Is 'Sex Tourism' an economy that meets the sexual needs of men?

Being a student of media and cultural studies means lots and lots of research needs to be done. Earlier this year, I completed an essay on 'Sex Tourism', investigating if it is motivated by the 'sexual needs' of men. I thoroughly enjoyed the research process, and was surprised and disgusted by some of the things I read. The essay relies heavily on research done on western men who visit 'sex tourism' havens in South East Asia, it explores their motivations and compares them to western men who use 'local' prostitutes in their countries. I also employ a gendered analysis of 'sex tourism', as it is also practiced by western women who visit countries in Africa and the Caribbean; there are some interesting similarities and differences between male and female sex tourism.

If this research is 'right up your alley' then feel free to read the whole thing. I feel there's no point bottling and hiding gained knowledge, it's our duty as students and researchers to spread the word (once our peers and professors have deemed this 'word' to be robust and thorough of course)

Is 'Sex Tourism' an economy that meets the sexual needs of men?