As tourism drops, many Padaung abandon the tradition of putting bronze coils on the necks of their daughters... "Though likened to ?human zoos? whose residents are seemingly caged like exotic birds, the Padaung tourist villages of Mae Hong Son Province used to be relatively prosperous. U Ladu, the Padaung headman of Ban Nai Soi, said they can no longer count on tourists coming to see their ?long neck? women, who are famous for the bronze coils wound around their necks, since the numbers of foreign visitors coming to the province has dropped sharply..."