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Tourism and sex have commonalities in providing services that satisfy basic physiological and psychological needs of human beings. Traveling to different places for relaxation, excitement and/ or fun seeking and related services are long been considered as areas of research in tourism marketing. In this sense, this article deals with controversial side of tourism, sex tourism, by investigating the current situation in an unrecognized country on a Mediterranean island. This article argues that, although it is not been spoken out loud by the government officials and tourism scholars, “sex tourism,” by being the fourth “S” after sea, sun, and sand, has the potential to put Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on the international tourism map, again. Results of several interviews with “involved parties” and review of the published work suggested that ongoing body trade in Northern Cyprus is a “civilized one” where sex workers are willingly work and consider this as their “summer jobs.”
Ethnographies of Contemporary Culture, 2001
On a sweltering afternoon, so hot you can almost hear the sidewalks sizzle, grandmothers fan sleeping grandsons under the palm trees that line south Nationality Road. As fat black pigs rest on the dusty market tarmac, chainsmoking hooligans (liumang) laugh, joke, and watch plumes of blue smoke rise. As night falls, quietude disappears and motorcycles and red taxis filled with finely dressed tourists race to discos and bars blaring Japanese karaoke and American rock and roll. In this liminal time, subtle changes are taking place in terms of who occupies the streets. By day, locals go about their daily affairs; at night the 1.5 million tourists, who flock to Sipsong Panna every year, emerge from their air-conditioned hotel rooms, bringing with them a taste for a blend of commerce, capital, and commodity fetishism.
CONNECTING EXPERTISE MULTIDISCIPLINARY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FUTURE
The present discussion intends to apprehend the structure that engenders sex tourism and its consequences on the two circuits of the urban economy in the municipality of Rosana (SP). In the months when fishing is open there is an expansion of the flow of tourists and call girls who, together, are responsible for articulating a complex network of sexual profitability that ends up boosting the local economy. For the effective development of the research and achievement of the results was used as a methodological procedure interviews conducted with the subjects who integrate the network of sexual profitability, tourists and call girls and the application of a questionnaire aimed at the subjects who integrate the upper marginal circuit of the urban economy, aiming to reiterate the importance of the lower circuit of the urban economy over the upper marginal circuit of the urban economy, thus boosting the local economy. The results show that in the low fishing season there is a decrease i...
2015
Unit Kokkola-Pietarsaari Date May 2015 Authors Mahfuz Ahmed & Kristina Baghdasaryan Degree programme Tourism Name of thesis THE AGE OF FREE WILL AND HUMAN VALUES Sex Tourism Evolution and Its Impact Instructor Pages 44+20 Supervisor Sara Åhman This thesis discussed about sex tourism which refers to how sex tourism works and its history. Human trafficking and sex trafficking was discussed as well as sex tourism which is involved directly to tourism industry was explained. The main goal of this thesis was to raise awareness of sex tourism violations. This thesis is about sex tourism and discussed the definition of rules and regulations from different international organizations and international newspapers and magazines as well as renowned authors’ books. It discussed specifically what is child pornography, child prostitution, commercial sexual exploitation of children and forced prostitution. On the other hand, the thesis also includes brief history of prostitution and working lifest...
