With the growth of tourism in Thailand, many women from rural areas are attracted to
serve in the commercial sector such as entertainment, in venues in Bangkok, Pattaya, Samui,
Phuket and Chiang Mai-places identified as good for meeting prospective foreign husbands.
These ladies have fluent English communication skills gained by rote which means their
grammatical accuracy is often poor. Moreover, Thai women married to foreigners also
introduce their friends to friends or relatives of their husband who visit Isaan villages, and
often they too fall in love with Isaan ladies and end up marrying them.