Originally Posted by Beachlover
Continuing on from the discussion on Kquill's thread: silly-business-ideas-and-tactics-t24047.htmlPlease tell where you got this figure. I have read things which led me to believe that the tourist industry accounted for a lot more of Thailand's economic income. 6% certainly seems to be low.
Wikipedia says TOURISM accounts for 6% of the Thai economy, which is significant. Wikipedia also quotes estimates that foreigners only account for 20% of the commercial sex industry in Thailand.
1. What portion of that 6% do you reckon SEX TOURISM accounts for?
2. Do you reckon sex tourists spend MORE or LESS per day than the average tourist?
Purely for the sake of discussion... And keep in mind, even if the end figure is only 1% of the total economy, it's still fairly significant.
Good Topic !!
1. But how do you define sex tourism ??
Is it the likes of say Mr Mikey getting off the La express and getting to silom/boytown as quick as he can so he can get to the bars as soon he can to off the first boy he likes ,and repeats this process many times over the next 10 days or so before he returnss to Swampy and goes home ,and to count down the x days he has till return to Thailand -- im guessing Yes to him !!
Is it the likes of said Mikey and wifey getting off the la express --going to Samui/Phuket and him sneaking off from their hotel every other day for a "massage " from one of the islands lovely young maidens ?? --does he Qualify as a sex tourist ?? --Mabye
Is it a Mikey of a certain age (say normal retirement age )that has relocated to a 1 bed condo in Jomtien --and spends more than say 7/8 months of the year in Thailand -- spending afternoons at the gay beach lusting over the fit Thai guys and spends the evenings wandering from restaurant to restaurant looking for the best offer on that nite !! --- is he a sex tourist ??
Is it a Mikey of a much younger age that is financially independent, that has relocated to Thailand ,mabye has a job in Thai /or has business interests in his home country ,that lives in Thailand ,has a long term boyfriend in Thailand but meets guys in the clubs /gay romeo and pays the vast majority of them simply for the reason thats its the done thing in Thai (but does not have to pay for it in other countries because its "normal gay hookups ")--is he a sex tourist ??
Is it a Russian/ Chinese Mikey tour group getting on the coach in Bkk/Ptta and brought around the country by coach , with one of the stops being at a giant massage place where the "tour guide " brings them into a big room with one side lined with glass which on the otherside has 40/50 smiling ladies with a number attached to their lovely silk dresses -waiting to be picked by said Mikey and whisked upstairs for a lovely "bubble bath with +++ " --is he a sex tourist ???
Is sex tourism defined simply by the paying for of sex?? --regardless of the amount of times one pays for it --ie 1 time is the same as 25 times ???
lets start by the definition of the aforesaid 6% "sex tourists "
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