A recent travel survey rated Las Vegas as one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world!

Remember: This is a city BUILT on gambling, sex, and booze--and has LONG history of organized crime connections.

Sound like another city you may know...?

Pattaya, too, has its founding in sex and booze. And long discussed casino gambling is a possibility in the future.

(See the Pattaya News section here http://home.earthlink.net/~galt1967/id23.html with links to FOUR Pattaya based English news sources)

So does the city TRULY deserve it's nefarious reputation as 'Sin City'...?

NO moreso than Las Vegas!

Las Vegas is a BOOMING metropolis sitting in the MIDDLE of the desert with ZERO industry except one--an 'adult' Disneyland.

Women are easily available (for sale), cheap alcohol flows freely, and the 24-hour hedonistic nightlife knows no bounds.

So, why is Pattaya FREQUENTLY portrayed in the media as the 'brothel by the city' while Vegas is glamorous and glitzy?

One word--hypocrisy!

Vegas is more refined, dressed-up in BILLION dollar mega resorts catering to celebrities. Patters, on the other hand, is not subtle. It's straight forward and shabby.

Conclusion: Scratch the surface of either city--you'll find their roots the same.