Any single guy who travels to Pattaya is going for one reason: the ladies. Pattaya has been reported to have 30,000 working girls in about 3000 bars. This number varies during the year and has no doubt reduced due lower number of customers. Rest assured, there are always far more ladies than guys looking for one. On this page we’ll have a look at the role of culture of Pattaya ladies. On this page we’ll have a look at the role of culture of Pattaya ladies. On this page we’ll have a look at the role of culture of Pattaya ladies.

We’ll look at where most of the girls come from, their goals, and frame them in their culture. The origins of the ladies and ‘face’ are discussed on this page. The following page discusses the goals and views of Thai ladies. After reading the two sections, you will better understand Pattaya ladies.

Background of Pattaya Ladies

Most of the ladies you will find in Pattaya come from a region in Thailand called Issan. This is the area in the north-east of the country. Laos culturally influences it in the north and Cambodia in the south. It is a poor rural area where the primary source of income is agriculture (predominately rice).

The ladies who travel to Pattaya are from poor families and have little education. Many have had a child with a previous partner (usually Thai), which further pressures them financially.

Unlike in our countries, there is no social security safety net. In Thailand, you don’t have an income if you are unemployed. To replace the systems we take for granted, Thai children are conditioned to feel obligated to support their parents when the need arrives. A large part of the burden is placed on the eldest daughter. High unemployment in Issan means that the need is nearly always present.

Many girls are driven to Pattaya under, either actual or perceived, pressure to provide financial support to their families. The pressure is even more so for those ladies with children. Also, they often come with the plan to find a foreigner to marry them and look after them and their families.

Unfortunately, many of the ladies find that the reality of Pattaya is much different from the stories they hear and that it is not so easy to find a ‘good man.’ It is not long before their hopes disappear, and they become disillusioned. This is further discussed on the next page.

Pattaya Ladies and the Family

To Thais, the family is the most important thing. From birth, they are conditioned to be dependent on their family. This is very different from the west, where independence is more important. For instance, young children often sleep with their parents well beyond what would be tolerated in the west.

This conditioning is essential due to the lack of a welfare system. It is up to the offspring to provide for the elder members of the family once they can no longer work. For whatever reason, more of the responsibility to provide for the family fall on the females of the family.

Another critical factor is that female children are not regarded as highly as males.

‘Face’ in Thailand

‘Face’ is an Asian human trait rather than a Thai one. It is their pride and how others look upon them.  It is customary in our countries for people to be told that they do or have done something wrong. However, in Thailand, it is considered very rude to do this. It is something that the Thais will avoid as much as possible. Thais would much prefer to lie than to make someone feel uncomfortable.

Something the bar girls don’t like is for a guy to take them and for the guy to return to the bar to take another lady. This tells everyone in the bar that she is not suitable. You will not be liked in a bar if you go about taking more than one lady from there if you go about it incorrectly.

Some people will tell you that the whole face thing is to keep a guy on the hook. The girls don’t want to lose a customer to another lady as she loses money. While this is undoubtedly a factor, genuine feelings of being discarded are also at work.

A later section will discuss how to take more than one lady from the same bar, so everyone is happy.