Is Nepal Embracing Sex Tourism?

As unlikely as it sounds, signs abound, according to a story in the latest issue of The Economist. The Nepal Tourism board has encouraged travel for stag weekends and put “beautiful Nepali belles” at the center of at least one campaign.

And John Frederick, who is identified in the Economist as “an expert on South Asia’s sex trade,” says sex tourism in Nepal has become widespread since the end of the country’s civil war. “Ten years ago the sex industry was underground in Nepal,” he says. “Now it’s like Bangkok, it’s like Phnom Penh.” (Via Gadling)

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