Sex Tourism is Big Business In Pattaya

PATTAYA,THAILAND -JULY 31, 2016: Bar girls hold signs outside bars along the Walking Street where bars and sex scenes are a commonplace July 31, 2016 in Pattaya, Thailand. Thailand's first female minister of tourism would like the sex trade that is a huge business in the country to be banned. Tourists flock to Thailand for many sights including beautiful beaches but also for sex tourism. Cities like Bangkok and Pattaya are well known as hubs of the Southeast Asian sex trade, despite the fact that prostitution has been illegal in Thailand since 1960.(Photo by Paula Bronstein/ Getty Images)