Oprettet af sabai sabai d. 18/10-2008 14:56
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Fra Pattaya Mail :
Mayor sees red after Belgian “sex city” report
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
A special report in a Belgian newspaper labeling Pattaya a “sex city” has sent Pattaya City Hall into a spin.
The Flemish-language newspaper “Het Laatste Nieuws”, with a circulation of 250,000, told its readers that Pattaya was a large sex capital abundant with prostitutes who solicited sex for 250-1000 baht.
Women in some areas of the city have caught the eye of Belgian journalists.
The newspaper writers reportedly spent a week in Pattaya and wrote that the number of prostitutes had doubled in the last five years so that now one in three people in Pattaya is a sex worker.
Mayor Itthipol Khunplome called an urgent meeting of chiefs of government organizations to discuss the Belgian report on October 2 at city hall.
The mayor told the meeting that Pattaya City can’t stay quiet about this matter and will send a letter to explain this to the Thailand Tourism Bureau in Paris to try to have the Belgian newspaper “change their information.”
He said that this newspaper article had damaged Pattaya’s image. The city will need to spread positive information about tourism here internationally everywhere including on the Web. An additional budget for 2008 will be used.
He said currently Pattaya City already faces a tourism problem due to the fuel crisis and the political situation. This misunderstanding will add to the problem if it affects tourism from the European market group, which is the city’s main market.
It must be realized that this misleading image was in conflict with Pattaya’s current policy to promote new tourist groups, emphasizing family visitors as well.
Pattaya City is requesting cooperation from the Banglamung District, Pattaya and Banglamung police stations to be more vigilant in checking licenses of go-go bars and pubs to ensure that they are operating within the law.
This is to prevent a bad overall image of our tourism, the mayor said.
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Redigeret af sabai sabai d. 18/10-2008 14:57
bamsen og det flamske sprog er helt i top 
og det med de fordrukne belgisere skriver om det har de findt kendskab til der hjemme 
