Will This Be The Future For Bangkok's Sex Venues?

[PeterRS]

Amsterdam has long been known as a sex capital with its officially sanctioned red light district virtually bang in the city centre. The narow streets and neon booths of the centuries old red-light district with the hookers doing their best to attract customers from their windows has been an attraction for many.

Moving the red-light ditrict away from the centre has long been a desire of many in the city, especially the present Mayor, Femka Halesma. Moving the district out of the centre is part of her continuing effort to change Amsterdam's image as a party capital. It has already launched a "stay away" policy largely targeted at  British men in the 18 - 35 age group who come for stag nights and boozy week-ends. This has raised anger in Britain.

Not everyone is happy about the proposed move, especially residents of the three areas short-listed for the new red-light district. On the other hand, the centre of Amsterdam would still have a great many attractions for tourists. Would that be as true if the authorities took the sex trade away from Bangkok's city centre?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/19/amsterdam-sex-workers-protest-against-plan-to-move-red-light-district

[thaiophilus]

There's an old saying that any time you see a newspaper headline phrased as a question, the answer is "no". 😄

[omega]

Amsterdam is actually a very small city. You can easily walk from one side of the city center to the other.

Bangkok is far, far bigger, with many more districts. It's 'red light' district isn't really near the primary tourist traps and they're a lot less inclined to tell others how their lives should be lived.

[vinapu]

19 hours ago, PeterRS said:

Would that be as true if the authorities took the sex trade away from Bangkok's city centre?

 

God forbid but if they do , I will follow

[reader]

The end, certainly not. But the biggest change could be the sale of all of Patpong which is a single parcel wholly owned by one family. At some point, an offer that can’t be refused could come forward. That would result in a dispersal of the more successful gay venues but not their elimination. Many thought the closure of Twilight would herald the end of the gay scene. Didn’t quite turn out that way.

[Keithambrose]

4 hours ago, reader said:

The end, certainly not. But the biggest change could be the sale of all of Patpong which is a single parcel wholly owned by one family. At some point, an offer that can’t be refused could come forward. That would result in a dispersal of the more successful gay venues but not their elimination. Many thought the closure of Twilight would herald the end of the gay scene. Didn’t quite turn out that way.

Interesting. I didn't know that about the family. I think a sale quite likely, bearing in mind that the night market is only a shadow of its firmer self, and the number of venues there still closed. 

[reader]

I wasn’t aware of it until I took a tour of the Patpong Museum (opposite Foodland). It was originally a banana plantation.

[vinapu]

12 hours ago, reader said:

. Many thought the closure of Twilight would herald the end of the gay scene. Didn’t quite turn out that way.

you forgot to say "and hanks God for that" ' 

[10tazione]

On 10/21/2023 at 4:01 PM, reader said:

I wasn’t aware of it until I took a tour of the Patpong Museum (opposite Foodland). It was originally a banana plantation.

It looks like the bananas are back