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A tour to a destination where sexual services are available to tourists.
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Sex tourism is travel to engage in sexual activity with prostitutes.
The World Tourism Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, defines sex tourism as "trips organized from within the tourism sector, or from outside this sector but using its structures and networks, with the primary purpose of effecting a commercial sexual relationship by the tourist with residents at the destination".[1] The U.N. opposes sex tourism citing health, social and cultural consequences for both tourist home countries and destination countries, especially in situations exploiting gender, age, social and economic inequalities in sex tourism destinations.[1][2][3]
While sex tourism can refer to a variety of commercial sexual activities, agencies and academics[who?] sometimes also use the terms: adult sex tourism, child sex tourism and female sex tourism to refer to different kinds of sex tourism.[citation needed] Attractions for sex tourists can include reduced costs for services in the destination country, along with either legal prostitution or indifferent law enforcement and access to child prostitution.
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Destinations
Several countries have become preferred destinations for sex tourists. These include Thailand,[4] Brazil,[5][6] Sri Lanka,[7][8][9] Dominican Republic,[10][11] Costa Rica,[12][13] Cuba,[14][15] and Kenya,[16]
An individual city or region can have a particular reputation as a sex tourist destination. Many of these coincide with major red-light districts, and include Amsterdam in the Netherlands; Zona Norte in Tijuana, Mexico; Boy's Town in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico; Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil; Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket in Thailand; Vladivostok in Russian Far East, destination for Asian sex tourists [17], and Angeles City[18], the site of a former United States military base in the province of Pampanga, Philippines.
In the United States, prostitution is largely illegal, with the exception of certain areas of the state of Nevada and Rhode Island; these have become a sex tourist destination for some Americans. To a lesser extent, several other large cities in the U.S. are also domestic sex tourist destinations despite legal sanctions on prostitution.
Conversely, prostitution is a legal activity in a growing list of other nations worldwide, including in many (but not all) of these destinations.
Adult sex tourism
Adult sex tourism is travel to engage in a sexual activity with paid prostitutes over 18 years of age. It is distinguished from child sex tourism and forced prostitution or sex trafficking, which are generally illegal. Adult sex tourism is generally legal in the place where the sexual activity takes place. The sexual activity is generally illegal in the traveler's home and legal in the traveler's destination.
Adult sex tourism includes domestic sex tourism, for example, by an adult from California, USA, to Nevada, USA for the purpose of having sex with prostitutes, as prostitution is illegal in California and legal in parts of Nevada where it is widely advertised, organized and legally promoted. International adult sex tourism is the term applied when the traveler crosses national borders for this purpose.
Adult sex tourism is a multibillion dollar industry that supports an international workforce estimated to number in the millions. [19] It has been argued by some people that adult sex tourism benefits not only the sex industry but also the airline, taxi, restaurant and hotel industries.[20]
Female sex tourism
The main destinations for female sex tourists are Southern Europe (mainly Italy, Greece, Croatia , Turkey, and Spain), the Caribbean (led by Jamaica, Barbados and the Dominican Republic), parts of Africa (Tunisia, Gambia, Kenya [21]), Bali,[22] and Pattaya or Phuket in Thailand. Other destinations include Nepal, Morocco, Fiji, Ecuador and El Salvador.[23] An estimated 650,000 Western women have engaged in sex tourism from 1980 to the present, many of them as repeat customers.[24] By some estimates, 80,000 North American and European women visit Jamaica every year for sex.[25]
Child sex tourism
Child sex tourism is a multi-billion-dollar criminal industry believed to victimize as many as 2 million children around the world.[26] In an effort to eradicate the practice, many countries have enacted laws to allow prosecution of its citizens for child abuse that occurs outside their home country, even if it is not against the law in the country where the child abuse took place.
Legal issues in the United States
Federal law (see PROTECT Act of 2003) prohibits United States citizens or permanent residents to engage in international travel with the purpose or effect of having commercial sex with a person under the age of 18, or any sex with a person under the age of 16; facilitating such travel is also illegal. Arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement are becoming common; however, prosecutions under this law are still very rare.
As of 2005, there has been one effort to prosecute a sex tour operator: Big Apple Oriental Tours of New York was prosecuted for "promotion of prostitution" by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer after lobbying by feminist human rights groups; however, the case has been thrown out twice.
HR 972, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 reauthorizes the 2000 law, but it also gives U.S. law enforcement better tools to study human trafficking within the United States and to prosecute those who purchase sex acts. The measure authorizes $50 million for grants to state and local law enforcement to investigate and prosecute persons who engage in the purchase of commercial sex acts.[27]
Legal issues in the United Kingdom
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 enables British citizens and residents who commit sexual offences against children overseas to be prosecuted in the UK.[28] Some of the offences carry penalties of up to life imprisonment and anyone found guilty will be placed on the Sex Offenders Register. The UK police and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre and Interpol are actively involved in monitoring child sex tourists and will prosecute where necessary.
