In many countries,
where prostitution is legal, you can find people who practice sex tourism, one
of the largest criminal industries in the world. Usually it happens that
tourists practice this type of tourism, they return home and resume their
normal lives without thinking that they have been with a partners ( or evenchildren!).
Nearly 2 million children around the world are victims of commercial sexual
exploitation. Children suffer from health problems including illnesses,
addictions, malnourishment, infections, injuries, and STDs.
OUR COUNTRY
Italy is one of the most advanced European
countries that fights child sexual abuse and exploitation. In fact, several
legislative measures have been created to protect the physical and psychological
integrity of children.
TYPES OF SEX
TOURISM
1) sex tourism that is “promoted”. This is
possible because in many countries prostitution is a legal activity ; 2) sex
tourism in developing countries , where prostitution isn’t regulated by the
law, but it’s controlled by an illegal system.
THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS ALL AROUND THE WORLD:
The prostitution and the subsequent
sex industry are tolerated in many countries, it’s obvious that sex with a minor
is illegal in every country from every point of view (moral, ethic) and it’s
everywhere forbidden by law.
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LEGAL
COUNTRIES
AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam is
the number one city for sex tourism in the Netherlands mostly because of its famous red light district. The red light
district is popular for every kind of tourist . Prostitution in Amsterdam is
legal and regulated and that’s why here sex workers can practice in safer
conditions.
SPAIN
Prostitution is
now legal in Spain and important cities like Ibiza, Madrid and Barcelona aren’t
anymore destinations exclusively for night clubbing because the sex tourism
activity is increasing. Now Spain is one of the biggest destinations In Europe
for this tourism industry.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Many
Caribbean countries like the Dominican Republic
are seeing a rise in sex tourism.
Prostitution isn’t illegal here
even if sex with minors is, and unfortunately the majority of sex workers here
are mainly minors.
COLOMBIA
Even if the
majority of sex tourism destinations are located in Southeast Asia, Colombia is
another popular destination. The reason why this country is so popular is that
prices can be lower if the client is attractive or a good negotiator.
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ILLEGAL COUNTRIES
CAMBODIA
Although
Cambodia has very strict laws regarding prostitution the practice here is still
extremely relevant, and that’s why Cambodia is a very popular destination for
this type of tourism. One of the biggest problems that Cambodia has to deal
with is child sex tourism. Due to very serious problems of poverty, parents have to sell their own children into sex
slavery. Even if it’s terrible many don’t have alternatives and are
forced to do this. Most prostitutes come from the countryside which is very poor, many come
from the surrounding countries like Vietnam. Here it is very easy to practice
this kind of tourism because prostitution is very cheap, women value themselves
five dollars or even less.
KENYA
Poverty is
the main reason that forces many people to work in the sex tourism industry and
like lots of other countries this is a problem that is very strong in Kenya.
Prostitution among the poor has brought the spread of HIV because it happens
that in the majority of cases young prostitutes aren’t aware about
contraceptive methods. Many young girls in Kenya only use a condom 60% of the
time. Despite the spread of illnesses, the Kenyan Tourism Police is doing
nothing to discourage it.
PHILIPPINES
Prostitution
is illegal and it’s often well punished in the Philippines. The main reason why
prostitution and sex tourism are developed here is mostly because Filipinos are
extremely tolerant of basically every kind of lifestyles. The majority of
tourists only come here to practice sex tourism. We found an
article, written by Margaret Simons,
where she complains about children
victims of sex tourism in the Philippines. We decided to focus on the beginning
of it. The paper talks about Hadrian’s Extension, a particular area in Angeles
City. This is the home of many children
with big dreams and hopes for their future. Due to this kind of tourism plenty
of these children here have Australian fathers. At the beginning
some of them actually paid to support the develop of their kids, but then they
decided to stop and they cut off every connection they had with them. The
saddest part is that some of them had never paid and some don’t even know
that they have a child there.
INDONESIA
Although
prostitution is illegal in Indonesia, sex tourism is very efficient and popular
especially because it is very easy to find a prostitute through the Internet.
THAILAND
Bangkok’s red
light district is one of the most famous in the world and this is one of the
reasons why Thailand is on the top of the list of the most popular destinations
of sex tourism. . The tolerance of different lifestyles and prostitution is
part of Thai culture. A big part of sex workers here are minors and a large
number of them are victims of human trafficking, that means that they are
forced to be prostitutes; nevertheless there are also people who are sex workers by
choice.
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