Ethical tourism

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Collective action, data are main challenges to fighting child sex tourism

July 29, 2017

global child sex tourism study

Fail­ure of col­lect­ive action and a chron­ic lack of robust data con­sti­tute the main chal­lenges to elim­in­ate child sex tour­ism accord­ing to Offend­ers on the Move: Glob­al Study on Sexu­al Exploit­a­tion of Chil­dren in Travel & Tour­ism 2016. Two weeks ago, the United Nations World Tour­ism Organ­iz­a­tion (UNWTO) HQ in Mad­rid hos­ted a “trans­ition meeting […]

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Efficacy of “advocacy tourism” debatable

June 5, 2017

Grafitti, Getsemani, Cartagena Colombia. Source: Bryan Pocius; flickr.com/photos/pocius

Fight traf­fick­ing on the beaches — “advocacy tour­ism” is here Bored of the beach? Done with mini breaks? Time to take an “advocacy jour­ney” and spend a bliss­ful few days in the Carib­bean fight­ing human traf­fick­ing. In the latest offer­ing from the tour­ism industry, trips with a mis­sion are now on offer to trav­el­lers who want more from […]

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