Timmy tugs at his very long beard insistently and doesn’t hesitate to refute the idea that the sex capital of asia you are going through a difficult time. “Some say that Pattaya is in low hours, but for others the moment is unique, many girls sleep with you for 15 dollars!”, he points out, bravado, between laughs. The Thai town is considered by many to be the great destination for sex tourism in the world. Luxury hotels at knockdown prices, a tropical climate next to the beach and, according to official figures, more than 27,000 prostitutes. That’s one in five people in the city. Or rather it was. On Thailand’s ‘Gomorrah’what now bloom are the dust and the closed shutters.
Because Pattaya was a destination that lived by and for tourism, in which uncontrolled sex was not hidden, rather it was celebrated. Pharmacies only advertised Viagra and clinics offered…
