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A Report on Trafficking of Woman and Children in India, 2002-2003 (Volume I)
NHRC - UNIFEM - ISS Project
Coordinator:Sankar Sen
Principal Investigator/Researcher:P.M. Nair IPS

Sex tourism has become a problem in Kerala, which has witnessed a tourist boom since the early '80s. Along with the growth of tourism, there has been an increasing victimisation of young children. Kerala Women's Commission received numerous letters of complaints from women tourists, about sex tourism in Kovalam. Hoteliers in areas like Qullion, Alleppy, Ernakulam promote sex tourism, because such services bring them extra income. Victims are often projected by the agents as college girls in search of fun and excitement, wanting to earn an extra buck. In places like Alleppy, foreign tourists come and stay in houseboats. This houseboat sex tourism is a new and thriving concept. It is safe, as there are no raids on the houseboats. In Kerala, although places like Kovalam and Fort Cochin have become sex tourism hot spots, police records indicate that enforcement agencies have turned a blind eye to the problem.

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