Witnesses can report it to the local police, hotel manager, tour representative or tour operator. Witnesses can also call Crimestoppers when they return to the UK. A cash reward may be available.
Legal issues in Canada
Canada has included in its Criminal Code provisions that allow for the arrest and prosecution of Canadians in Canada for offences committed in foreign countries related to child sex tourism, such as child prostitution, as well as for child sexual exploitation offences, such as indecent acts, child pornography and incest. Convictions carry a penalty of up to 14 years' imprisonment.[29]
Legal issues in Australia
It an offence for an Australian citizen or an Australian resident in a foreign country to engage in sexual intercourse or commit or submit to an act of indecency with a person under the age of 16, irrespective of whether the conduct would also be a criminal offence under the law of the foreign country (a situation which can arise where the local age of consent is lower than 16).[30]
In 2005, approximately 20 pedophiles from Australia who attempted to travel to tsunami ravaged countries were stopped under the rules of the new Australian child sex offender register. The convicted offenders had to tell police of their plans to travel, and their travel details were sent by police to Indonesian and Thai authorities, who refused them entry. Child Wise director Bernadette McMenamin confirmed that authorities had known pedophiles would be targeting children in countries that had been hit by the tsunami. She said it was well known that when countries experienced natural disasters or military crises pedophiles exploited the instability. "Post-tsunami we expected that a lot of Australian child sex offenders would target these countries," she said. Further plans to cancel passports of recidivist paedophiles to prevent child sex tourism in general, and exploitation of natural and political instability in countries targeted by sex tourists in particular, are in the works in Australia. [31]
Academic study
University of Leicester sociologists studied this subject as part of a research project for the Economic and Social Research Council and End Child Prostitution and Trafficking campaign. The study included interviews with over 250 Caribbean sex tourists.[32][33] Among their findings:
- Preconceptions about race and gender influenced their opinions.
- Economically underdeveloped tourist-receiving countries are promoted as being culturally different so that (in the Western tourist's understanding) prostitution and traditional male domination of women have less stigma than similar practices might have in their home countries.
The study received heavy criticism as it failed to address female sex tourism. The phenomenon of cultural difference could equally apply to the prostitution of disadvantaged local males to rich western women. Thus, the whole interpretation of sex tourism as being dependent on male domination of women could actually be the domination of the rich over the poor of whatever sex. This is especially true in the Caribbean, which is well often consider a focal point for female sex tourism.
Documentaries
Canadian film makers have been active at reporting on sex tourism. Documentary titles include:
- Falang: Behind Bangkok's Smile by Jordon Clark (2005) (this title at the Internet Movie Database), set in Thailand
- CBC series the Lens episode "Selling Sex in Heaven" (2005) (this title at the Internet Movie Database), set in the Philippines.
- Channel 4 Cutting Edge episode "The Child Sex Trade" (2003),[34] set in Romania, Italy
- Sex Tourism on Talking Points from Channel4.com[35]
See also
- ECPAT
- Cuban jiniterismo
- Prostitution in Thailand
- Prostitution in the Philippines
- Tourist apartheid
- Trafficking in human beings
References
- ^ a b (17-22 October 1995) "WTO Statement On The Prevention Of Organized Sex Tourism". Adopted by the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization at its eleventh session - Cairo (Egypt), 17-22 October 1995 (Resolution A/RES/338 (XI)), Cairo (Egypt): World Tourism Organization. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
- ^ U.N. Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI) Gender Mainstreaming Mandates
- ^ U.N. Congress On The Prevention Of Crime And The Treatment Of Offenders Press Release New Global Treaty to Combat Sex Slavery of Women and Girls
- ^ Cruey, Greg. "Thailand's Sex Industry". About: Asia For Visitors. About, Inc. (The New York Times Co.). http://goasia.about.com/cs/thailand/a/thailandsex.htm. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. "Nowhere else is it so open and prevalent."
- ^ "Brazil". The Protection Project. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. http://64.233.161.104/u/protectionproject?q=cache:IvHHQ_TSAPsJ:www.protectionproject.org/brazil.doc+Sex+tourism&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=17&ie=UTF-8. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. "Brazil is a major sex tourism destination. Foreigners come from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Latin America, and North America ..."
- ^ Gentile, Carmen J. (2006-02-02). "Brazil cracks down on child prostitution". San Francisco Chronicle (Chronicle Foreign Service). http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/05/MNG0TB6KQV1.DTL. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. "... young prostitutes strut in front of middle-aged American and European tourists ..."
- ^ "Sri Lanka - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2004". Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 2005-02-28. http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41744.htm. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. "... Boys and girls were victims of commercial sexual exploitation by pedophiles in the sex tourism industry ..."
