I was reading an article on sex tourism in Jamaica, and it seems that us blokes are not the only ones!.....
"Amidst the hand-gliders, speedboats and sunbathers on the beaches of the Caribbean, there are the buffed (and not so buffed) bodies of young men hoping to catch the eye of a single tourist woman looking for a good time. And if that is the case, they have come to the right place.
Indeed "BEACH BUMS" are on the increase. And some teenaged boys are leaving school to get involved. This is according to Barbadian-born Dr Joan Phillips, a post doctorate research fellow at the University of London.
"Fourteen to 15-year-old boys are leaving school to go on the beach to get to the big money. The big money is having sex with tourists. They tell you that school was not doing anything for them. They usually start during summer and then don't go back to school," she said.".......
As to the financial rewards, Phillips added: "There are cases where he gets to travel to a European country with all expenses paid for a couple of months, up to a cash sum of US$15 000, the gift of an 18-carat gold ring, the underwriting of shopping sprees, apartment rentals, jetski and general subsistence."
"It begins with the woman paying for drink and entry to clubs, then after about two weeks, when she is about to leave, she accompanies him to Bridgetown, where he is treated to a shopping bonanza of brand name articles." .........
"White women always wanted to sample black men, while the latter saw them as their hope of financial and social boost, she added.
American sociologist Klaus de Albuquerque agrees with the erotic element to sex tourism. He believes that for the white woman who flock to the Caribbean for sea, sun and mostly sex, it's a 'phallic sojourn' in search of the 'big bamboo'.".....
"They are single women in their mid-forties and are from major cities in the United States. They are not necessarily into long-term relationships, but Jim says they return regularly to their island boy, bringing gifts like jewellery, designer sneakers and clothing.
But while they like the gifts the 'escorts' ultimate hope is ...... marrying and migrating, preferably to the United States. It gives them an opportunity for a new life and better days for their children".....
The full article can be read at
http://www.caribvoice.org/Travel&Tou...extourism.html