Globalisation, Religion & Development
This paper analyses a selection of tourism material promoting Turkey as a tourist destination, focusing on how the exotic and erotic 'Other' is produced and consumed as part of the processes of tourism production and consumption. Many factors affect gender relations in the tourist industry and it is argued here that the production and consumption of material produced for the promotion of tourism play a significant role in re/creating and perpetuating gender power relations. Representations examined from the tourist literature defined Turkey and its people in oppositional terms to the West, within a dominant Orientalist discourse, which I argue serve to maintain hierarchical power relations. Using Edward Said's concept of Orientalism, the paper discusses the ways in which Turkey, its people and its culture are re-created at once and the same time both as mysterious, exotic and desirable -as well as potentially dangerous and to be feared. Gender is considered as a crucial issue as it is clear that an important aspect of tourism encourages the commoditization of culture and tradition, and the ways in which women and men 'sell' their traditions are gendered. Furthermore,
Sexuality and Culture, 2001
Journal of Recreation and Tourism Research , 2019
In order to get as many shares as possible from the Middle East tourism market, which has a very high growth rate in terms of international tourist arrivals in the world and in Turkey, researching new trends and the use of marketing strategies in accordance with these trends are important. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate Glamping tourism which is one of the favorite trends of 2020s in terms of its suitability to Middle East tourism market. In this context, the literature on general characteristics of the Middle East tourism market was examined. After that the characteristics of Glamping tourism and the situation in Turkey were examined. The data were collected using audio-visual materials. Glampinghub.com, one of the world’s leading websites was used for data collection. Data were subjected to content analysis. After all these investigations and analysis, some inferences were made. As a result, it is seen that there is quite a similarity among the general characteristics of Middle Eastern tourists and those who prefer Glamping Tourism. Experimental studies should be done for increasing the validity of this study. Glamping tourism can be considered as a good alternative in order to get more share from the Middle East tourism market. In this context, investigating the tourism businesses suitable for Glamping tourism in Turkey and raising awareness of business owners for this type of tourism are necessary. By adding more businesses to the international network of Glamping tourism enterprises, the share of the country in the Middle East tourism market can be increased.
Sexual Behavior in Women's Tourist Experiences: Motivations, Behaviors, and Meanings, 2013
"The research literature has traditionally focused on commercial sex tourism between tourists and locals but virtually ignored sexual behavior among tourists themselves. This exploratory study aspires to fill this gap by creating a taxonomy of non-commercial sex for women who engage in various forms of tourism. The analysis of in-depth interviews with Israeli self-defined heterosexual women reveals that different forms of tourism involve various types of sexual behavior as follows: (1) ‘Practicing Sex’ referring to sex on rest and relaxation vacations; (2) ‘Must Have Sex’ relating to sex on city break vacations; (3) ‘Sexual Adventure’ describing casual sex on backpacking trips; (4) ‘Controlled Sexual Desire’ referring to work related trips and vacations with children. The study findings are discussed in terms of their contribution to the research area of sex in tourism. ► The study focused on sex in tourism as opposed to commercial sex tourism. ► Grounded theory of women's sexual behaviors, motivations and meanings was conducted. ► Taxonomy of women's sexual behaviors in various forms of tourism is offered. ► Sex is an important motivator for engaging in certain tourist experiences. ► Women's perceptions of time and space are at the core of understanding sexual behaviors."
Journal of Multidisciplinary Academic Tourism, 2022
Right to health" is a fundamental human right and it is protected by international laws, also it turns over to states in three areas. Quality health care, affordability and the availability of necessary facilities and equipment's form part of the reasons why individuals in need of these services migrate to countries that fortunately have upgraded facilities ready to serve the needs of patients worldwide. The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of health practitioners, tourist agents (travel agents) and hotel managers, to determine if they are aware of the present condition of medical tourism in North Cyprus, and to discover the most sought-after procedure in the country. Thereafter the status of the most soughtafter procedure was analyzed and strategies for improving this sub-sector alongside medical tourism were proposed. The study aims to provide insight for stakeholders, administrators and public officials in designing their strategies for improving this sub-sector of tourism, and to highlight the contribution of medical tourism to the development of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. The study is based on surveys given to participants selected by a snowball sampling and convenience sampling technique. Collected data were analyzed using basic coding methods of qualitative analysis. Results from the first part of the study revealed that the most sought-after medical procedures in TRNC were invitro fertilization treatments, and in the latter part of the study, the push-pull motivators and status quo of this sector were determined.
