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magnum
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The Philippines' has ambitions to rival Thailand as global sex tourism hub... everything Thailand has worked so very hard to develop for becoming the unrivaled whorehouse to the world is there.
... some highlights:
1 - US Ambassador to Philippines Harry Thomas, Jr. claims 40% of tourists to Philippines come for sex (woo-hooo!... another distinguished graduate of Georgetown University's School of Smashface International Diplomacy... GO Hoyas!).
2 - Former Philippine labor under secretary Rene Ofreneo admits the number of Filipinos in sex trade is the same size as the manufacturing workforce of around 850,000 workers, HALF of them under 18.
3 - Deutsches Welle reports Philippine sex industry is 4th largest contributor to GNP.
4 - Following the model perfected by the Thais, official government is complicit in the trade of underage girls.
5 - Nearly 40% of the Filipino population lives on less than US$2 per day.
... while the Philippines is pulling but a paltry 3.5m tourists annually, compared to Thailand's 16.0m, all that remains between the Philippines and the coveted Whorehouse to the World Crown is to grow this sector with proper promotion... like the Thais do.
… from the Asia Times Online …
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/ML20Ae01.html
Sex: A growth industry in the Philippines
By Joel D Adriano
MANILA - When United States ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas, Jr. claimed that 40% of male foreign tourists to the country visited only for sex, the off-the-cuff comment became a diplomatic incident. The senior emissary made the statement in October during a roundtable discussion on human trafficking at which he blamed corrupt local officials for involvement in the flesh trade.
The claim elicited furious denials from Philippine officials and Thomas later backed away from the exact figure. Philippine Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez countered that official statistics show 55% of tourists arrive in the Philippines for shopping and beaches. By any honest measure, however, the Philippine flesh trade catering to foreigners is growing in size and sophistication and by some estimates is starting to rival Thailand as a global sex tourism hub.
The Philippines' tourism industry is a regional laggard, underscoring the country's security problems, poor infrastructure and unimaginative marketing campaigns. Last year's figure of 3.5 million tourists marked an all-time high, but paled in comparison to most of the country's regional neighbors. In comparison, Malaysia received 24.5 million tourists, Thailand nearly 16 million and tiny Singapore 11.6 million in 2010.
While the total number of visitors may be small, the number of sex tourists is believed to be growing. Males make up over 65% of all tourist arrivals. A leaked US diplomatic cable identified a number of Philippine sex tourism hubs, including Sabang Beach in Puerto Galera, Mindoro province. Sex workers, or "sexcorts", interviewed by this correspondent noted that the cities of Cebu, Davao and Angeles City and Boracay island were easy places to find work.
Former labor under secretary Rene Ofreneo recently said that the number of Filipinos engaged in the sex trade was likely about the same size as the country's manufacturing workforce of around 850,000 workers, with around half of them under the age of 18.
The Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), meanwhile, warned that the Philippines could soon rival Thailand as a sex tourism capital, including for globe-trotting pedophiles. A recent Deutsche Welle special report claimed that the Philippine sex industry was the fourth-largest contributor to gross national product (GNP).
Economists say that entrenched poverty, where nearly 40% of the population lives on less than US$2 per day according to Asian Development Bank statistics, is a major push factor into the trade. Policy think-tank Ibon Foundation recently recommended that the government focus on sustainable poverty reduction and additional investments in public education, health, housing and infrastructure to curb the burgeoning sex trade.
But as US ambassador Thomas suggested in his hotly contested remarks, official complicity is part of the problem. A growing number of public officials have been accused as enablers or patrons of the trade in underage girls.
For instance, Zamboanga congressman Romeo Jalosjos was recently convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl who was offered to the politician by a pimp, according to court proceedings. Another former congressman, Manolet Lavides, was recently fingered for involvement in the prostituting four high school students at the Manila-based Novaliches High School.
Two mayors, meanwhile, were recently accused having sex with minors. Binan mayor Bayani Alonte has been charged with raping a 16-year-old high school student who was reportedly doing modeling jobs on the side. Angeles City mayor Ed Pamintuan has been accused of being involved in the case of another 16-year-old model who was prostituted by her so-called "talent" manager.
