Pattaya Bars Empty Amid Low Season and Shifting Tourism Trends

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On 2/21/2025 at 12:27 PM, Tailwagsdog said:

Gosh yes I think you've cracked it ol boy ...

Most of the decent looking ladies have given up working the bars  they can now sit at home  finding customers online  at the likes of "Thaifriendly.com"

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The misogyny here is strong here..

[PingRoundTheWorld]

12 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

I thought about going to Pattaya this weekend, but not going.

It's basically been taken over by Indian tourists now. 

Had a weekend in Ho Chi MInh city instead. 

While they do walk all over the place, especially the area between WS and Pratumnak, you rarely see them inside regular clubs. They mostly stick to their own clubs. Not really an issue for me. Ho Chi Minh on the other hand I've been a few times and have zero desire to ever go again - unless that's changed in the last few years, nightlife is very lame, especially weekdays, and the girls are cut throat pros - none of that Thai GFE.

[DonniePeverley]

4 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

While they do walk all over the place, especially the area between WS and Pratumnak, you rarely see them inside regular clubs. They mostly stick to their own clubs. Not really an issue for me. Ho Chi Minh on the other hand I've been a few times and have zero desire to ever go again - unless that's changed in the last few years, nightlife is very lame, especially weekdays, and the girls are cut throat pros - none of that Thai GFE.

 

 

If you go to Pattaya and even look for some female entertainement you can't. The indians, by sheer numbers who want to engage in prostitution have taken that space over. Because of their huge numbers they can block book vulnerable Thai ladies into accepting their low offers for multiple men in one session.

 

It's awful. 

 

If you are a women coming, who isn't a prostitute, you are likely to be morally destroyed if you encounter any indian men, who unfortunetly view any women there as prostitutes.

 

Then there is the behaviour - blowing noses into swimming pools, letting children urinate into pools, washing their face in the pool - i've seen it. 

Holding up a queue in 7/11 because the whole family are dining out on a 7/11 cheese toastie. 

 

Don't get me wrong it's not just Indians, but for Pattaya it's an issue.

 

Backpackers from the west, staying in hostels, are an even bigger issue. Thialand needs to ban hostels.