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Thai Sex Tour

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Thailand’s Sex Tourism
In our world today, many nations are still in a struggle in finding methods to be able to support themselves in the aggressive economic environment in which we live in. Tourism for many developing countries has been viewed as a key asset for development as well as international recognition. Many nations within the Southeast Asian region, specifically Thailand, have successfully adopted tourism as a significant factor in the improvement of the nation.
According to the World Bank, Thailand has had one of the fastest economic growth rates of any developing country over the last 25 years, making the country an economic leader in developing nations in Southeast Asia. Bringing in approximately 156 billion Baht ($4 billion US), tourism has been the main contributor to the Thai economy. Speaking from my personal experience and knowledge, this revenue has been credited to the many Thai cultural tourist attractions that are located through out different provinces within the country.
A key point that has gone unnoticed is the fact that Thailand’s tourism revenues brings in over 60 billion Baht ($1.5 billion US) alone from the sex tourism that is offered in the country. Thailand’s government, at least I believe, has intentionally failed to recognize this in order to refrain from any possible discouragement from visiting the nation. By leaving this information out, much of the general public is unaware of the downsides of the tourist industry.
The goal of this paper is to show how sex tourism is a great concern. By using Thailand as foundation, I will prove how this can impact an entire nation and present the social and economic factors that began this sex industry. There are tremendous negative effects to the cultural values and quality of living. Child sex tourism is also another area that I will present that is all interlinked with each other. The government has intentionally left out information and as a resu...

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