Sex tourism! For most people these two words conjure up an image of red light districts in places like Amsterdam and Bangkok, or seedy images of men in raincoats boarding buses for massage parlours away from home. Sex Tourism, however, argues that these images are only part of a wider social context. Tourists are socially condoned, fêted, temporary people, free from the normal restraints of work and family. The sex worker is historically a socially condemned person, who challenges the norms of society.
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Tourism Management, 1996
The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. ~ Pergamon S0261-5177(96) This paper explores tourism and tourists visiting prostitutes as both being examples of liminal behaviours, that is behaviours undertaken by those operating at social thresholds. Prostitution exists as a 'fuzzy legal' activity, in that while largely proscribed in many countries, it nonetheless continues within a legal and social framework of constraint and limited tolerance. Tourism can also be observed as a liminal behaviour, in that it is a temperorally constrained, socially tolerated period of wish fulfilment, a form of fantasy enactment that is normally denied to people. Generally, the tourism literature has tended to perceive sex tourism as a form of deviance, but this paper argues that it is not an added component to tourism, but a form of behaviour quite consistent with the motivations that underlie much of tourism. Both activities of tourism and going to a prostitute involve satisfaction of needs of social companionship, fantasy fulfilment, family bonding, the search for something new and opportunities for relaxation. Sex tourism is thus not a deviance, but fully consistent with the norms of tourism; yet both, as liminal activities outside the main norms of behaviour, imply much about the consensus of what constitutes socially acceptable behaviour.
e-Review of Tourism Research, 2007
Tourism is a fast growing industry in the world and will continue to be a major source of foreign exchange for the countries. North Cyprus has its own state, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which is not internationally recognized other than mainland, the Republic of Turkey. Improving tourism industry was also at the agenda of the economic targets that have been set by "Five Year Development Plans" (FYDP) in North Cyprus since 1978. But, these programs were not successful to bring an improvement and achieve sustainable development in the sector over the years. The study aims to put forward the developments in the tourism industry of North Cyprus since 1974. It seems that a solution to the Cyprus problem will be a sole remedy for Turkish Cypriots in achieving their economic welfare.
2020
In large part, attempts to understand tourism produce inadequate typologies that, in the desire to operationalize the phenomenon, hinder the clarity of the concept and encourage the ill-use of tourist destinations. It is in this way, in the context of globalization that sexual exploitation by tourism arises, associated with the exploitation of under ages in situations of social vulnerability, configure a complex approach to the term sexual tourism. In that framework, this article was elaborated with the objective to analyze the theoretical discussion of the term sexual tourism portrayed in the training courses for multipliers of the Project for the Prevention of the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Tourism of the Ministry of Tourism, in partnership with the Center of Excellence in Tourism of the University of Brasília in the light of the complexity of tourism through the participating subjects the multipliers. The study adopted the research action and the dialectic...
Revista De Turism Studii Si Cercetari in Turism, 2011
Tourism combines a number of motives: a couple of these are sex and eroticism. This problem is the subject matter of many studies and analyzes mainly in the foreign-language literature. The analysis which was undertaken in the present article concerns the significance of this motive in tourist trips. For this purpose, the results of author's own research were used with the aid of a questionnaire technique. The questionnaire form was placed on one of web portals. The research carried out made it possible to present several interesting results. It was demonstrated that sex and eroticism constitute a fundamental motive of travelling, yet some fundamental differences were observed in the case of the individual groups taking into consideration among others the age criterion, education, marital status etc.
e-review of tourism research, 2010
As a state policy the tourism sector in Northern Cyprus was identified as the locomotive sector for economic development. However, the tourism sector could not meet expectations due to internal and external factors. Even though its success is questionable, noteworthy improvements in gross output, net tourism revenues, and structure of the sector such as bed capacity have been observed. Despite the existing structural and managerial problems in addition to lack of direct flights from Europe, Northern Cyprus is an exceptional tourist destination providing a diverse range of tourism opportunities. This characteristic of the country, forming the basis of its competitive edge provides both domestic and foreign investors with a potential advantage to undertake feasible projects while making use of investment incentives designed to foster the economic development of Northern Cyprus.
