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Focusing on Lower Southern Thailand, it describes a tourist-oriented border landscape shaped by intensive short-term visitation since the 1970s, where illicit and liminal activities coexist. The study contrasts sex-tourism and pilgrimage as parallel frontier practices and examines how tourists engage with key religious and entertainment sites and their local workforces.","This article was downloaded by:[New York University]On:13 April 2015,At:04:15Publisher:Routledge  \nInforma Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number:1072954 Registered office:Mortimer House,37-41Mortimer Street,London W1T 3JH,UK  \nTourism Recreation Research  \nPublication details,including instructions for authors and subscription information:  \nhttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rtrr20  \nPilgrimage and Prostitution:Contrasting Modes of BorderTourism in Lower South Thailand  \nMarc Askew Associate Professor and Chaira&Erik Cohen George Wise Professor of SociologyEmeritus  \na International Studies Program,School of Social Sciences,Victoria University,P.O.Box 14428Melbourne City,MC 8001,Victoria,Australia;e-mail:  \nDepartment of Sociology,Hebrew University of Jerusalem,Mount Scopus,Israel 91905;e-mail:  \nPublished online:12 Jan 2015.  \nTo cite this article:Marc Askew Associate Professor and Chair &Erik Cohen George Wise Professor of Sociology Emeritus (2004)  \nPilgrimage and Prostitution:Contrasting Modes of Border Tourism in Lower South Thailand,Tourism Recreation Research,29:2,89-104,  \nDOI:10.1080/02508281.2004.11081447  \nTo link to this article:httn://dx doi ora/10.1080/02508281.2004.11081447  \nPLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE  \nTaylor &Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the“Content”)contained in thepublications on our platform.However,Taylor &Francis,our agents,and our licensors make no representations orwarranties whatsoever as to the accuracy,completeness,or suitability for any purpose of the Content.Any opinionsand views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors,and are not the views of or endorsedby Taylor &Francis.The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified withprimary sources of information.Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses,actions,claims,proceedings,demands,costs,expenses,damages,and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectlyin connection with,in relation to or arising out of the use of the Content.  \nThis article may be used for research,teaching,and private study purposes.Any substantial or systematic  \nreproduction,redistribution,reselling,loan,sub-licensing,systematic supply,or distribution in any form to anyone isexpressly forbidden.Terms &Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions  \n# Pilgrimage and Prostitution:Contrasting Modes of BorderTourism in Lower South Thailand\n\nMARC ASKEW and ERIK COHEN  \nIn this article we argue that 'Border Tourism'-intensive patterns of tourist visitation between adjoining countries-requires more systematic attention by scholars as an important sociological,anthropological and spatial phenomenon.Border Tourism and the often marginal spaces where it emerges exhibit some distinctive features:notably theejuxtaposition of illicit and liminal activities sustained by multiple motivations among visitors.This paper discussesLower Southern Thailand and the tourist-oriented border landscape which has emerged largely as a product ofintensive short-term visitation among Malaysians and Singaporeans since the 1970s.We discuss two contrastingforms of tourism occurring simultaneously across this frontier;sex-tourism and pilgrimage(or religious tourism).We investigate a number of key religious and entertainment sites and discuss how tourists engage with these sitesand their workforces,in particular the Thai sex workers in the border towns and the main tourist hub city of Hat Yai.The Lower South Thailand border zone comprises dynamic spaces and sites shaped by the interactions between arange of groups,including local inhabitants,a Thai tourist-orientated workforce (largely with origins outside thesouth)as well as tourists/sojourners.The relationship of Malaysian and Singaporean tourist/sojourners with theborder zone is informed by a familiarity borne of proximity and cul","cbCaivkQszx6Lczx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivkQszx6Lczx","pdf",2677935,3,1,17,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## Tourism across borders and boundary zones\n## Lower Southern Thailand border tourism landscape\n## Contrasting tourism forms: sex-tourism and pilgrimage\n## Sites, workforces, and tourist engagement","[{\"question\":\"What does the article mean by “Border Tourism” and why is it important?\",\"answer\":\"It refers to intensive tourist visitation patterns between adjoining countries across a shared frontier. 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