Demographics ĭemographics include: female sex tourism (women seeking men), men seeking men, adults seeking children, and men seeking women.Ĭitizens of any foreign country must abide by the laws of the country in which they hold citizenship in addition to the local laws of the country they are visiting, including laws regarding consent. Sex tourists generally come from developed regions such as the United States and Europe. The most common destinations for these sex tourists is to visit less developed nations in Asia, such as: Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Nepal, as well as countries in Central and South America like Mexico or Brazil. Ī study conducted by the non-profit public charity ProCon, revealed the percentage of men who had paid for sex at least once in their lives between 19. It found the highest rates were located in Cambodia, where 59–80% of men had paid for sex at least once. Thailand was a close second with an estimated 75% of men, followed by Italy at 16.7–45%, Spain at 27–39%, Japan at 37%, the Netherlands at 13.5–21.6%, and the United States 15.0–20.0%. Sex tourism spans almost the entire globe with approximately 250,000 travelling internationally to engage in sex tourism with children and youth alone.
This part of the industry generates over $20 billion in revenue.
