have no plans to give up their jobs. And there are no signs the hordes of foreign sex tourists are abating. Two hours east of Bangkok, Pattaya’s bawdy reputation hails from the Vietnam War era ...

Thai police appear to be making good on promises to clean up Pattaya, the so-called sex capital of the world, with more late-night raids of the city’s nightclubs and illegal brothels.

As they did so, R&R establishments sprang up to cater to the GIs’ every need and the Pattaya we recognise today was born – by 2012, men outnumbered women in the city, with almost six men for ...