by JimTripper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorebwb Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) This is just a completely laughable statement, Thailand has always been sex capital of the world and well before that documentary. It just brought it to light. Edited December 5, 2023 by moorebwb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Ben Zioner said: something as big as Disney... boost domestic demand and offer jobs to young Thai graduates. its already in place and thriving...its called Only Fans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sydebolle Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 Live with it. There is no bad advertising and this latest example will pour more tourism dollars, euros or pounds into Thailand's tourism coffers. As long as the service providers do it voluntarily (there are alternatives in the hospitality industry everywhere) it seems to be done for the much better cash. So Marisa from the Sukosol-clan should keep her shirt on and stop on her path of self-profiling herself as the hotel association's president. After all, her mother built an empire with two prime properties in Pattaya and not every guest in their hotels came to Pattaya for second-hand book stores or rare butterflies in the surrounding butterfly farms 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bradiston Posted December 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2023 So sue DW for defamation. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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