Callippo, you make some very good and interesting points in your posts. I completely agree with you regarding the poor infrastructure, food, corruption lack of law enforcement and relative high costs of a holiday in Ph compared to other SEA countries. I still believe that the sex tourism thing is restricted to those parts of the country that have built their tourist industry around it. As Fred says, Alona Beach on Panglao and the Bohol area in general are nothing like AC, they are very tourist friendly places with lots of western families there. Similarly, Palawan and Caramoan are also like Panglao. I've seen most of the major Ph tourist hotspots in the last couple of years, and even Puerto Galera and Boracay have done a lot to clean themselves up and attract real tourists.
Some single men who travel to the Phil's and SEA are plain and simple travellers or adventurers, scuba divers, mountaineers, trekkers who like to see a different side of the world, if they happen to meet an Asian girl on their travels and form a relationship does that make them a sex tourist
