Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism: Country Specific Report-India: Goa

Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism: Country Specific Report-India: Goa

Global Study on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism: Country Specific Report-India: Goa

This report explores the inter-linkages between three areas: children, tourism and migration. Goa, since the late 1980s has been a popular destination on the map of thousands of tourists, both domestic and foreign, who enjoy prolonged vacations of the pristine beaches, the food, culture and Goan hospitality. However a harsh reality that came to light was in the early 1990s when the Freddy Peats case was highlighted by the social activists and media, establishing the fact that Goa was witnessing a group of tourists who came here not only for the wine, women and song but children too. Since then several civil society organizations as well as the government have published research studies, census, survey data and records establishing the fact that children are exploited and abused in the context of tourism. However an area that has received scant attention is the situation of children of migrant communities in the context of tourism in Goa.