Child sex tourism is a significant component in the sexual exploitation of children and one that is expanding. It involves an individual traveling to a country with the inten-tion of seeking out sex with children. Glossy brochures as well as web sites on the Internet advertise packages for travelers complete with airfare, hotel, and directions to local brothels. This epidemic is spreading to other poverty-ridden areas of the world such as Latin America and Eastern Europe.

As troubling as it may sound, the explosion of the child sex trade comes down to two

In 1996, ECPAT (End Child Prostitution Child Pornography & Trafficking of Chil-dren for Sexual Purposes) estimated there were:

„h in the United States, estimates of the children being exploited through prostitution and pornography range from 100,000 to 2.4 million

Although it may seem incomprehensible to most of us, there is a need to help explain the distorted reasons that tourists travel abroad to have sex with children. First, these tourists experience freedom from the social constraints of their home countries. They may justify their behavior by believing that there are no social taboos in that coun-try regarding having sex with children. They may believe the misconception that chil-dren are less likely to contract sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV. These no-tions are unfounded and false. Lastly, poor countries are often under strict economic pressure to develop tourism as a source of income. Sadly,

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