... "the uniqueness of the Thai people" --- "their friendliness and hospitality (Bishop 67), but there is another side to the story. It is to the advantage of the tourism industry to discourage the dissemination of negative media about the potential effects, so often there is general ignorance about much of the activities that go on in the "tourism" industry. The growing American ... acquired relatively cheap. To prevent the interference of the government Thai officials were bribed or in some cases offered a portion of the profits of the trade. When the AIDS epidemic severely hit the sex in...

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