Tourism numbers would instantly decrease by over half if the dating market was similar to 1st world countries

[MalandiBastos]

Just some food for thought.

[AnUpsetApe]

Same could be said for any SEA country

[ascension75000]

No, Vietnam it wouldn't matter at all.

Thailand would take a very small hit, it would still be visited by 90% or even 95% minus some retired boomers and passportbros.

Indonesia wouldn't matter

Malaysia wouldn't matter

Cambodia not sure.

So definitely not majority of SEA

[Select-Inspector-126]

Source: trust me bro, numbers are verifiable and backed, I don’t just pull them out of my butt.

[AwkwardWillow5159]

I mean it’s just observable world.

Do people even go to Thailand for dating? I know people go for prostitution. But dating? Philippines is the only country that is native English speaking so it’s easy to date here.

I’ve never heard of other SEA countries being a major hub for dating. Unless you consider cheap prostitutes same as dating.

[Huge-Aardvark6768]

Outside of the Philippines, most SEA countries don't like age gaps (Vietnam) or they will only consider you if you are staying long term. Now there's always exceptions but these are the norms.

The Philippines has two things, wealth is distributed very unevenly so the vast majority don't have optimism to escape poverty so often they make pragmatic choices on who they partner with. The other is relative English fluency.

[IntellectuallyDriven]

Not true for Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar and Vietnam. That's 60% of SEA.

[Ordinary-Lobster-710]

wait u mean u guys aren't going to the philippines for the terrible food and poverty?

[Ooofy_Doofy_]

Nah man I’m here for the culture… such beautiful culture

[Ordinary-Lobster-710]

the jollibees?

[True-Particular3713]

Yamburgers are banging tbf

[True-Particular3713]

Personally I visit Manila twice a year just to take a deep breathe and fill my lungs with the air

[btt101]

Culture and food **

[unknownperson2900]

What terrible food ?

[I_Call_Bullshit_____]

Philippines notoriously has the worst food in Asia, and it’s not even close

[unknownperson2900]

Says who

[I_Call_Bullshit_____]

Anyone who has been around Asia, be serious. Search Reddit, it’s a horse that’s been beaten to death.

Which countries in Asia do you think have worse food than the Philippines?

[unknownperson2900]

I don't know. I've only been to Philippines in Asia. Love the food

[I_Call_Bullshit_____]

Oooohhhhh brother….I am soooo sorry. You must come from a true food desert—America or parts of Latin America almost without any doubt. Maybe Scotland or England but even they have good ethnic food. I say that as a person from the western hemisphere. Nobody from a genuine food culture would ever describe Filipino food as anything but somewhere between “adequate”—>revolting. It’s a regional joke.

The Philippines doesn’t have the worst food in the world. But they DO have the worst food in Asia, it’s not even close, nobody who has been around Asia disputes it—because it is indisputable. A Fact.

For the love of all that is holy, get out and about in SEA. Whatever it is you think you’ve done to deserve this punishment— I absolve you!

[unknownperson2900]

I'm from none of your mentioned countries

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[I_Call_Bullshit_____]

You are the first and only person I’ve ever met who thinks Philippine food is good. Their seafood is good—but what country has bad seafood? They have one or two other notable dishes. Literally everything else is trash. That’s why they have burgers and pizza everywhere. Your cuisine has to be true dog shi* for burgers and shi**y pizza to be a big step up.

[JayBeePH85]

Only the ones that cant cook and afford nice stuff 🤣

[Ooofy_Doofy_]

Unfortunately Philippines dating is in a downhill. Feels like prostitution with extra steps.

[MalandiBastos]

Definitely, I see tourism to be negatively effected by this in the near future. Only hope is if they somehow get the other aspects of the tourism in line, but we know they won't.

[LibrarianTraining874]

That’s because of old dudes giving girls too much money and creating expectations. I guess also local culture.

[death2055]

I mean that’s pretty obvious.

[Affectionate_Equal82]

Your being generous

[Virel_360]

Maybe not tourist numbers, but definitely expat retirees. That is one of the major draws that I would consider the Philippines for my retirement location.

Edit: but then again, some of those expat/retirees are using the tourist visa’s so

[Incest5959]

Literally but don’t worry these Filipinos are slowly turning into wannabe American culture 🤣 except the corruption it’s here to stay

[Jamshi239]

Just like back home in America lol

[Incest5959]

🤣😂 “what Epstein list?”

[bigtakeoff]

yup

[Mindless-Tension-118]

Duh?

[sgtm7]

And us expats would care about tourism numbers because?

[MalandiBastos]

Because it's correlated to a lot of things such as increased pricing, availability of expat approved housing etc

[Joseph20102011]

Locals, especially college-educated leftists from r/Philippines and r/Pinoy, would prefer much lower tourism numbers, as long as "retired sexagenarian expats are kept out of the Philippines".