{"id":7947,"date":"2018-02-27T23:33:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7947"},"modified":"2018-02-27T23:33:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:33:10","slug":"gambia-is-not-a-sex-destination-if-you-want-a-sex-destination-you-go-to-thailand","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/gambia-is-not-a-sex-destination-if-you-want-a-sex-destination-you-go-to-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Gambia is NOT a sex destination. If you want a sex destination, go to Thailand&#8221;:\u00a0 Diplomatic row brewing as Thailand fired back at\u00a0Gambia minister \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"site-heading__container\">\n<div class=\"notSticky\">\n<header class=\"layout site-header\" role=\"banner\">\n<div class=\"layout__item u-4-of-4-lap-and-up site-header__content\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"logo-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layout clearfix container main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"layout theme--news\">\n<article class=\"layout__item article theme--news  article--primary\">\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p class=\"u-m0\">Sex tourism comments attributed to Gambia\u2019s minister of tourism and culture back in January 2018 has sparked a diplomatic row with Thailand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.khaosodenglish.com\/politics\/2018\/02\/27\/thailand-protests-gambian-ministers-sex-tourism-remark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khaosodenglish new portal, <\/a>the Thai embassy has handed a formal request to the Gambian government after its minister, Hamat Bah, suggested that sex tourists should head to Thailand because Gambia would not welcome them.<\/p>\n<p>A foreign affairs spokeswoman, Makawadee Sumitmor confirmed that Thai diplomats in Senegal, who had jurisdiction for The Gambia filed the letter of displeasure whiles a similar letter was sent to the Gambian embassy in Malaysia, which also serves Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not a sex destination. If you want a sex destination, you go to Thailand. The Gambia is not a sex destination. We are not, we are not and please every Gambian must sing that song,\u201d Bah said in an interview in January.<\/p>\n<p>His position gained currency recently after an online new agency republished his view attracting the attention of the Thai authorities after it went viral on the country\u2019s social media space.<\/p>\n<p>Thai Culture minister Veera Rojpojchanarat is on record to have said that sex tourism used to be prevalent but has since dropped because of the country\u2019s focus on \u201cmorality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThailand has improved a lot in this issue. After the Ministry of Culture worked on promoting morality, this issue has improved a lot,\u201d Veera told reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>AfricaNews<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sex tourism comments attributed to Gambia\u2019s minister of tourism and culture back in January 2018 has sparked a diplomatic row with Thailand. 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