The statement about the unattractiveness of Ukraine for foreigners because of corruption, crime, underdeveloped infrastructure is reasonable when it comes to investors and entrepreneurs. But for the seekers of amorous entertainment, pretending to be tourists, our country is very attractive.
The sex industry is rapidly marching through its territories. The issue of legalizing prostitution and institutions of pleasure divides society into two rival camps. Why foreigners, paying for intimate services, are so fond of Ukraine? The reason is: sex tourism is much cheaper here than in other countries, visa and logistical obstacles are insignificant.
Powerful advertising points to the exceptional beauty and kind of easy accessibility of Ukrainian women. Moreover, agencies take over the whole organization, tickets and hotels to develop leisure planning, etc. Advertising is at the airports, hotels, metro. Illegal business is established primarily in large cities: Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Lviv. There are charters, short sightseeing tours, other nice little things for foreigners. The majority of the customers are from Turkey.
But, is it really a mass phenomenon, because the sphere of illegal and official statistics is missing? That is, it is not a problem related to regulation, it is a problem of the phenomenon itself. And what does the legislation say? Sex tourism is inseparably linked to human trafficking. Official statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs testify up to cases of trade last year.
According to the agency of the International Organization for Migration, since , more than , Ukrainians have suffered from this shameful phenomenon. Everyone guesses that this huge industry the third place after the arms and drugs trade may have lobbyists and major beneficiaries in the higher power institutions, but no one will directly say about it. Someone has money, and Ukrainian women the status of a living commodity, which they buy and sell as a thing.
