Will enough people pay more?
[QUOTE=GreenBud;2119030]Not happening. People will still pay. There is a lot of new construction going on.
It has been many years (at least 5 years?) since Atlantis raised their prices to 3000 pesos, and then most bars on Field Ave followed. The barfine at Atlantis is still 3000. I predict that when Atlantis (in conjunction with the other Dollhouse group bars) raised their prices for the girls, most other bars on Fields will follow.
Workers have been complaining that prices are going up for them. Inflation is occurring. The US dollar got stronger against the peso. Barfine increases are inevitable. I just hope it is later than sooner.[/QUOTE]Perhaps, there is a lot of new construction and inflation. However, the overall trend is a decreasing number of bars and mongers. In general, bars are a dying industry in AC. Bars cannot stay in business without a steady supply of mongers who spend enough to make them profitable. Some people will pay higher prices but many will not as there are other alternatives. A man can arrive in the Philippines and have his fill of sex without setting foot in AC or a bar. Unless there is some grand marketing plan promoting some unique feature of AC bars, there is no reason to believe that business will improve with an increase in prices.
Many smokers and potheads have fled due to the Du30 special policies. For the past year, the international media has covered the Philippines due to the huge body count from the ongoing drug war; ISIS affiliated insurgents in Marawi City, and the renewed war against the NPA. This did not exactly promote the Philippines as a premier sex-tourism destination. It will continue to have a negative effect on the number of mongers arriving in AC in search of sexual thrills. Recent reports generally indicate that the bars are not filled with large numbers of horny mongers even during high season.