The main difference between the two is that in Ukraine every single foreign guy I met was there for the girls/sex. In Thailand there are tons of sex tourists in Pattaya and even in Bangkok but many other people are there for the tourism, for working as digital nomads, to build local business, and enjoy the beautiful islands.
Honorable mentions: other countries in SEA although to a lesser extent than Thailand.
I met two Americans that fled Ukraine at the start of the war when I was in Budapest and they seemed pretty normal. Only really got to know one of them but according to him Kiev had an amazing underground techno scene and iirc he was mostly living there due to low cost of living. He was perfectly respectful to me and the other girl in our hostel dorm and we all got along pretty well. I never went to Ukraine so I’m not really disagreeing with you about the majority of them but I wouldn’t say it’s every single one or that that’s the only reason an expat would’ve chosen to go there.
Ukrainian from Ukraine checking in, and wtf? We get loads of tourists here, but no shady shit. We’ve always had passport bros coming over because they think Ukrainian women are traditional, so they’re here to find love but eventually get scammed. The sex industry works as it does in any other country I’ve been to. Not sure how Ukraine made that list my guy.
The main difference between the two is that in Ukraine every single foreign guy I met was there for the girls/sex. In Thailand there are tons of sex tourists in Pattaya and even in Bangkok but many other people are there for the tourism, for working as digital nomads, to build local business, and enjoy the beautiful islands.
Honorable mentions: other countries in SEA although to a lesser extent than Thailand.
I met two Americans that fled Ukraine at the start of the war when I was in Budapest and they seemed pretty normal. Only really got to know one of them but according to him Kiev had an amazing underground techno scene and iirc he was mostly living there due to low cost of living. He was perfectly respectful to me and the other girl in our hostel dorm and we all got along pretty well. I never went to Ukraine so I’m not really disagreeing with you about the majority of them but I wouldn’t say it’s every single one or that that’s the only reason an expat would’ve chosen to go there.
Ukrainian from Ukraine checking in, and wtf? We get loads of tourists here, but no shady shit. We’ve always had passport bros coming over because they think Ukrainian women are traditional, so they’re here to find love but eventually get scammed. The sex industry works as it does in any other country I’ve been to. Not sure how Ukraine made that list my guy.