SA 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sex Tourism

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 316
• Professor: Robert Wyllie

Document Summary

In the first part, we look at how certain tourist destinations and sites are advertised and presented in ways that seem designed to appeal primarily to males. This is especially evident in a number of exotic tropical island destinations such as the virgin islands. In the second part, we examine sex tourism (in what could be called its classic form) in southeast asia and the. This is mercenary sex tourism for a male clientele and its origins and development are outlined. In the third part, we look at so-called romance tourism with a female clientele. Here we examine the debate between those writers who believe this is simply sex tourism with the roles of males and females reversed, and those who see important differences between the two forms. Reading 8. 1 by bandyopadhyay and nascimento describes the ways in which advertising, promotion, and other types of representation have influenced brazil as a tourist destination.