Cash allure
Many young Filipino girls end up in so-called KTV bars, nightclubs, seedy restaurants and massage parlors, a number of which are fronts for prostitution dens where customers can have sex for a fee ranging from US$20 to $50. Cash-strapped students are also turning to prostitution to pay their tuition bills or earn extra money to cover their weekly expenses, according to Asia Times Online interviews.
"On a good week, I can earn 10,000 pesos [US$230], enough to cover the fees needed to get the clearance for the final exams," said 19-year-old Jenny, a pseudonym, who is studying to be a teacher but works part time as what locals refer to as a "sexcort". "The sooner I graduate the better since I don't plan on doing this after college."
The cash allure is stronger for those who have fallen off the educational track. Canadian missionary Brett Ostrander related a story about a 14-year-old girl he met in his community work with International Teams Canada. Two years later, he noted, she became involved in the sex trade working as an escort to tourists while sightseeing and also providing sexual services.
Internet-based sexual services are also extending the trade into once remote rural areas, warned the CBCP. MJ, a pseudonym, got hooked on cyber-sex because of the easy money, considerably more than the 2,000-4,000 pesos she could earn as a domestic servant. She said she enticed some of her other friends working as maids to perform sex acts and strip online part time. Others she knows are advertising massage services online and are offering "extra service" for additional fees.
To be sure, there are several sex service-related love stories. Mina, not her real name, married a Korean man who she met in a strip club and now runs a small business while her two children are enrolled in an expensive private school. Another from the same club met an American who provided her the funds needed to finish a nursing course. She is now living comfortably in the US, she wrote anonymously in an e-mail.
Most of the time, however, women who enter the Philippines' sex trade are exploited badly and highly vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases, particularly HIV-AIDS. As the Philippine sex trade expands to cater to a growing number of foreigners, the number of reported AIDS cases more than doubled this year, one of the few countries in the world to see its number of cases rise.
Activists against the trade, meanwhile, are fighting a losing battle. "The most difficult part is bringing people out of it or deterring others from joining it," said Ostrander. He said one of the most challenging issues of combating sex tourism is providing those in the industry with real options for other work. "Can we offer them jobs?," he asked rhetorically. "Unfortunately, the answer is no."
He concedes that sex tourism provides a way out of poverty. In the case of the 16-year-old girl mentioned above, Ostrander noted that for the first time she had her own money, was able to travel and rent her own apartment on wages she made as an escort. "If the ethical or moral aspect is our only avenue to get young girls out, I doubt there will be any success."
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:16 pm on Dec. 21, 2011
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dirty guru
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Forget it-
The sex is way better there- no question -
Big tits crucifixs and clear english (spanish blood)
No contest -
Just too hard f***ing them off sometimes-
Place isnt as safe either-
Thailand wins
My two bahts worth
Ps any doubters Google westerners killed abroad
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 8:56 pm on Dec. 22, 2011
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DaffyDuck
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Quote: from magnum on 11:16 am on Dec. 22, 2011
... while the Philippines is pulling but a paltry 3.5m tourists annually, compared to Thailand's 16.0m, all that remains between the Philippines and the coveted Whorehouse to the World Crown is to grow this sector with proper promotion... like the Thais do.
Good points, but it'll take a bit more to get me to head to the Philippines.
I enjoy the fact that I can walk around late at night, and not be worried about crime - a luxury that is not always a given in the Philippines.
Likewise, I enjoy not being in a Christian influenced culture (though, admittedly, that's a minor criteria for most punters) - again, something the Philippines can not offer.
There's a bit of skirmish / civil war thing going on - granted, Thailand has that as well, but it's limited to the Muslim infested South.
The one advantage of the Philippines is that everyone speaks English -- but the lesser English proficiency has never been a problem for me, plus it's more fun to learn a language.
In my book, Thailand still wins, hands down.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 3:00 am on Dec. 23, 2011
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Kaymanx
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Quote: from DaffyDuck on 4:00 pm on Dec. 23, 2011
In my book, Thailand still wins, hands down.