Although mature and vibrant, Latin American scholarship on sexuality still remains largely invisible to a global readership. In this collection of articles translated from Portuguese and Spanish, South American scholars explore the values, practices, knowledge, moralities and politics of sexuality in a variety of local contexts. While conventionally read as an intellectual legacy of Modernity, Latin American social thinking and research has in fact brought singular forms of engagement with, and new ways of looking at, political processes. Contributors to this reader have produced fresh and situated understandings of the relations between gender, sexuality, culture and society across the region. Topics in this volume include sexual politics and rights, sexual identities and communities, eroticism, pornography and sexual consumerism, sexual health and well-being, intersectional approaches to sexual cultures and behavior, sexual knowledge, and sexuality research methodologies in Latin America.
International journal of humanities and social science, 2013
Setting out from the concept of post-tourists, we have tried to determine whether the city of Istanbul is undergoing transformation owing to the considerable weight of tourism in the economy and the expectations of post-tourists. More specifically, we sought answer to the question whether the overflowing male and female sensuality, erotism and sexuality of Istanbul (needless to say, characteristics assigned to the city in the Orientalist imagination through an Orientalist or Neocolonialist discourse) are reproduced, experimented with and transformed by the practices of gay tourists. We carried out interviews with around fifteen gay tourists through semi-structured questionnaires in order to collect information on their touristic experiences of Istanbul. Thereby it has become possible to observe that it is not only stereotypical “Oriental” images of Istanbul which are reproduced, but that there are also other images formed to bestow meaning upon the touristic experience of gays in Is...
Sex tourism represents one part of the complicated relationship between rich, Western countries and poorer, previously colonised countries. Sex tourism must be understood in this context in order to properly engage with the ethical debates surrounding the industry. Countless questions are raised by the concept of sex tourism, and this paper will cover four major ones, mostly focusing on the examples of Thailand and the Caribbean. Firstly, how does the technological disparity between predominantly white nations and non-white nations affect global sex tourism? Secondly, and on a related note, what economic factors contribute to the perpetuation of sex tourism? Thirdly, what part does the subordination of women play in sex tourism, and can this dynamic be reversed? Finally, what kind of colonial imaginings and mythology allow for sex tourism to be a concept that is widely accepted, and, furthermore, for traditional gender hierarchies to be both reinforced and subverted in various cases? These questions are all centred around the basic notion of inequality, whether that be technological, economic, gendered, or racial. The effects of colonialism are particularly relevant in analysing global inequality, and it is important to consider exactly how "post-colonial" our world really is, when the long-standing global inequities defined in the colonial era persist in the twenty-first century.
Sustainability, 2017
The purpose of this work is to develop a sustainable hotel building model (SHBM) that will allow for the measurement of sustainability in determining what conditions are most ideal for hotels in Northern Cyprus. This research method is based on the synthesis of international sustainable building assessment criteria from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the localization of these criteria in Northern Cyprus. Thus, this article proposes an SHBM, which is especially localized for Northern Cyprus that can be used for new hotel buildings' design and construction and renovations of existing buildings as well as to measure their sustainability regarding environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects. To serve this purpose, various methods of measurement of sustainability and green certificates (both qualitative and quantitative), global in scale were studied, which provided the basis for the development of the SHBM and local conditions of Northern Cyprus. Six hotels of differing sizes were studied in order to understand localized situation, conditions and priorities. The results of this study suggest that to have a more sustainable hotel in the aimed context, hotels of different scales (based on bed capacity and classification) must be evaluated adopting the SHBM model to achieve a better result for the sustainability of large-scale as well as small-scale hotels. In addition, this model helps the tourism industry and the hotel sector of Northern Cyprus benefit from sustainability in terms of environmental, economic and sociocultural aspects, which consequently help the local community in several ways.
