Sexual tourism will always be part of Thailand's economy
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Findings
- Analysis
- Conclusion
Many facts show that Thailand is worldwide known for its sexual tourism and unfortunately this kind of tourism has an economical interest. According to the Taipei Times (2003) prostitution has been illegal in Thailand since 1928. However, it plays a major role both in the Thai society and the Thai economy: "The industry is estimated to account for an estimated 3 percent of Thailand's economy, or about US$4.3 billion a year", "Thailand holds debate on legalizing prostitution" (2003, p. 5). Sexual tourism is a phenomenon that occurs worldwide. According to Diotallevi (1995) from the WTO (World Tourism Organization), sex tourism refers to trips made by tourists with the intention of exploiting local residents at the destination in terms of compensated sexual relationships. The United Nations condemns this type of tourism due to negative health, social and cultural repercussion on host and destination countries alike. Furthermore sex tourism is often linked not only with prostitution but also with child abuse and human trafficking. According to World Vision Child Sex Tourism Prevention Project (2007), international profit-making sex trade business concerns two million children, in most cases against their will. he majority of these children are under the age of sixteen.
[...] Harrison (n.d.) states: "One young girl that I met had been locked in a room and forced to serve upward of ten men a day. She was only eight years old". Sexual tourism will always be part of Thailand's economy Thailand's image as a country has been damaged and is suffering due to the issues of the sexual industry. People who have visited this beautiful country for cultural tourism will tell you about the stunning temples. The leisure tourists will tell you about the golden sand beaches and the crystal clear waters. [...]
[...] (Wikipedia: prostitution in Thailand) The human desires (request for sexual intercourse), demand of sexual services, easiness of access are some of the strengths of this industry in Thailand. As we can see, sexual tourism's strengths are sizeable, but the main problem of this industry is the ongoing demand from the tourists themselves as well as a strong indigenous one that is often forgotten. According to www.2tat.or.th (2007) every man is a potential customer and the majority of visitors to Thailand are men. [...]
[...] This caused a strong demand for prostitution, which was the main factor that made Thailand exploit sexual tourism. Thailand is known for its immense offer of brothels; just about anyone can go and buy sexual services. Nowadays, even if Thailand seems to be on a good way to reduce the sexual tourism industry, according to the results, the reality is much worse. Sexual tourism will always be part of Thailand's economy So why would the government stop any time soon such a lucrative business that brought an estimated US$ 4 billions in 2003? [...]
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