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“After that, I understood the concept of naturism. I wasn’t fully committed at first, but then it started to grow on me. Being nude is comfortable. After we opened this resort, many Thais came to us. I asked them where they had been doing it. They said they got naked at a farm in the upcountry [where nobody saw], then we all started to get to know each other and go on trips.”
Today, those places still exist and are still popular, but more and more other experiences are popping up. Mindfulness and wellness found their way into naturism and often resulted in more luxury places where you can enjoy high-quality facilities, sleep in a very good bed, and have champagne for breakfast. There are active naturist vacations with options to hike naked, there are beach naturist vacations, cultural naturist vacations, you name it. All cater to people who enjoy being nude in a non-sexual way and in a somewhat social scene, but with very different wishes and needs.
I have recently looked at holiday venues that support naturism. Not in resorts where you’re behind gates and fences, but beaches where there’s accomodation nearby, where you can be nude 24/7 and you don’t need to put on any clothes to leave your accomodation and stroll down to the beach. There are quite a few, and they’re not exclusively naturist, but naturists and textiles mixed. You’re not restricted by gates and fences.
An example of such a huge naturist resort is in France. This resort has been a milestone in the history of modern naturism. It’s where the (International Naturist Federation) was founded and it still promotes a nude obligatory policy. But with more than ten thousand visitors per day in high season, it’s not uncommon to see visitors with clothes on. has put up huge signs around the resort asking you to not wear any clothes, but in reality they only enforce their policy in areas like the beach, swimming pools, etc.
While people in North America believe that France is far more tolerant about nudity, that is not always the case. Yes, it is true that Germany and France are the cradles of naturism. And there are more naturist resorts in France than anywhere else. But outside of the naturist clubs, resorts, and beaches, nudity is very restricted. For example, unlike in Canada and some states in the USA (like New York) women do not have the right to be topfree. And unlike in Germany, being nude in a public park will get you arrested. So having this level of nudity at a large textile event is quite unprecedented.

















