The emergence of new realities are beginning to actively but illegally practicing as an exclusive individual and collective mission for intimate pleasures. And to put it bluntly - sex tourism. By the way, existed as a phenomenon in the Soviet years, only then known more modestly - spa romance, now he loses the seasonality and becomes almost a massive, year-round sweep. Each traveler on the gardens of Eden his motives: one strives for a week to break away from family have time to miss another saves - and leaves a wife and children at home, while a third simply extended their sexual horizons. The list, of course, can continue indefinitely.
We tried to understand this unusual phenomenon to the positions of various specialists, who know this problem is not hearsay - medical, psychological, travel agent. We reserve the right to make every reader a personal moral evaluation of sex tourism as such, we also wanted only to understand its mechanism and geography, to see what the fallout pose a similar journey. And in general - is it worth it?
Well-known specialist in the field of sexual relations, general secretary of the sexual association Culture and Health Sergey Asarco:
- What motivates people gathered in the sex-tour or, say beautiful - sexual journey? Still, let us define: if sexual journey - here, as they say, some interests, and if the sex tour - quite different. How fond of saying in one beautiful city, it is - two big differences. Under sexual journey is usually defined as the following three situations: a honeymoon in
- Are there any?
- Escort. It's when people tend to business and the wealthy, takes a companion, her assistant - say, a secretary or translator. She, in turn, in addition to other duties shall be with him everywhere - including in a hotel room in one bed.
A sex-tourism is based on a more mundane human desire and the associated desire: to get their money in other countries, something that will not be able to get back home. As the phenomenon of sex tourism appeared in the West in the late 60-ies, that is, during the second wave of the sexual revolution, we have, respectively, only to fall Iron Curtain - 10 years ago.
- What is the portrait of our ordinary sex tourist, age, social status, etc.?
- Incorrect divide contingent sex tourists in Russia and not Russia's, because the essence of this phenomenon internationally. It is known that the majority - this is the townsfolk, and a male - aged 25 to 40 years.
The demand for sex tourism usually occurs in people with low intellectual level and social status (lower bracket middle-class - those who can afford to pay for the tour, but due to lack of intelligence and imagination can not find a better use of their leisure time). Sex-tourist issue and self-centered in sex, do not know how to build relationships with older self-sufficient women, deprived of the romantic world view, detrimental to all the criteria - and therefore does not enter into marriage. In addition, it is selfish for life willing to spend only on themselves and eager to get their money all at once, but more, more.
However, there are two types of sex tourism: a swing and gay tourism. In the first case - when travel across the world center of sex tourism and are looking for pairs of amorous adventures, in the second - to explain, I think not. Swingers - a more advanced audience than classic The above average person, as a permanent partner, as it were already talking about some kind of responsibility.
- What about the gays?
- They are also the people enough pathetic and demanding. They love to hang out in Western Europe - especially in the free cosmopolitan cities like Amsterdam and Antwerp, as well as in the United States, especially in the a foggy city of San Francisco. This is a general center of the gay culture - here at blue not only its clubs, bars, and a quarter. They zealously guard their lives and none of the foreign to it is not allowed.
- In what country walks Strawberry average International philistine?
- There, where the entire lot and everything is cheap, or even better - nothing. For example, in Thailand, where the sea all kinds of entertainment shows, and virtually everywhere you can meet and choose a girlfriend for the night. And the next night - druggy_ I do not know where else there is - when the street is a girl and suddenly you run up to three peasants, and vying with each offer to take it at night, and it turns out that one of them is her father, the second - a brother and a third - husband! Imagine: a huge, cocktail night disco, the sea of beautiful women, where for each of you and - hard to resist.
Incidentally, in recent years the reputation of new regions of sex tourism began to acquire the Eastern European countries - particularly Poland and the Czech Republic. And even Bulgaria. These countries are especially popular with Europeans: all at your fingertips - close and cheap.
- And what about Russia, always famous for its amazing women?
- Russia in this capacity is not considered, in any case, the Europeans. The standard of living and social development it except for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhniy and several other cities are oh, how far from Europe. There is, however, the port city, but that's a topic for another discussion.
And then, perestroika ended - Westerners who want to enjoy not only the body but the soul of Russian women looked and realized that our ladies are the same practical, materialistic, and by and large no different from French women, Swedish women, memo_
- And American women? That's what more can argue!
- the United States in the vast majority had ceased to be a woman: a - bulldozer absorbing hamburgers and simultaneously lowers the weight cycling. Once again I stress - not all, but for the most part. By and large, do not need an American men's affection, she is someone you want trained - but only if she wants. Therefore, the interest of American men in Russia, unlike the Europeans, not extinguished. In America, thriving office, dealing with marriage tourism, that is, travel with the explicit purpose of which - the marriage of the client. And Americans continue to come to Russia in hopes to find in our land, its second, non-US, half - a hair-just a pure, gentle and loving, as in Terrene’s novels.
