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Sex Tourism Offered in Belize?
posted (February 13, 2014)
The ugly and little discussed underside of tourism in the developing world is sex tourism. From the Dominican Republic and Cuba, to Honduras and Costa Rica, American and European men travel all across the world to have a good time with female escorts. And that's the kind of service being advertised by a site named global fantasies.com. The site says it offers quote, "Belize Fantasy Adult Sex Vacations" at exotic locations. The idea is that for a premium price, the outfit provides resorts and female companionship. We called the number in Los Angeles and they say they do offer such a service at resorts throughout Belize. The menu shows a listing of dozens of girls up for the offering - and while it looks very much like random image cut and paste from other sites, those we spoke to say they do recognize some of the ladies.

The Tourism Board sent out a release yesterday saying quote, "The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is in no way affiliated with this group nor does it condone its actions, as this is a human rights issue. The Ministry of Human Development, the Human Rights Commission, and the Belize Police Department have been notified and will be handling the resulting investigation." End quote.

But informed persons in the industry tell us it's more than a human rights issue, it's a product issue and an issue for the registrar of hotels - which oversees the quality, suitability and operation of guest facilities.

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