yep, it all goes back to government intervention. I hear stories from people that have been here for decades and everyone refers to the real glory years being when the government just stood back and let the market dictate itself. Immigration back in those days mostly just confirmed that you were the person in the picture in your passport and that was about it. Stamp done, come on in, spend some money while you are here, have a nice day.

Now they are always micro managing everything to the point where everyone is losing. It's strange to think about prostitution being a good gauge of how well tourism is doing, but the correlation is really there.