Prostitution in Haiti
Encyclopedia
Prostitution in Haiti is illegal but the country used to be a premier destination in the 1970s for sex tourism
for adults. Since the 1940's, prostitution rings made up of Dominican women have circulated about the capital and today, are found in Pétionville
.
Sex tourism
Sex tourism is travel to engage in sexual activity with prostitutes.The World Tourism Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, defines sex tourism as "trips organized from within the tourism sector, or from outside this sector but using its structures and networks, with the primary...
for adults. Since the 1940's, prostitution rings made up of Dominican women have circulated about the capital and today, are found in Pétionville
Pétionville
Pétion-Ville is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate of the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. It was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion , the Haitian general and president later recognized as one of the country's four founding...
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