Prostitution has always existed in Thailand, but it took off especially after World War II with the arrival of Western troops, and then rapidly increased during the Vietnam War, when American soldiers on holiday in Thailand actively relieved the stresses of war with local girls. Gradually, Thailand is becoming a paradise for sex tourists and pedophiles from all over the world – prostitution, human trafficking and child sexual slavery are especially flourishing. Since the 2000s, after a series of publications, revelations and the work of human rights organizations, Thailand has taken the first steps in the fight against sex tourism and child prostitution.
In Pattaya – a street of prostitution and debauchery “Walking street”, in Phuket its analogue is “Bangla Road”. Here you can get any intimate services, although prostitution is officially prohibited in Thailand, but the police turn a blind eye to all this and even have their share.
The rent of a prostitute or a transvestite is mainly divided into three types: in the first case, they are taken for a time for sex (from $ 30 per hour), which can take place in a hotel or in a bar room located nearby, in the second case, they are rented for what to chat and drink cocktails at the bar at your expense, often they speak good English, and in the third case, one or more prostitutes are taken, as if for free, for a long time. In the latter version, a girl or boy can live with you, show local entertainment, bars, interesting places, please and serve, and you do not pay them, but pay for them everywhere. This option is popular among older Europeans. Often you can see a decrepit old man walking arm in arm with two young girls who take care of him in every possible way. And this seemingly “free” option is actually the most expensive.
For men who have come for the purpose of entertainment, there is a danger of filming a guy who has been turned into a girl. Usually transvestites are beautiful and tall, with pleasant features. They spend all their money on endless surgeries: gender reassignment, breast augmentation, and even removing ribs and Adam’s apple. The last operations are the most expensive, so the transvestite can be distinguished by the Adam’s apple, for the operation to remove which he has not yet saved up. Here they even manage to make the feet smaller!
An interesting fact is that the development of the sex industry in Pattaya has reached such proportions that even the King of Thailand renounced it and removed this city from the map. But, it brings a lot of money, so everyone closes their eyes and tries not to notice the problem.
The streets of debauchery are full of lights, go-go striptease bars, loud music sounds everywhere, and there are crowds of beckoning girls at the entrances, and no matter what you ask about her age, you will hear in response that she is 16 years old. Girls from the street take turns with performers and dancers on bar counters and so on in a circle. But you will not see a beautiful strip dance here, all that happens at the pole is sluggish trampling to the music and gradual exposure. In the final, they demonstrate that they are still girls. In the bar, you can just sit with a cocktail, staring around or treat them to the girl you like, who will then receive 40-50 percent of its value from the institution.
Most of the girls come from the agrarian northern provinces of Thailand, where the monthly income does not exceed $100. per person, Filipinos do not often come across. Many have large families and are usually the oldest children in the family who are required to help raise their siblings. In general, family ties in Asia are very strong and children are taught from childhood that they will have to support their elderly parents (only civil servants receive pensions in Thailand).
In the end, I want to say that it will be at least interesting to visit the streets of the red light districts at least once, and of course it is worth doing it without children. Nothing terrible will happen to you there, if you do not behave like a “cattle”, the police periodically patrol these streets. There are also decent establishments with very good music and live performances of performers, and if you still go there for a specific purpose, do not forget to protect yourself so as not to pick up anything.