[4] The girlfriend experience, often provided through an escort agency, is a popular service[2] that involves more personal interaction than a traditional call girl offers.
[5] A GFE client pays for time spent with a sex worker, which can include social interaction, dating, or sexual acts.
[14] Research in Cambodia published in 2010 identified a number of waitresses and bartenders who were also working as "professional girlfriends" with "western boyfriends".
[15] This sort of relationship, which lies between girlfriend and prostitute, exists as part of Thai culture and is often used by bargirls hoping to turn their foreign clients into boyfriends and husbands.
[16] It is not uncommon for their one-night transactions to develop into relationships resembling holiday romances, with the couple travelling around the country as boyfriend and girlfriend.