The Code would like to highlight the need for child protection as part of responsible and sustainable tourism and present it in the context of “crisis and risk management”. Even in Asian tourism sphere, the current initial thoughts of “crisis and risk management” may invoke precautions to prevent natural disasters that can impact tourism, such as tsunami and floods. However, there is also a real risk for a destination’s or a company’s brand and reputation when it comes to crimes of sexual exploitation of children or other crimes relating to children.

1. YOUR BUSINESS
DESERVES
ANOTHERSTAR

2. SOME OF OUR MEMBERS

3. TRAVELERS
CHILDREN
CRIME
THE TOURISM SECTOR IS NOTTO BLAME FOR THIS

4. Introducing The Code as a Tool for Child Protection & Risk Reduction
The Code of Conduct for the Protection from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism
ITS NOT JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO
ITSALSO
GOOD BUSINESS

5. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN -CSEC
Sexualabusebyapersoninexchangeforcashorinkindgiftsgiventothechild,athirdpersonorpersons; Acrimeagainstchildren; whereachildistreatedasasexualandcommercialobject; Achildisanyoneundertheageof18.

6. COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN -CSEC
CSEC
Children in Prostitution
Child Sex Tourism
Child Trafficking
Child Pornography

7. DEFINITION
Whenapersontravelsorusestheirstatusasatouristtosexuallyexploitachild.
Childsextouristscanbedomestictravelersortheycanbeinternationaltourists.
TheyUTILISEthetourismindustryandinfrastructureinordertocontactchildrenatthedestination.

8. CHILD TRAFFIKING PROCESS
RECRUITMENT
TRANSIT
DESTINATION
False job offers
Stay w/ distant relatives
False marriage offers
Kidnapping
Confiscation of ID
Threat to report to authority
Violence to child or family
Social isolation
Limited freedom or locked up
Debt of money

9. “SURELY THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN IN MY COUNTRY”
EVERY 16 SECONDSA CHILD IS SEXUALLY EXPLOITED
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1: UNICEF estimates that as many as 2 million children are sexually exploited around the world annually
THAILAND:
800,000
BRAZIL
250,000
KENYA
30,000
RUSSIA
30,000
(inMoscow alone)
USA
300,000
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Largest number of children and women trafficked worldwide arein or from Asia (30%).
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All countries are affected-domestic/cross border/ overseas trafficking and originating, transiting or receiving countries

10. Pacific Islands:
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu Vanuatu
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New/Emerging Destinations:
China + Malaysia + Pacific Islands
Established Destinations:
South-East Asia + South Asia
CHILD TRAFFIKING HOT SPOTS IN ASIA

11. CHILD TRAFFIKING ROUTES
Thailand:Source, Transit, & Destination
Philippines:Source, Transit, & Destination
Mongolia:Source
South Korea: Source (minordestination)
Japan:Destination (minortransit)
Hong Kong: Transit, Destination
Taiwan:Destination
Cambodia:Source, Transit, & Destination
Indonesia:Source, Transit, & Destination
Australia:Destination
New Zealand: Destination
(source of internal trafficking)
Viet Nam:Source, Destination
Malaysia:Destination (minor source, transit)
Singapore:Destination
North Korea: Source
China:Source, Transit, & Destination
Myanmar:Source
Lao:Source

12. SOME CASES
“HetookmetoahotelinSukhumvitRoad. Therewasamanonreceptionandawomaninthelobby.Theysmiledatthegentlemancustomerthenlookeddownatmewithdisgustedface,makingmeknowthatIwastoblame.”
She was 13 at the time.

13. SOME CASES
October2012–CanadianChristopherNeil-37yearsold-“SwirlyFaceGuy” wassentencedfor9yearsinjailbackin2007butwassentbacktoCanadainSeptember2012.Hewillbemonitoredfor18monthsbyCanadianlawenforcement.ThereisalsoawarrantoutforhisarrestnowinCambodia.

14. IMPACT ON CHILD VICTIMS
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The abuse is traumatic; leading to negative impact on the child’s physical, mental, and emotional health
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Problems with health, pregnancy, and psychological trauma
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Especially difficult to address is the psycho-social impacts, including behavior:
-Sexualized behavior
-Problem behavior –stealing/lying
-Attachment behavior –trust issues w/ adults
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Some children may be recruited to take part in exploitation or go back into exploitation

15. IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRY
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Loss of culture & shifting away from historical/cultural tourism
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Negative impact on society, family and communities
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Loss of culture & shifting away from historical/cultural tourism
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Continue the ‘negative’ image destinations as a sex tourism destination
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Impedes on sustainable and responsible tourism
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Dependency on the wrong type of tourism

16. PROOF OF CONCEPT

17. SO WHAT CAN YOUR BUSINESS DO?

18. WHY SHOULD YOUR BUSINESS ACT ?

19. USE YOUR ‘POWER’ TO…
SAY: child sexual exploitation is not acceptable in tourism
DO: raise awareness and conduct trainings
ACT: report cases to authorities

20. HOW WE CAN HELP
TheCodeisaninternationallyrecognizedinitiativewiththemissiontoprovideawareness,toolsandsupporttothetourismindustrytopreventthesexualexploitationofchildren.Focusonintegratingchildprotectionintotheindustryviaits6criteria.
Industry driven with multi- stakeholder board
Practical child protection for integration
CSR + Responsible Tourism Tool

21. HOW WE CAN HELP
Matthias Leisinger, Chairman
Brenda Schultz
Andreas Museler
ECPAT Intl. Dorothy Rozga, VCFair Trade Tourism Jennifer SeifTravel Education CenterLottaSands
ECPAT Netherlands
Theo Noten

22. HOW WE CAN HELP
INDUSTRY
GOVT.
THE CODE HQ
LCRs
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Created by ECPAT Sweden in 1998 in collaboration with Scandinavian tourism companies;
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The Code is a practical tool for tourism companies; -The Code’s six criteria areofficially called ‘The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism.’

23. THE CODE OF CONDUCT –The SIX criteria
1.
Toestablishapolicyandproceduresagainstsexualexploitationofchildren;
2.
Totrainemployeesinchildren’srights,thepreventionofsexualexploitationandhowtoreportsuspectedcases;
3.
Toincludeaclauseincontractsthroughoutthevaluechainstatingacommonrepudiationandzerotolerancepolicyofsexualexploitationofchildren;

24. THE CODE OF CONDUCT
4.
Toprovideinformationtotravelersonchildren’srights,thepreventionofsexualexploitationofchildrenandhowtoreportsuspectedcases;
5.
Tosupport,collaborateandengagestakeholdersinthepreventionofsexualexploitationofchildren;
6.
ToreportannuallyontheirimplementationofCoderelatedactivities.

25. THE CODE OF CONDUCT

26. GROWTH WITHIN ONE YEAR

27. MEMBERS IN ACTION

28. MEMBERS IN ACTION

29. MEMBERS IN ACTION

30. PARTNERSHIPS

31. PARTNERSHIPS

32. www.thecode.org/join
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Faceboook.com/TheCodeofConduct
linkedin.com/company/the-code
twitter.com/TheCodeOrg