In high cost Singapore, budget hotels play a useful role in the economy - but perhaps for the wrong reason and publcity. Someone may have of rock the boat, or during this time of YOG season, not good for country image. Imagine the parents of those poorer countries athelete decide to stay there and got more excited that the YOG game?
Anyone remember the ASEAN meeting which was held in 2009 in Pattaya

Well the working girls in Pattaya were told to move indoors while the ASEAN summit was going in, so as not to embarrass the gov't/Thailand

I thought it was kinda funny for I'm sure many of that the delegates must have heard about Pattaya & were looking forward to seeing the sights

It's hypocritical some gov'ts try to hide the seedier side of a country when there are "visitors"
