Sex in Tourism

Neil Carr is a professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His research interests centre on understanding behaviour within tourism and leisure experiences, with a particular emphasis on children and families, sex, and animals.Liza Berdychevsky is an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Her research interests revolve at the nexus of heath, wellbeing and sexuality in various tourism and leisure contexts, with a particular focus on ageing, gender and sexual health education.

• Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsContributorsChapter 1. Liza Berdychevsky and Neil Carr: Introducing the Light and Dark Sides of Sex in Tourism and the Fifty Shades of Grey in Between: Using the Social-Ecological ModelChapter 2. S. Emre Dilek and Neil Carr: Ethical Debates on Sex Tourism, and Sex and TourismPart 1: Light Side of Sex in Tourism: Affects and Effects of the Diverse Sexual Encounters in TourismChapter 3. Liza Berdychevsky: Gender Differences and Similarities in Perceptions of and Experiences with Sex and Sexual Risk Taking in TourismChapter 4. Neil Carr and Leonardo Nava Jimenez: Sex and Summer CampsChapter 5. Phoebe Everingham, Amie Matthews and Tamara Young: Embodying Liminality: Exploring the ‘Affects’ of Sexual Encounters in Backpacker and Volunteer TourismChapter 6. Octávio Sacramento: Tourism, the Internet and Euro-Brazilian IntimaciesChapter 7. Elsa Soro, Sheila Sánchez Bergara and Jose A. Mansilla López: Online Dating on the Move: At the Intersection of Sexuality, Tourism and Space RepresentationPart 2: Fifty Shades of Grey of Sex in Tourism: Romance Tourism, Sex Tourism or Exploitation Tourism?Chapter 8. S. Emre Dilek: Sex Tourism Beyond the HumanChapter 9. Amanda Jenkins, Roya Rahimi and Peter Robinson: Sex Tourism in the Caribbean: A Case Study of Negril Beach BoysChapter 10. George Ariya and Ruth Nyamasyo: Sex Tourism and Girls' Education: Reflective Voices of ‘Girls’ at Mtwapa, KenyaChapter 11. Naomi Moswete: Examining Awareness, Knowledge and Perceptions of Tourism and its Links to HIV/AIDS in Maun, BotswanaPart 3: Dark Side of Sex and Tourism: Child Sex Tourism and Sexual HarassmentChapter 12. Irina Oliveira and Vitor Ambrósio: Sexual Harassment in the Hotel Housekeeping DepartmentChapter 13. Frans de Man and Arnoud Lagendijk: The Distorted Reach to Local Stakeholders in the Global Fight against Child Sex Tourism: The Case of Thailand, the Dominican Republic and the GambiaChapter 14. Athina Papageorgiou: Child Sex Tourism and the Role of Local CommunitiesChapter 15. Neil Carr and Liza Berdychevsky: Delving into the Uncharted Terrains of Sex in Tourism:Conclusions and Ways ForwardIndex

Neil Carr and Liza Berdychevsky deserve all accolades for editing a book that focuses on the nexus between sex and tourism, openly illuminating its light and dark sides. The readers of this thought-provoking book will be exposed to the intricate and profound ties between sex and tourism affecting individuals, communities, societies, and the tourism industry.