But look at the issue head office KVD number 2 Moscow Tamara VASIN:
- Of course, a relaxing atmosphere in the heart of exotic beauty has a romantic relationship. But not sure that is driving so far to get a Moreover, as a physician, I must warn all intending to do the same strawberry route that sexual intercourse - is always a risk. And especially if it is contact with an unfamiliar partner. It sometimes happens that outwardly he is very handsome, tidy and neat and tidy - and even that is genuinely not know about that, seriously ill. Which disease? Either the classic sexually transmitted diseases (HIV, gonorrhea, syphilis) or so, which medicine is formulated as a disease is transmitted mainly through sex, that is essentially the same disease mostly venereal: Treachery of these pathologies is that most of them for the time being asymptomatic, but it is contagious - in fact in the genital tract of man is hotbed of infection. And most importantly - can cause serious complications, leading to a loss of fertility in both men and women.
Do the climatic factor, especially the host country at the risk of infection? I think not. For example, the same AIDS, long considered our exotic, had been brought from somewhere in Africa, in today is not uncommon - and there's no need to go. Of course, resting somewhere on the equator are more susceptible to local infection, hemorrhagic fever, for example - but sex is no longer connected.
Can sex tourists are at risk for the spread of sexually transmitted diseases? Rather, yes. Traditionally, the risk group were drug addicts, prostitutes, bohemian personalities, and - truck drivers with shoulder girlfriends and, of course, the homeless. Recent general combustible material, carriers of an entire encyclopedia of diseases. Currently, this list has been augmented by refugees from hotspots and, as at first sight or ironic - the new Russian. No, not because they do not have sanitary facilities and not because they commit exotic sex tours. Just like many of them in the bathhouse steam, of course, with beer, with vodka and girls. So far bath - even a bigger risk factor than a trip to hot countries.
Some advanced person, knowing that they will be promiscuous sexual intercourse, just load up with antibiotics, thinking that if so be on the safe side, whereas it is - a huge burden on the body and control without a doctor to do so is dangerous.
And then, many people are naive idea that a condom - a panacea for all sexual infections. As a doctor say: nonsense - if AIDS or gonorrhea, it may help and protection, of syphilis - no!
Conclusions? A conclusion can be only one: no matter where you traveled, wherever located, be legible, not only in foods and drinks, but also in their sexual contacts. I understand - it sounds trite, but - such is life. It is as follows.
The general manager of a Moscow travel agencies ALEXANDER (for obvious reasons we do not specify his name, confining name):
- When did sex tourism exist ? Long enough, or rather with the early 90's - about the same as a number of private travel agencies involved in organizing tourist trips abroad. Of course, many reasons - imperfect native legislation, differences in social attitudes to sex tourism, etc. - travel agencies, with very rare exceptions, do not take courage to openly advertise sex tours, but I assure you such Turistkontor long time there. Among regular customers are known and popular. Often, a decent and inoffensive language, such as: exotic tours vacation on the islands welcome to the carnival and the like - is hiding the most common sex tourism.
Typically, these travel companies are working on contracts with local travel agents specializing in their own homes exclusively in the area of services of this type. These foreign companies usually make the program stay with such specificity, excursions along places; at their disposal specialized bars, dance areas and hotels. Perhaps, for many of us it sounds strange, but abroad enough such sex hotels, not necessarily representing a rooming house in a diner, somewhere near the road. Basically it is presentable apartment - with luxurious multi-purpose fixtures and a bathrobe, with a giant water mattress, with mirrored ceilings and walls - so customers can see myself in different perspectives, of course, with mini-bar and with a wardrobe of specific garments. And they are equipped with high-quality audio and video equipment, which can be used to make a minute of joy indelible impression.
Our compatriots who know it, come to the firms and over again, because in to spend time in this way is impossible today - there are no hotels (criminal article about the keeping of brothels, we have not yet terminated, and home owners of low places are forced to masquerade as a sauna , massage parlors, etc.).
If we talk about the geography of sex tourism, it is quite extensive and traditional as well as formed a few decades ago. In Europe, this Mediterranean region - mainly Italy and France, less - Spain and the Benelux countries satchel. But if you look globally, there are several world centers of the sex industry, and therefore, sex tourism, sex pilgrimage, if you like: first of all, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brazil (and partly Argentina) and, interestingly, socialist Cuba. And, say, in Muslim countries - in Kuwait, the Emirates (and even less conservative religiously Turkey) sex tourism can not be by definition.