Bored on Zakynthos? You Might Skip the Sex Competition.

Travel Blog  •  Joanna Kakissis  •  07.16.08 | 2:40 PM ET

Last week we heard about the British couple arrested for having sex on a Dubai beach. Now, nine British women vacationing on the Greek island of Zakynthos are facing prostitution charges after being paid to participate in an oral sex contest that was recorded on video and set to be posted on the internet. Gives new meaning to Greece’s latest tourism motto, “Explore Your Senses.”

Tags: Europe, Greece

Joanna Kakissis's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, among other publications. A contributor to the World Hum blog, she's currently a Ted Scripps fellow in environmental journalism at the University of Colorado in Boulder.


3 Comments for Bored on Zakynthos? You Might Skip the Sex Competition.

Ling 07.17.08 | 1:06 AM ET

I thought the British were supposed to be conservative. If this is conservative, then they could probably give a whole new meaning to liberal…

Grizzly bear Mom 07.18.08 | 5:31 PM ET

Evidently those women don’t read the WorldHum or they would have been aware
of what the consequences of having sex in public. 

Additionally I always thought that I was an ambassador for my country, race, relgion, gender, shoe size, etc; and that I should behave in a manner that would make my mother proud.  What were these woman thinking?

Jim Benning 07.21.08 | 4:01 PM ET

Good point, Grizzly Mom. If only everyone read World Hum. The world would be a better place.

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