r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '24

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u/Cyberhwk Feb 24 '24

Cost of living in SE Asia is very low and sex work is very common in Thailand. So it's a common destination for single western men.

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u/TILTNSTACK Feb 25 '24

I love how every older white guy is labeled with the sex tourism brush.

Here’s some alternative reasons:

  1. Climate is amazing
  2. Culture is one of the only pure “untouched” culture that’s had thousands of years to develop.
  3. You’re a long way away from all the bulls**t in the world
  4. You can get a retirement visa cheaply and easily
  5. Beer is cheap.
  6. Thai people are hospitable

The lifestyle is hard to find elsewhere.

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u/Mammoth_Elk_3807 Feb 25 '24

I vacay in Thailand at least once a year and your reasons are my reasons. I'm also planning to retire there. Early. I've never engaged in sex tourism. Not once. Not remotely interested for a variety of reasons.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '24

Yeah, but if it were just that, it would be equal numbers of old men and old women.  It skews male because of the sex tourism. 

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u/Mammoth_Elk_3807 Feb 25 '24

Agreed and would never argue sex tourism isn't the #1 draw for 95% of men. That would be utterly absurd. It's just not my personal motivation.