40% of foreign male tourists come to Philippines for sex

So why dont we legalize it? That’s what Hong Kong did. Legalize it and then impose strict regulations that protect the workers. When sex workers have documentations they’ can be monitored better.

It is part and pacel of WOW PHILIPPINES and our HOSPITALITY campaign.  Let us face it,  people do crazy things in a foreign country!  Let the good times roll. Just be sure they practice safe sex to prevent  further increase of AIDS in our mother land.

There must be some kind of advertising that these tourists have probably seen for them to come here for that.

 100% tourist in AMERICA for sex as well………..

human trafficking is against human values, but apparently filipinos themselves are implicitly encouraging such values. running after human traffickers is merely scratching the surface. the reason human traffickers run rampant in our country is the pinoy’s willingness to take risks for a better life by any means available. poverty kills critical thinking and discernment, and the “recruit,” driven primarily by necessity or illusion, falls for the bait. for as long as we refuse to seriously enforce any measure of population control, poverty will never be reduced.

this is by no means simply an economic problem. how can you alleviate ignorance and desperation, reduce the feeling of powerlessness and develop the moral strength of individual filipinos? the tandem of desperation and poverty breeds poverty of the mind and spirit, and that is, imo, the worst kind of poverty this country has to deal with.

legalise it, but of course the “catholic church” would be against it. If I was alone or single on a trip I’d be looking for good time, who isn’t. 

Kung yan lang man din ang nagpapalakas ng ating turismo, then let it be. it is a reality naman yan eh. We just got offended kapag na verbalise na ang reality eh.

Wow he estimated, how dilligent Mr. Ambassador. I estimate it’s the same for Singapore and Hongkong.

It is quite alarming if it is true that the statistics said by Amb. Thomas about 40% of incoming male tourists in the Philippines is only for sexual tourism. Immediate appropriate solution should be made by the present administration to combat this social menace involving Filipino women by providing decent job to them.

and i thought the headline was from an intensive study. yun pala, “guess” lang :| way to go in fueling people’s pet peeves in “statistics”.

legalize abortion as well and marijuana smoking. We can increase further tourism. Reality man dba? Wala kwenta ang value dba? pitiful comments. U already lost sight of dignity and valor by saying those things. 

:-(

Where there are tourists, there are prostitutes. And mostly these tourists who engages in sex are not first timers, they can haggle with the rates with the girls and sometimes even duped them for free sex. Aside from sex and booze, tourists come here for drugs. If ever there is a surprise drug testing at NAIA before anybody can leave our country, more than 40% of the tourists will turn out to be positive.

I don’t agree its totally sex tourism, partly there people coming for sex but you don’t have to label it sex tourism. We have 24 hours a day, say average person sleeps at 6 hours a day and most of us are awake for 18 hours. Now tell me if one can have 18 hours of sex, of course No! To label it sex tourism is not correct.

Where exactly? I need to go out more! lol

Amb. Thomas’ numbers are baseless and unfair.  From an Ambassador of the world’s biggest economy to comment like that that has no credible reference but his personal opinion, it is unwanted and uncalled for.  He should have raised the concern without putting up any estimated quantity.  That would have been better. 

The percentage will increase to 100% if the RH Bill will be approved.

If the ambassador is serious about this, it is so easy to catch them. Just go to ermita, angeles and makati red light district. I am sure you can round up a handful of americans daily

Yung data for 40% male tourists came from the same source as 11 maternal deaths per day at 400,000 illegal abortions per year.

Prostitution cannot be eliminated. It should be legalize. Same as gambling and drugs. Criminalizing these 3 things doesn’t solve the problem because these 3 things cannot be eliminated in the modern world. Druglords, gamblinglords, prostilords will be gone. And the corrupt officials in the military who are protecting them will be gone.

Al Capone was a product of criminalizing alcohol. No wonder there is no winelord or tobaccolord today. What’s the worst thing that could happen if these 3 are legalized? Your god will be angry? If an adult wants to have sex, drug himself to happiness, and gamble with his life and pay for it with his own money what’s that to you and me. It’s his life. He doesn’t need the government as his nanny.

Ok….so…which source is that?

You seem to know. Please enlighten the rest of us.

sad but true.
dati kapag nakakita ng mga hapon may sisigaw ng DAPA!
ngayon pag may dumating na mga hapon TIHAYA!

Dapat turuan ang mga prostitute na maningil ng halagang sapat na makakaipon sila ng panggastos sa panahon na sila ay laos na hanggang sa pagtanda. Turuan din sila ng kaalaman upang makaiwas sa sakit. Ipaunawa din sa ibang pilipino na hanapbuhay lang nila yun kaya di sila dapat kamuhian.

Hindi lang ang Pilipinas ang may ganito kundi lahat ng Bansa, kung walang magpapagamit ay walang gagamit..

A most ridiculous and unfounded statement from Alfred A. No matter how he personally feels about the RH bill, one of the main causes of prostitution in the Philippines is the degree of poverty, the need to try to lift ahead out of a bad situation. Unfortunately there are many unscrupulous people who will both employ young women, and as the article says, too many foreigners who take advantage of young women who will simply ‘use’ them. It is sad, very wrong, but to further blame the RH bill in future is a long shot at best. .. and it also demeans those foreigners who do NOT come to the Philippines for ill purposes.

C”mon Guys… As if You Dont Know…. even some Americans called Philippines as…..land of US$2 hooker!!!…..

