Sexual relations between tourists and locals

Abstract

When poverty is often the main factor leading women, children and/or men to sell their bodies in exchange for money and goods, tourists, with a higher spending power, can be in a position to negotiate risky sexual behaviours, thus contributing to the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STls). In a case study of Cuzco, Peru, Irmgard Bauer researches how tourists and locals perceive each other and the consequences their relationships can have. (This article is reproduced from the forthcoming ECOT publication, 'HIV AIDS, Poverty and Tourism').