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In 2005, approximately 20 pedophiles from Australia who tried 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 pedophiles 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. [23]

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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.[24][25] 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.

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Documentaries

Canadian film makers have been active at reporting on sex tourism. Documentary titles include:

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See also

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References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ U.N. Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI) Gender Mainstreaming Mandates
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Cruey, Greg. Thailand's Sex Industry. About: Asia For Visitors. About, Inc. (The New York Times Co.). Retrieved on 2006-12-20. “Nowhere else is it so open and prevalent.”
  5. ^ Brazil. The Protection Project. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. 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 ...”
  6. ^ Gentile, Carmen J.. "Brazil cracks down on child prostitution", San Francisco Chronicle, Chronicle Foreign Service, 2006-02-02. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. "... young prostitutes strut in front of middle-aged American and European tourists ..." 
  7. ^ Sri Lanka - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2004 (English). Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2005-02-28). Retrieved on 2007-11-17. “... Boys and girls were victims of commercial sexual exploitation by pedophiles in the sex tourism industry ...”
  8. ^ Child exploitation not new to stricken region (English). CNN. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. “... some resorts in Thailand and Sri Lanka, were so-called "sex tourist" destinations ...”
  9. ^ Child sex tourism spreading in Asia (English). CNN. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. “... established sex tourist destinations like Thailand, the Philippines and Sri Lanka ...”
  10. ^ Dominican Republic. The Protection Project. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. 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."”
  11. ^ Scheeres, Julia (2001-07-07). The Web, Where ‘Pimps’ Roam Free. Wired News. CondéNet Inc. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
  12. ^ Kovaleski, Serge F.. "Child Sex Trade Rises In Central America", Washington Post Foreign Service, Washington Post Foreign Service, 2000-01-02. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. Archived from the original 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." 
  13. ^ Costa Rica. The Protection Project. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. “...has come to rival Thailand and the Philippines as one of the world’s leading destinations for sex tourism.”
  14. ^ Cuba. The Protection Project. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. “Cuba is a popular destination country for sex tourists from Canada, the United States, and Europe.”
  15. ^ Zúñiga, Jesús. Cuba: The Thailand of the Caribbean. The New West Indian. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
  16. ^ Dail Sil Kim-Gibson. Silence Broken. Parkersburg, Iowa: Mid-Prarie Books, 1999. p. 100. "The Republic of Korea in the 1970's experienced a thriving prostitution business around American military bases and among Japanese men. Japanese men flocked to Korea to enjoy sex easily and cheaply followed by fabulous dinners of Korean delicacies and with so much liquor that it could 'break the table legs,' as the Korean saying goes. This phenomenon earned the name, 'sex tourism.' "
  17. ^ Across the Siberian Wastes (English). Jim Rogers. Retrieved on 2007-11-17. “... swarms of Russian prostitutes and Japanese johns on sex holidays ...”
  18. ^ Fr. Shay Cullen (2005-03-03). Sex Tourism Is Big Money for Pimps and Politicians. imc-qc (philapinas). QC Independent Media Centre. 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.”
  19. ^ Clarke, Jeremy (2007-11-25). Older white women join Kenya's sex tourists. Reuters. 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.”
  20. ^ Full copy of HR 972
  21. ^ Travelling Child Sex Offenders Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  22. ^ Child Sex Tourism: It's a Crime
  23. ^ Predators barred from tsunami countries. Sydney Morning Herald (2005). Retrieved on 2008-06-05.
  24. ^ 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
  25. ^ The New West Indian Sex tourists: survey
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