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In the name of prosperity the Thai government has reduced its focus on matters relating to tourism to exclude everything that is not strictly an economic function (Bishop, p. 66). In essence the Thai government feels justified in sacrificing an entire generation of women and children for economic development. THAI International, a government funded agency, addressed the problems associated with the AIDS epidemic and the sex trade, not as a threat to the nation or its people, but as a threat to the tourism industry (Bishop, p. 68). It seems that greed for money, and power has led to widespread government corruption that has led to a sickening disintegration of morals. The Thai government has swept sex tourism under the carpet with a public relations campaign designed at salvaging tourism's identity (bishop, p. 70). Thai social critic Siriporn Skrobanek claims that "The ruling class values the bodies of poor women as a means to attract tourists to earn foreign exchange. This strategy made Thailand a country where all people who go there, like it and long to return. It is beautiful and there is something for everybody (Bishop, p.
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Due to Thailand's dependence on the tourism industry it would be impossible to completely abolish the trade at once. A more equitable distribution of resources among the people of Thailand is necessary for Thailand to be able to end the sex trade. It is important for the world, as well as the people of Thailand, to be informed about the true consequences of sex tourism. This would dispel many of the myths and stereo types that have perpetuated ethnocentric ritual inversions of behavior by western tourist seeking a hedonistic experience. The people of Thailand must be informed of the drastic cost associated with sex tourism. This could potentially cause enough public uproar to prompt changes in the government's stance on sex tourism. Sex Tourism's place in the future in Thailand and the rest of the world is still very uncertain. It will be interesting to see how the nature of the industry changes in the …show more content…
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Due to Thailand's dependence on the tourism industry it would be impossible to completely abolish the trade at once. A more equitable distribution of resources among the people of Thailand is necessary for Thailand to be able to end the sex trade. It is important for the world, as well as the people of Thailand, to be informed about the true consequences of sex tourism. This would dispel many of the myths and stereo types that have perpetuated ethnocentric ritual inversions of behavior by western tourist seeking a hedonistic experience. The people of Thailand must be informed of the drastic cost associated with sex tourism. This could potentially cause enough public uproar to prompt changes in the government's stance on sex tourism. Sex Tourism's place in the future in Thailand and the rest of the world is still very uncertain. It will be interesting to see how the nature of the industry changes in the …show more content…
1998.Night Market: Sex Cultures and the Thai Economic Miracle. New York, Routledge Publishing.
Jubilee Campaign. (25 August, 1998). Child Prostitution in Thailand (Online). Available: http://www.jubileecampaign.demon.co.uk/children/tha1.thm (2000, March 7).
Montague, J. (February 1996). Protecting the innocents abroad? In LM Archives (Online). Available: http://www.informinc.co.uk/LM/LM87/LM87 Taboos.html (2000, March 7).
Smith, D. (9 Oct 1997). Targeting Sex Tourists. Jubilee Campaign (Online). 3 pages. Available: http://jubileecampaign.demon.co.uk/children/phi7.htm (2000, March 7).
Thailand Teenage Girls Bangkok. (2000). Real Sex with Real Girls only here!! (online). 1 page. Available: http://www.city69.net/thaibabes/ (2000, March 10).
Video Travel. (2000). Ultimate Asian Sex Tour Website (Online). 15 pages.
Available: http://www.vidotravel.net/ultimate 2.html (2000, March 10).
World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. (2000). Backgrounder 1: Prostitution of children (Online). 5 pages.
Available: http://www2.unicef.ch/webpub/csechome/226e.htm (2000, March 6).
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