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Originally Posted by Les Grossman
No, you are going to Pattaya. You will not see anything as clean as the photos posted here. Pattaya is a low class shit hole for prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts, drunks, pornographers, Russians, low class dirty Arabs, and old retired men (usually British) who enjoy golf. Pattaya is the furthest thing from "the real Thailand" there is. You have a better chance of visiting Cambodia and being closer to the real Thailand, than you do in Pattaya.
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A little harsh and misleading. Of course you can't compare Pattaya (or any big city) to a remote Issaan village but Pattaya IS changing. I am not disputing that in the past it only attracted the worst kind of people, and whilst it does still have a big bar scene, hookers and trannies etc, it also has many 5 star resorts and accomodations, quality restaurants and up market shopping malls.
The Thai government and the local land owners realise that families and up market tourists not only spend more money but also cause less trouble and headache than the "sex tourist".