Sex tourists in Thailand | DW Documentary

Thailand’s resort town of Pattaya is still a center of international sex tourism. Since the coronavirus is no longer an obstacle to travel, hundreds of thousands of men from all over the world are again flocking to the country in search of women and sex. Go-go bars, seedy massage parlors and plenty of open-air beer stalls with scantily clad young women: All this is part of the draw for sex tourists of all ages, here in the coastal metropolis of Pattaya on Thailand’s west coast. After a pandemic pause, sex tourism is returning to what passes for normal here. One German tourist sums it up for the camera: “Why are we all here? Here you get more sex for less money!“ A younger German doesn’t agree: “I’m not looking for sex here, I’m looking for love,“ says Stefan, complaining that his numerous conquests are always after his money in the end. The “red light vacationers“ have been waiting for two years: Pattaya’s huge entertainment distri