The sexual exploitation of children through prostitution and in travel and tourism

Spurrier, Karen J.

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“…So-called 'sex tourism' can be further classified into several types, such as gay sex tourism (Carr, 2016), female/male sex tourism (Carr, 2016;Richards & Reid, 2015), and child sex tourism (Panko & George, 2012). Prostitution-the exchange of sexual services for money-is one of the most well-known sex tourism activities (Spurrier, 2020).…”

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Tourists' perceptions of and reactions to child sex tourism: an exploratory qualitative investigation

Aston

Wen²,

Yang³

2022

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PurposeUsing a qualitative approach, this cross-disciplinary study integrating modern slavery, tourism and marketing expertise outlines Chinese outbound tourists' perceptions of and reactions to issues related to child sex tourism.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 27 in-depth interviews were conducted, and data were analysed. Manual coding was chosen as an efficient method to process qualitative interview data given the relatively small sample size in this study.FindingsThree main themes emerged from analysis: (1) tourists' negative perceptions of child sex tourism; (2) tourist boycotts against child sex tourism destinations and activities as reactions to this socially deviant and illegal phenomenon and (3) tourist advocacy to enhance public awareness of child sex tourism. These themes suggest that tourists, as key tourism stakeholders, have difficulty accepting that child sex tourism occurs and would like to identify solutions to end illegal activities. Tourist boycotts would positively affect sustainable tourism development by eliminating illegal businesses, including those involving child prostitution, from the tourism industry. The qualitative method is applied here to develop a conceptual framework explaining tourists' perceptions of and reactions to child sex tourism.Practical implicationsA conceptual framework of Chinese individuals' perceptions of and reactions to child sex tourism has been devised using a qualitative approach. Although this framework takes child sex tourism as its focus, it can also be applied to better understand tourists' perspectives of other socially deviant or illegal behaviours within the tourism industry. The findings of this study provide valuable implications for various tourism stakeholders.Originality/valueThe current study makes significant theoretical and practical contributions to an under-researched topic – child sex tourism. A conceptual framework of Chinese individuals' perceptions of and reactions to child sex tourism has been devised using a qualitative approach. Findings from this study may inspire campaigns to protect children from being drawn into sex tourism. Efforts should also be undertaken to rescue children who have already been victimised by illegal businesses.

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Section: Research Background and Literature Reviewmentioning

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Tourists' perceptions of and reactions to child sex tourism: an exploratory qualitative investigation

Aston

Wen²,

Yang³

2022

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“…Many countries and regions continue to ban sex work for any purpose, particularly in the East Asian region (e.g., China, South Korea, Taiwan). Although policymakers and government leaders disagree with the sex work profession, the demand for sex workers is significant, particularly in countries and regions where tourism and entertainment are the major professions (Spurrier, 2020).…”

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From University Students and Graduates to Male Sex Workers: The Career Decisions and Decision-Making Processes

Dos Santos

2024

Sage Open

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There is limited information concerning the experiences and career decision-making processes of male sex workers in South Korea. The aim of this study was to understand the motivations, career decisions, and decision-making processes of a group of male university students and graduates who decided to join the sex work profession in South Korea as part of their career development. Qualitative research design and snowball strategies were employed in 2021 with nine male sex workers. Interview sessions, online focus group activity, remarkable items sharing, and member-checking interview sessions were undertaken to collect rich stories and promote understanding of male sex workers who are completing or have completed their bachelor’s degrees in South Korea. Based on the social cognitive career and motivation theory, three main themes were highlighted: (1) financial consideration, (2) personal interest in sexual activities, and (3) limited career opportunities for the younger generation. The findings illustrate the motivations of a group of educated male sex workers and the social issues for sex workers in South Korea. Government bodies, policymakers, and non-profit organizations may use this study as a reference for policy development and human resources schemes.

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“…Because, when they had a plan to develop the travel and tourism industry in some areas, they should think about how they can protect the children there. They must make strict child protection rules and guidelines for the tourism industry, as well as for the selection of people who work closely with children (Perera, 2016). Parents in this study, who already feel that they got support from the government to protect children from child sexual harassment would reduce their chance to have good preventive practice.…”

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“…The perpetrators of sexual harassment crimes against children make use of travel and tourism industry facilities such as airlines, hotels, tour guides and transportation, to gain access to do sexual harassment to children (Perera, 2016).…”

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“…However, child sexual harassment in tourism and travel can happen because the offender attract the attention of children to be able to commit sexual acts in their tourist destinations while they are on a trip by giving children money, food, gifts, travel or other things. The offender was known as a Traveling Child Sex Offender (TCSO) (Perera, 2016). Although tourists provide goods and assisting children financially, they still can be child sex offenders.…”

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Parents' knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice about sexual harassment of children in travel and tourism destination in Lombok, Indonesia

Fauzana

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Tourism is known as a promoter for economic growth. Lombok island is a place of interest where plenty tourists visit, but a high increasing number of visitors affect to increasing sexual harassment of local children. Child sexual harassment (CSH) is one of the seriously concerned issues. And parents are the best position with high potential to prevent CSH, they can act as a strong external obstacle to the offender accessing children. But there are limited studies were conducted on parent's knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice (KAPP) about child sexual harassment especially tourism destination. The aims of this study were (1) to assess the level of KAPP about CSH of parents and (2) to find the association between socio-demographic, family, and community factors with the level of KAPP about CSH of parents in tourism destination Lombok, Indonesia. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess this research. The total of 313 participants were parents who live in tourism destinations, Gili Indah village, Lombok, Indonesia, and have children age between 5-17 years old. Data collecting by using an online questionnaire. Most of the parents in this study had moderate knowledge (71.2%), both in male (72.4%) and female (69.5%) parents. The level of parents' attitude towards child sexual harassment prevention in tourism destinations was positive (58.1%), but in detail, positive attitudes of male parents are higher than female parents, which is 69.2% and 42.2%. The preventive practice of parents was at a fair level (53.7%), with mostly male (61.1%) had fair preventive practice while female mostly had good preventive practice (49.2%). Sociodemographic factors, family factors, and community factors show significant association with KAPP of parents. But among knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice the factor they had significant association was not exactly similar. Only education that constantly showed significant association with KAPP. Finding related to factors that had a significant association with KAPP in this study can be a baseline to develop further study and program about child sexual harassment in tourism destinations.

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The sexual exploitation of children through prostitution and in travel and tourism

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Tourists' perceptions of and reactions to child sex tourism: an exploratory qualitative investigation

Tourists' perceptions of and reactions to child sex tourism: an exploratory qualitative investigation

From University Students and Graduates to Male Sex Workers: The Career Decisions and Decision-Making Processes

Parents' knowledge, attitude, and preventive practice about sexual harassment of children in travel and tourism destination in Lombok, Indonesia

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