Editing Sex tourism (section)

==Legal issues==
This particular industry of sex work is a predominant reason for world travel<ref name="Lovelock">{{cite book|last1=Lovelock|first1=Brent|title=The Ethics of Tourism: Critical and Applied Perspectives|last2=Lovelock|first2=Kirsten M.|date=2013|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> and is extremely profitable. The market can become exceedingly exploitative and unethically abused as tourists are motivated to engage in sexual conduct due to the untraceable nature and lack of law enforcement control, especially with accessibility to minors.<ref name="UN Convention" />

Ethical issues arise due to the situations of participating parties; many sex workers are from low-income backgrounds usually located in underdeveloped societies whose only means for providing basic needs is to engage in sexual services.<ref name=Lovelock /> While sex workers can engage voluntarily in the industry, there is a distinct difference between the coercion found in international sex trafficking and sex tourism which exploits the limited work options for low socioeconomic local residents.

Government and law enforcement often do not place priority on policing prostitution and sex trafficking.<ref name="McPhee/McCartan" /> For example, in [[Cambodia]], the Cambodian government has previously overlooked tourists having sex with Cambodian adolescents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2013/12/world/cambodia-child-sex-trade/|title='The women who sold their daughters into sex slavery}}</ref>

Individuals are not exempt from prosecution. Sex tourism as recognised by the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] supports [[human trafficking]] and slavery.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sex Tourism {{!}} Travelers' Health {{!}} CDC|url=https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/sex-tourism|access-date=2021-05-05|website=wwwnc.cdc.gov}}</ref> Even if [[prostitution]] is legal in a country or region, human trafficking, sexual encounters with a minor, and [[child pornography]] are almost universally criminal in nature and individuals caught breaking these laws can be prosecuted. Citizens of any foreign country must abide by the laws of the country in which they hold citizenship in addition to the local laws of the country they are visiting, including laws regarding [[Sexual consent|consent]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Andrews|first=Sara K.|date=2004|title=U.S. Domestic Prosecution of the American International Sex Tourist: Efforts to Protect Children from Sexual Exploitation|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3491375|journal=The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology|volume=94|issue=2|pages=415–454|doi=10.2307/3491375|jstor=3491375|issn=0091-4169}}</ref>