TY - JOUR AU - Lu, Timothy Siliang AU - Holmes, Andrea AU - Noone, Chris AU - Flaherty, Gerard Thomas PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11/27 TI - Sun, sea and sex: a review of the sex tourism literature JO - Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines SP - 24 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Sex tourism is defined as travel planned specifically for the purpose of sex, generally to a country where prostitution is legal. While much of the literature on sex tourism relates to the commercial sex worker industry, sex tourism also finds expression in non-transactional sexual encounters. This narrative review explores current concepts related to travel and sex, with a focus on trans-national sex tourism. SN - 2055-0936 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-020-00124-0 DO - 10.1186/s40794-020-00124-0 ID - Lu2020 ER -