Trafficking for Sexu The large number of sex workers and tourists led to a notion that Sadao was a popular sex tourist spot. The latter included 13 sex workers and a few government officials at the expert level of the public health, immigration, and labour authorities. Additional information was obtained from an archival research of existing official documents and literature on the relevant issues. Source: Patcharawalai Wongboonsin et al. Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation into Southern Thailand.
It has been known as a principal sea port and coastal trading post from time immemorial. As a historic town, Songkhla has inherited ancient ruins, arts, and places of cultural importance in addition to its unique tradition, dialect, and folk entertainment, a reflection of its rich cultural heritage for later generations to appreciate. Besides fine beaches and abundant natural resources, Songkhla is noted for its fishery industry and the construction site of the Thai-Malay natural gas pipeline as well as the associated gas separation plant.
The natural gas pipeline is reaching Malaysia via Sadao, a southern most district of Songkhla, as shown in Figure 6. It is divided into 16 administrative districts, i. The population of the province is 1,, December, This is particularly for those from Malaysia. With an area of The remaining is water and others.
It imports a large quantity of timber from Malaysia along with industrial products such as chemicals and electronic goods. Sadao town is the capital of Sadao district. It is basically a junction town where people heading to Padang Besar turn off National Highway. The Thai immigration, which is officially called the Sadao Immigration Check Point, has moved from Sadao district to Dan Nok sub-district, just before the border gate into Malaysia.
The town on the Malaysian side is Bukit Kayu Hitam. Most long-distance buses between Malaysia and Thailand use this crossing. By , one many have easily noticed symbols of development in Dan Nok. They were, for example, banks, hotels, coffee shops, internet shops and convenient stores, like 7 - Eleven. There was also plan to build up condominiums in the near future. On both sides of the highway, there were many small roads lined with karaoke bars and nightclubs, with scantily-dressed bargirls sitting outside.