Agreed. The glaring difference between Philippines and Thailand tourist arrivals (3.5 million versus 16 million) tells something about the other attractions that Thailand offers all tourists. It debunks the common misconception that most tourists to Thailand are sex-oriented. Thailand has shopping, it has a huge domestic manufacturing industry that spawns never-ending trade events and delegations (which rarely, if ever, round off without a holiday in the tail). It offers a great medical tourism option - people come here to fix their teeth even. Thailand is famed for its therapeutic massage spas. And location! In the heart of South East Asia with easy air connections to most every major city in the world.
I believe Thailand is so good that even a man with erectile dysfunction will find heaven here. In my book, Thailand wins even dicks down.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 5:14 am on Dec. 23, 2011
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dirty guru
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I had two months In Boracay Island- heaps of korean girls on holiday-
Beautiful place prettier then Krabi - infact rated as one of the worlds top 20 beaches-
Great aqua water - diving and sailing-
However there is a security guard armed every 50 meters - to protect the tourists -
There was a murder (Grizzly one ) in the hotels garden previous week-
You have to be careful late at night wandering around - some mad f***ers about-
In manila in the red light Zone we saw Extreme Violence on two occasions (one guy getting clubbed )
Pattaya beach at 2am is childs play compared to some parts of manila on a bad night-
There were gun shots ringing out- bouncers had shot guns -
Thieves and robbers-
But the sex was good-(its their spanish bloodlines)
I mean really good-
Better than anything I have had -
The girls spoke clear english - and were brighter in general-
Most had breasts and loved f***ing - some insisted on shit like dressing up as a Nurse then calling her friend to come over - just ball park crazy shit-
The Christian shit worked for me - as you were waiting for their heads to spin - that crucifix bobbing around-
Thais even the naughty ones never did their shit -
totally random acts of lust-
Like brothers girl walks in room and she is milking my dick in her mouth while he steps out for a 7/11 razor- *(free)...shhhhh she said -
Its insane shit-
But you never relax 100%-
One time we nearly got robbed at an ATM machine - the cops cruising by saved US-
Beheadings of marines in an Island south-
Its all ok - but you know shit Happens- and over there it can be quick and without warning-
Thailand you can travel nights - walk about- there its not advised -
Most vivid memory of feeling unsafe was walking home over a mile in a Black out along Boracay Island beach really late with two girls - there was a gang of guys up ahead with wicked evil looks -
The girls both took off back the way we came and said to me "run" so I did-
They said they would have been raped and me robbed and murdered maybe -
I didn't doubt it
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 5:30 am on Dec. 23, 2011
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thailife
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DG, you should write a book.....
By day a water taxi skipper and by night a ladies man.......
world traveler..... a man's man.... a man who has f***ed every nationality in the world, including goats and sheep......
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 12:06 pm on Dec. 23, 2011
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The Machine
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What about Indo girls?
I am liking them more and more.
Indo girls can be seriously good fun.
Indonesia surely must rate highly in the sex stakes.
I am going to do a side trip to Jakarta over Chinese New Year and sample the offerings.
In Pattaya at the moment for Xmas and New Year where the pickings are always good.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:27 pm on Dec. 23, 2011
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Biff
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Don't miss Blok M Top Gun! Always interesting! Plus a quck visit to 5 + 1!
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:00 pm on Dec. 26, 2011
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Bimlee
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I had been to Philippines couple of times, had very good time there, not all the times though. My first trip was superb - went for 2 days trip, stayed back for 10 days. My friend who was with me in that trip, was suggesting me to marry her. Yes, 10 days I stayed with just one girl, and she was f***ing hot & beautiful.
I agree, it is not as safe as Thailand, lots of cheats & muggers around in big cities like Manila. Some how, I have a better liking now on Thai Girls, though Philippino girls are prettier. Thai girls are simple by nature.....Never tried Indonesian girls, heard they are on top of the list, better than philippinos even...have to try at least once before my little john goes on "coma"
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 1:14 am on Dec. 27, 2011
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Trevor2522
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I get fed up with all this talking-up of Indonesian girls. They are expensive, mostly have an attitude, and usually a baby. Food is awful, as is the infrastructure.
Thais and Filipinas are trouble-free by comparison.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 4:17 pm on Aug. 28, 2012
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