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sex tour

n.
A tour to a destination where sexual services are available to tourists.

sex tourism n.
sex tourist n.
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sex tourism

n
tourism with the intention of exploiting permissive or poorly enforced local laws concerning sex, esp sex with children
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Translations
turismo sexual

sex tourism

nSextourismus m
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A play focusing on sex tourism in the Caribbean is coming to the Black Country.
Duterte officially endorsed sex tourism, trafficking in Boracay during SONA solon !-- -- Rosette Adel (Philstar.com) - July 27, 2019 - 5:48pm MANILA, Philippines A lawmaker from a women's party-list Tuesday said President Rodrigo Duterte formally advertised sex tourism, trafficking andprostitution in Boracay in his fourth State of the Nation Address speech.
Those opposed believe any change in the law will add an underage element to sex tourism from mostly Western individuals.
The initiative has however stirred up a storm with the minister now facing accusations of trying to promote sex tourism.Women say the contest is demeaning as it depicts their bodies as sex objects.
The managing directors of two Reformist dailies have been charged with crimes for publishing reports on Iraqi pilgrims travelling to holy sites in Iran for sex tourism. The head of the Judiciary has asserted that the United States was behind the published stories.
Summary: Pamba (Kerala) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Adding fuel to the ongoing controversy over women's entry into Sabarimala Temple, former president of Travancore Devaswom Board Prayar Gopalakrishnan on Friday said that the shrine is not a place for sex tourism.
From Thailand and the Philippines to the Dominican Republic and Brazil, sex tourism is common in developing countries where poverty and discrimination push millions of women into commercial sexual exploitation.
The government did not make efforts to reduce the demand for forced labor; however, it took action to reduce the supply of and demand for child sex tourism. The Sal Judicial Police and ICCA reported an unspecified number of cases in which parents were convicted of negligence for failing to protect their children from child sex tourists; most of the parents received suspended sentences and the children were referred to ICCA for care.
Patrick Arenz of Robins Kaplan has received the American Bar Association's Pro Bono Publico awards, which spotlight pro bono efforts by lawyers, law firms and other institutions.<br />Arenz was part of a trial team that secured a $950,000 jury verdict in a federal lawsuit on behalf of a sex tourism victim who was found by the jury to have been sexually assaulted by a U.S.
Sex tourism, because the mechanics of sex rely, if you think about it, on gravity in a lot of ways.
The most recent Congress has set out to stop sex trafficking and sex tourism by passing International Megan's Law.
Sex tourism is a multi-million dollar business that employs millions of people throughout the world.
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