Sex Tourism
Italians and their “sexcapades” in East Africa
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) - Reports from all over the East African Indian Ocean coastal towns showed that Italians love to have sex with African girls to an extent that some fly from Italy to East Africa on sex tourism mission.
Few days after an Italian chef was given persona non grata status by Tanzanian authorities over sexual offense, reports from Kenya said Italian tourists visiting the tourist beach towns of Malindi and Mombasa are champions of sex tourism.
An Italian chef was declared illegal immigrant in Tanzania’s island of Zanzibar after four girls from his kitchen testified to have had sex with him and have conceived.
A similar story was reported this week from Kenya where Italian tourists, most popular in beach holidays were found to be fond of having sex with Kenyan girls.
Parents in the Kenyan coastal towns of Malindi and Mombasa said the two towns are currently the leading destinations for child sex tourism in East Africa.
Through various media interviews, parents in Malindi, Watamu and Diani on the Kenyan Indian Ocean beaches said school girls have failed to attend schools in favor of sexual business with Italian tourists.
“When the girls see an Italian tourist, they even approach him and ask for money in exchange of sex. And when an Italian tourist approach those girls, they become happy and invite him to enjoy sex and pay them some money,” one parent was quoted saying.
More than 2,000 Italians have settled in Malindi, while tens of thousands visit the coast annually. In Tanzania, Italians are mostly settled on the coastal towns of Zanzibar, Pemba, Mafia and Bagamoyo running tourist resorts.
Kenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala said there was no way that the Kenyan government would kick out Italians from tourism business because they were among the best stakeholders in tourism and have contributed greatly to community social projects such as schools.
He said hoteliers must lead in the fight against child sex tourism, which has attracted a nasty coverage in the western media, particularly, the Italian press.
Findings showed that child sex tourism on the East African coast was driven by poverty which so far attracted them to practice commercial sex so as to supplement family earnings.
The secretary for Children Affairs in the Kenyan Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development, Jaqueline Oduol, said fifty percent of boys and girls involved in sex work were recruited or connected to tourists by beach boys, who also exploit them.
Unlike other nationalities, Italian tourists are more interested in beach holidays than wildlife photographic safaris. Big charter aircraft from Italy frequently land in the East African coastal towns on tourism missions.
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Hi every body.
ASSALA_MU_ALAIKUM
the world system a completely changing day to day.
to peoples goes towards sexuality .
but its very very bad situation for those countries in which its very popular.
The best one religion in the world is
Holly ISLAM .
there is not allowed sex before marriage of a person man / female both.
its the best and well best way to protect humanity from this bad habit.
Hi,
An interesting report and recently there was a case of set up prostitution in Arusha, Tanzania involving UN ICTR staff. This girl who is now employed by Tanzania cultural tourism program is advertising sex tours from a place called mtowambu ? A Judith Elitwaza
Its prevalent everywhere in Tanzania and seems to be a normal part of their culture. Makes one think ?
Re: beth on January 23, 2009 - 9:41am
So, beth, white women on holiday in Africa don't actually pay in cash after having sex with the local men eh? You are being disengenuous here, female sexual tourism has a different dynamic than male sexual tourism. As you well know, female sex tourists (outside of certain hotspots in the Caribbean) don't have a sex tourism "infrastructure." Rather, they pick up or are "picked up" by local "beach boys", "rastas" or whatever the local term is. Their new "boyfriend" is not paid in cash, but all meals, drinks, excursions and of course presents are on the white woman sex tourist. Trying to deny the truth of the presence of large numbers of white female sex tourists in Africa (as well as many other hot spots) is trying to pretend that white male sex tourism is bad, but white female sex tourism isn't bad.
Hi Beth,
Thinks so much beth ,i wish i would communicate with you and share.
I live in Kisii, Kenya and like touring places in the East African region.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Hi I am doing reearch on sex tourim in Tanzania. I would like to use you commemnt in my research. are you okay? I f you have any other usefull information please let me know. my email is lg.comq@yahoo.com
As an American woman who has lived in Tanzania, I can assure you that european women do not have to pay for sex. Men are constantly approaching you trying to get you to go out with them...If a lady wanted sex, they can get it pretty easy.
That's been true for a long time in the Carribian as well Neil but the idea with these types of stories is to make MEN look bad not woman.
From my personal observations, I would say there are much more European WOMEN coming to East Africa for sex tourism - looking for affairs with East African men. Massai are particularly popular and "Rasta Beach Boys".
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