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unusual facts about sex tourism



Equality Now

Ongoing campaign against sex tourism companies Big Apple Oriental Tours and G.F. Tours, and calling on the US Attorney General to prosecute such companies under the Mann Act and Travel Act.

Human trafficking in Nicaragua

Managua, Granada, EstelĂ­, and San Juan del Sur are destinations for foreign child sex tourists from the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, and some travel agencies are reportedly complicit in promoting child sex tourism.


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Human trafficking in Madagascar

A child sex tourism problem exists in coastal cities, including Tamatave, Nosy Be, and Diego Suarez, as well as the capital city of Antananarivo; some children are recruited for work in the capital using fraudulent offers of employment as waitresses and maids before being forced into the commercial sex trade on the coast.

Prostitution in the Dominican Republic

Sex tourism is common, especially in the poorer coastal areas namely Las Terrenas, Cabarete, Sosua, and Boca Chica.

Sex tourism in Costa Rica

Recently, Interpol named Costa Rica the fastest-growing capital for sex tourism in Latin America.