Thailand Sex Trade

Thailand is a beautiful country with such a rich culture. However, Thailand's image in the rest of the world has unfortunately become known for prostitution and Thailand sex trade.

Thailand has long enjoyed an unsavory reputation for "sex tourism" that begun during the Vietnam war and grew with world wide affordable world travel. Sensationalist Western Media "Reporters" love to concentrate on Bangkok and Pattaya on the well-known "tourist Sex" industry. However, this is only a very small part of the wide spread local Thailand sex trade/industry. See also "Extract from Cross-Cultural Complications of Prostitution in Thailand".

Prostitution is a very old, even ancient phenomenon, and is not something that begun with tourists in Thailand and South East Asia. However, a more than unpleasant by-product of the new "sex tourism" is AIDS which has been brought to Asia. Reduce the risk of getting AIDS or other STD's by using condoms (properly). Most STD's are preventable by using condoms.

Whether exaggerated by sensationalism and "news reporting" or not, prostitution is illegal in Thailand since 1960 even though the law may be rarely enforced and is also widely tolerated amongst Thais. The exact extent of child prostitution, sex trafficking, and sex slavery in Thailand is not known today. Thai law specifies that the age of consent for sex work is 18.

Like most numbers and statistics in Thailand the numbers of prostitutes in Thailand vary greatly depending on who is doing the research. The numbers of prostitutes catering to foreign clientele certainly appear to be high by observation in areas like Pattaya, Bangkok, Phuket and Koh Samui.

It seems that given the nature of the service provided that the use of proper protection would be common sense. Also see health in Thailand. Condoms are available just about anywhere. Pornography is illegal in Thailand and possession of child pornography is a crime. Southeast Asian countries unfortunately have also become popular for foreign child sex predators.

The Thai Government is enforcing laws on this issue and is prosecuting offenders.
Many Western countries prosecute their nationals for sex crimes committed abroad. You can read more about this here Prostitution in Thailand wikipedia.org

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