- ^ "Child exploitation not new to stricken region". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/05/child.exploitation/index.html. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. "... some resorts in Thailand Dubai, UAE and Sri Lanka, were so-called "sex tourist" destinations ..."
- ^ "Child sex tourism spreading in Asia". CNN. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TRAVEL/NEWS/08/25/childsex.tourism.ap/index.html. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. "... established sex tourist destinations like Thailand, the Philippines and Sri Lanka ..."
- ^ "Dominican Republic". The Protection Project. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. http://www.google.com/u/protectionproject?q=cache:gbcyA8rWx6kJ:www.protectionproject.org/dominican.doc+Sex+tourism&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=63&ie=UTF-8. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. "The Dominican Republic is one of the most popular sex tourism destinations in the world, and it is advertised on the Internet as a "single man's paradise.""
- ^ Scheeres, Julia (2001-07-07). "The Web, Where ‘Pimps’ Roam Free". Wired News. CondéNet Inc. http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,44888,00.html. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
- ^ Kovaleski, Serge F. (2000-01-02). "Child Sex Trade Rises In Central America". Washington Post Foreign Service (Washington Post Foreign Service). Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/costarica/prostitution.htm. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. "... "an accelerated increase in child prostitution" in the country ... blamed largely on the unofficial promotion of sex tourism in Costa Rica over the Internet."
- ^ "Costa Rica". The Protection Project. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. http://www.google.com/u/protectionproject?q=cache:cCKg9-39DjgJ:www.protectionproject.org/costa.doc+Costa+Rica&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&ie=UTF-8. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. "...has come to rival Thailand and the Philippines as one of the world’s leading destinations for sex tourism."
- ^ "Cuba". The Protection Project. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. http://64.233.161.104/u/protectionproject?q=cache:x4mrHSe85xEJ:www.protectionproject.org/cuba.doc+Sex+tourism&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3&ie=UTF-8. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. "Cuba is a popular destination country for sex tourists from Canada, the United States, and Europe."
- ^ Zúñiga, Jesús. "Cuba: The Thailand of the Caribbean". The New West Indian. http://www.awigp.com/default.asp?numcat=sextour2. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
- ^ Hughes, Dana. "TSun, Safaris and Sex Tourism in Kenya". Travel. ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/Story?id=5935427. Retrieved on 2008-10-25. "Tourists Gone Wild: 'They Come Here They Think "I Can Be Whatever I Want to Be" and That's How They Behave'"
- ^ "Across the Siberian Wastes". Jim Rogers. http://www.jimrogers.com/content/stories/articles/russia.html. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. "... swarms of Russian prostitutes and Japanese johns on sex holidays ..."
- ^ Fr. Shay Cullen (2005-03-03). "Sex Tourism Is Big Money for Pimps and Politicians". imc-qc (philapinas). QC Independent Media Centre. http://qc.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/2736.php. Retrieved on 2007-04-08. "Angeles City, two hours north of Metro Manila, is the home of the most organized sex industry in the Philippines. Thousands of sex tourists from all over the world go there to look for cheap sex, much of it with under age minors."
- ^ http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/revista/articles/view/53
- ^ Kenya Tourism Exploitation, Chapter Two - Tourism, sex tourism and the economy
- ^ Clarke, Jeremy (2007-11-25). "Older white women join Kenya's sex tourists". Reuters. http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2007-11-26T001811Z_01_L14342169_RTRIDST_0_LIFESTYLE-KENYA-SEXTOURISM-COL.XML. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. "Hard figures are difficult to come by, but local people on the coast estimate that as many as one in five single women visiting from rich countries are in search of sex."
- ^ Kuta Cowboys: The rodeo is in town everyday in Bali
- ^ Women going on sex tours look for big bamboos and Marlboro men, Pravda.Ru
- ^ Sex tourism: When women do it, it's called 'romance travelling'
- ^ How sex tourism became the basis of a Royal Court play | Travel | The Observer
- ^ Janet Bagnall work=Montreal Gazette (2007). "Sex trade blights the lives of 2 million children; Canada is not doing enough to fight the international scourge of sex tourism".
- ^ Full copy of HR 972
- ^ Travelling Child Sex Offenders Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- ^ Child Sex Tourism: It's a Crime
- ^ Part III A of the Commonwealth Crimes Act "Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Part IIIA". http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca191482/.
- ^ "Predators barred from tsunami countries". Sydney Morning Herald. 2005. http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Predators-barred-from-tsunami-countries/2005/04/16/1113509960350.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
- ^ Sex Tourism in the Caribbean by Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor, University of Leicester. Chapter for Tourism, Travel and Sex, eds. Stephen Clift and Simon Carter, 1999
- ^ The New West Indian Sex tourists: survey
- ^ The Child Sex Trade Hardcash Productions
- ^ Sex Tourism Talking Points from Channel4.com
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