With tourism accounting for approximately thirty percent of the Caribbean’s GDP and twenty-four percent of employment, a link between the sex trade and the tourism industry has gained recent attention. Shifts in global production, an increase of disposable income for pleasure and recreation, and a desire by North Americans and Europeans for an experience of “exotic” cultures, are often claimed to be the cause. This volume explores the connections between the global … More >>
Sun, Sex, and Gold: Tourism and Sex Work in the Caribbean
I purchased this book thinking it would be all encompassing of the selling of sex in the Carribean. Sadly, the author limits herself to just the women looking for ‘companionship’ and not the men who also are looking for ‘companionship’.
Rating: 2 / 5