Yes, the guy is right. It is Prostitution. even if you are married, you have to pay, that is just another status:-)Thnks Ambassador for your honesty:-) It is the Land of milk and honey

paninira lang ng ambassador na yan sa atin,,bakit sa kanila ba wala,,maniwala ka!!!mas malala pa kamo ang prostitusyon dun sa US!!!!

maniwala ka sa ambasador na yan…paninira lang ng taong yan sa atin,,bakit sa US ba alang ganyan sa kanila?malala pa!!!manipulator ang mga taong yan….!!!

 He is not saying there is no prostitution in the US. He is saying that 40% of males come to The Philippines for sex, while males go to the US for other purposes, like Disneyland.

try searching for LBFM, and see what it means…..

oh that would be a good new slogan for DoT… Chickenjoy…. haha.

This really shouldn’t surprise us, i think its blatantly obvious.

1. Some of this might be prostitution
2. Some of these might just be women who want a whitey husband for the visa and better life.
3. Most whiteys probably start coming here for work and they get hooked on the number of willing and low cost girls.
4. Can’t really blame it on anyone else but the girls themselves and their families.

In other news today 60% of foreigners don’t come to the Philippines for sex – who would have though such a turnaround in such a few short minutes huh?

lagi na lang ba huli sa balita ang gobyerno? or nagbibingihan lang at saka lang umaaksyon kapag napapabalita na sa media. palitan ng mga tamad sa gobyerno. tulad ni pacquiao na sinasabing wala naman daw masyadong ginagawa sa congresso. palibhasa di edukado kaya iniispoon feed pa. haay may magandang pagbabago pa kayang mangyayari sa bansa natin?

Nothing wrong with sex tourism.  Instead of exporting our women abroad and exposing them to danger, it’s better to lure foreigners to our country.  That way, we increase foot traffic, increase potential for additional sales and promote other destinations of the country.  Lonely foreigners can enjoy the sun and the beaches, get a nice tan and get a taste of different amenities of our hospitality industry.  What’s wrong with foreigners getting the biggest bang for the buck?  I say we give it to them all the way!

Are they subject to VAT?

Nothing new. It has been going for centuries starting with the Spaniards, then the Americans now it is Asians

Philippines is known for its DIRT and SLEAZE.

Hello? Do you have to believe every word that an American ambassador says?
Don’t be imbeciles to take Harry Thomas, Jr.’s estimate of 40% male out for sex tourism in the Philippines to be true or nearly accurate. He must have been thinking of his personal staff in the US embassy.

I can guess  – one is gay, one is a pedophile, one is a part-time male prostitute, and the other is a sex maniac. See. there are four and the ambassador has ten people in his staff…Okay, there’s your 40%. I am not quite sure where he fits in?

Were you taught by your parents to be disrespectful? From your statement, I can figure you must have come from a country of hookers who use alcohol before and after a customer is served.

Can you be more specific about your statement? Centuries, huh? What is not new is your ugly face.

another foreigner enjoying the time in the Philippines…and hating himself for not being able to find someone to love him..so he makes fun of others where in his own country, trash talk abounds..and pollution is prevalent inside their heads.

kababayan, ano ang pinagsasabi mo? gumising ka, kapatid…basahin mo ang artikulo..ano ba yan minumungkahi mo, ha?  ang layo yata, bossing?

@Walter_Peterson:disqus  – you cannot be serious, can you? Well, tell me, how much does it cost to pay the hookers in your country? Do you get a receipt validated by the IRS?

Normal lang sa turista ang maghanap ng sex. Lalo na sa pinas mura  lang sa kanila yan at higit sa lahat magaganda ang mga pinay at mababango, di katulad ng mga kalahi nila, di naghuhugas at di nalliligo dahil giniginaw, kaya ang baho nila hahahahaaha.

40% of foreign male tourists come to Philippines for sex…Why not?

As the country is hot weather, it goes to the body and heats you up. It is biological.
Other countries have cold weather, that’s why these people are cold.
When they come to the Philippines they heat up. So, let the heat hot
those sagos or else it will cause prostate.

Sex trade is not new, it is as old when Adam and Eve was created.
This sex tourism will help the RH bill for women and men alike to be careful in their encounter.
Besides, unemployment is on the rise, Sex is easy money, one is paid for laying down.

“Hey
foreign tourists, if you need a sex worker look for Mercedes , she’s 
nice and a branded prostitute who don’t give up for as long as you have
enough cash to pay her. She’s a hungry gold and silver digger too. She
works in a prestigious company .”  You know, I really pity our very own
country, the Filipino people who deserve to be called FILIPINO, that
many foreign tourists branded a Filipina, a housemaid or a prostitute. They
look at the Filipina as a little brown race species to be belittled and
abused , is this not an act of barbaric racism?  Who’s going to be
blamed, the government, the Filipino people, the western mentality, or  
a rude mentality. Or are there such a thing, that if there’s no
prostitute there’s no sex maniac and if there’s no sex maniac  there’s 
no prostitute. Anywhere you go, whether in a private/public office
or in a public place, abroad or locally, there is always a prostitute or
a sex maniac.  So many families/couples are broken because of this
kind of abnormal behavior , or an  act of a devil,  Wives and Children
usually are the victims and suffer a lot.  That’s why almost everyday,
we read/hear bad  news from many parts of the country here and abroad
about instant killing /suicide in relation to  illicit affair ,
unfaithful husband/wife, jealousy, or battered wife syndrome etc.  etc. 
How can we help to minimize this kind of problems that many families
are suffering today.  To whom shall they turn to??? Let’s be a GOD
fearing Philippines , and condemn all the works of the devil. Don’t let
the devil ruin the foundation of a Filipino family.

US should not had taken Philippines off from the  second tier Human Trafficking Watchlist. There is more human trafficking specially on the minors in Philippines than its neighboring countries.