History Main / SexTourism

Yes, this happens in real life, but '''[[NoRealLifeExamplesPlease please don't list real life examples]]'''.

* The backdrop of PeterStraub's novel ''Koko'' is the sex-tourism fueled underbelly of Bangkok.

* Literature/TimeScout features SexTourism to the past. Some people go downtime to have sex with downtimer whores. This is viewed very negatively and explicitly referred to as rape. They're called "zipper jockeys".

* In ''{{Dogma}}'', a member of the Board of Directors for the Mooby Corporation is killed by Loki (the Angel of Death) because he flew to Thailand to have sex with an [[ThisIsSparta Eleven! Year! Old! Boy!]]

* In {{Manga/Beck}}, [[DirtyOldMan Saitou's]]Thailand trip seems to be one of this judging from the photographs he brings back.

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Yes, this happens in real life, but ''[[NoRealLifeExamplesPlease please don't list real life examples]]''

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* A recurring complaint among many backpackers about ConTiki Tours is that they are mostly patronised by people who want to drink and get laid (note for those who are interested in that: the gender ratio is heavily skewed towards women), and the contents of the tours reflect that.
* Infamously, this is what landed Gary Glitter in a Vietnamese prison.
* Dr. George Rekers, an outspoken opponent of homosexuality, hired a gay male escort to travel with him abroad on the pretense that he needed a muscular young man to carry his luggage. Dan Savage immediately suggested that people substitute the phrase "Whatever lifts your luggage" for "Whatever floats your boat."
* The British holiday company "Club 18-30" has this reputation, and caused some controversy with adverts which got a bit too explicit about what the holidaymakers were expected to get up to. (Mostly with each other, though, rather than locals.)

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* ''HowStellaGotHerGrooveBack'' is the quintessential example of female sex tourism. A woman visits another country and hooks up with a hunky young man.

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* Michel Houellebecq's novel ''Platforme'' deals extensively with sex-tourism when it's not busy insulting Islam.

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* The British holiday company "Club 18-30" has this reputation, and caused some controversy with adverts which got a bit too explicit about what the holidaymakers were expected to get up to. (Mostly with each other, though, rather than locals.)

* Dr. George Rekers, an outspoken opponent of homosexuality, hired a gay male escort to travel with him abroad on the pretense that he needed a muscular young man to carry his luggage. Dan Savage immediately suggested that people substitute the phrase "Whatever lifts your luggage" for "Whatever floats your boat."

* MyNameisEarl had an episode where a former Foreign Exchange Student named Pierre wanted to stay in America to get girls, [[EverythingsoundssexierinFrench it works for him.]]

* Infamously, this is what landed Gary Glitter in a Vietnamese prison.

** Also its SoBadItsHorrible [[FilmOfTheBook film adaptation]].

* A recurring complaint among many backpackers about ConTiki Tours is that they are mostly patronised by people who want to drink and get laid (note for those who are interested in that: the gender ratio is heavily skewed towards women), and the contents of the tours reflect that.

* ''BrokebackMountain'' has a scene with one of the cowboys going to Mexico to anonymously hook up with a local man, presumably to release the stress of having to live in a heterosexual marriage and limit his contact with the other cowboy to only once a year.

* MyNameisEarl had an episode where a former Foreign Exchange Student named Pierre who wanted to stay in America to get girls, [[EverythingsoundssexierinFrench it works for him.]]

* ''When Stella Got Her Groove Back'' is the quintessential example of female sex tourism. A woman visits another country and hooks up with a hunky young man.

* This is the initial plot in the first {{Hostel}}. At least before [[ItGotWorse things get bad]]. Fast.

* In ''{{Love Actually}}'', Colin goes to America because he figures American girls will go crazy over his cute British accent. It works.
* In ''Stealing Beauty'', Lucy goes to Italy and has sex for the first time. Oh, and looks for her father.
* In ''The Prince and Me'', Prince Edvard makes his college choice based solely on seeing it featured in a ''Girls Gone Wild'' video.

* The backdrop of Peter Straub's novel ''Koko'' is the sex-tourism fueled underbelly of Bangkok.

* In a ''Law & Order: SVU'' episode, Munch goes undercover to bust a travel agent who secretly runs a sex-tourism business for male pedophiles. "We have an arrangement with a local orphanage" in a Third-World country.

* In episode 140 of SouthPark, the Super Adventure Club is revealed to be an organization which travels to the most exotic places in the world so they can be the first explorers to have sex with the native children.

* A recurring complaint among many backpackers about ConTiki Tours is that they are mostly patronised by people who want to drink and get laid (note for those who are interested in that: the gender ratio is heavily skewed towards women), and the contents of the tours reflect that.

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'''Examples:'''

In the United States, this is illegal under the PROTECT act.

* On ''TheWire'', [=McNulty=] (Dominic West) pretends to be an Englishman in Baltimore in order to infiltrate a sex slavery ring.