Colombia’s tourism industry holds immense promise By eradicating sex and drug tourism, the nation can secure a future where tourism promotes cultural appreciation, economic growth, and safety for all. At night, sex workers take up their positions in the colombian city of medellin, where a tourism boom has led to a rise in prostitution that is dragging in underage girls. Colombia's press has been full of stories about increased sex tourism in the south american country, something that according to the sex tourists themselves is mostly a matter of offer and demand. Cartagena’s sex tourism struggle colombia ’s ministry of commerce, industry, and tourism reported an 8.5% increase in foreign visitors in the first half of 2024, underscoring cartagena’s reliance on tourism as an economic driver In 2018, colombia was the center of one of the most important operations against child sex tourism, with which it was possible to dismantle one of the largest prostitution networks cartagena de indias is one of the most attractive and popular destinations in colombia.
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