Is Nepal Embracing Sex Tourism?
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 01.29.08 | 11:05 AM ET
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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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
David 01.29.08 | 10:14 PM ET
How can they endorse sex tourism in Nepal; while in another related store they want to ban someone becoming naked at the top of Mount Everest. Hmmmm I say if someone is brave enough to get naked at the TOP of Mount Everest where I am sure it is DARN cold - go for it!!!If you can get naked in one spot of Nepal than it should be fair game anywhere. I am sure not many people say the guy naked at the top of the mountain where as more people are going to see others naked for the sex trade. Live in peace with or without clothes…
sazzy 01.30.08 | 1:06 PM ET
The goverment should give a thoguth to this, but ... any way if you go to massage parlour and dance bar where sex is sold openly. Why not ligalize it since it is already in the market. Atleast people will nto have a faer that police will raid and catch them. May be tourist will come more n nepal since it is ligalized. but there should be a strong Law to protect the sex worker.
jason 05.14.08 | 12:50 AM ET
well there should be aware a sex education .
sonam 06.14.08 | 8:46 AM ET
i like to be seen live sex in nepal
Lauren 10.20.08 | 1:41 PM ET
I know this problem can not be snuffed out easily by the government. Currently, there are 2 issues that drive this business in Nepal. First, the rising demand for economic stability in village areas requires families to send their young women into the city to earn money to send home. These girls have likely never been away from home in their lives. The have no real skills to land them a job and they certainly don’t have any “street smarts” so they can easily be manipulated into this trade. Secondly is the lack of oversight by so called “non-profit” organizations who claim to work for the good of Nepali people. There are too many organizations misusing foreign donations. This is a moral lack of self-control on the behalf of those managing the organizations within the country. The only solution I can see is developing more skill training and job opportunities for these young woman as a national concern, and the periodic raiding of suspected sex businesses. They aren’t hard to find, and that is what allows this tragedy to continue.
pant rajesh 10.21.08 | 9:27 AM ET
some how it is right but actuallay it’s not legalize in nepal.You people know that it is dominan country that creat some kind of compulsion or lack ofsocial awarenessfor the young generation.
Enzara 11.12.08 | 2:26 AM ET
There are too many organizations misusing foreign donations. This is a moral lack of self-control on the behalf of those managing the organizations within the country. The only solution I can see is developing more skill training and job opportunities for these young woman as a national concern, and the periodic raiding of suspected sex businesses.