Sexual tourism against minors is a world plague that encompasses mainly the south east Asian region, Latin America, Africa and eastern Europe. Western countries are those which register the biggest outgoing fluxes. Sexual tourists abuse of the common channels and networks of tourism to reach their victims. Companies and workers in the sector may play an important role in the prevention and struggle against this practice. To be able to do this, they must learn how to identify and prevent it, they need to possess the knowledge and skills to identify it and have the tools to actively prevent those who exploit and those that make use of this practice from making use of tourist services to reach their victims. To Favor the establishment of a permanent social dialogue platform for tourism, encouraging the exchange and synergies between social parts throughout the whole supply chain, starting from the exchange of actions for the fight against child exploitation in the tourism sector, and the adoption of Directive 2011/92/EU. Analyze the ways in which services and tourism channels are used for illegal aims and identify changes linked with use of information and communication technologies. Evaluate good practices that social parts, individually or jointly, have enacted to prevent and fight against this phenomenon. Equip the tourism industry with innovative and practical tools for the struggle against child sexual exploitation throughout the whole supply chain. Il turismo sessuale a danno dei minori è una piaga mondiale che attanaglia in modo particolare Sud-est asiatico, America Latina, Africa ed Europa orientale. I paesi occidentali sono quelli da cui si registrano i maggiori flussi in partenza. I turisti sessuali abusano dei canali e delle reti del turismo per raggiungere le loro vittime. Imprese e lavoratori del settore possono giocare un ruolo prezioso per prevenire e contrastare il fenomeno. Per farlo essi devono imparare a riconoscerlo e a prevenirlo, devono cioè avere le conoscenze e le competenze per identificarlo ed essere dotati di strumenti concreti per impedire a sfruttatori e clienti di utilizzare i servizi turistici per raggiungere le loro vittime. Favorire l’istituzione del tavolo di dialogo sociale europeo del turismo incoraggiando gli scambi e le sinergie tra gli attori sociali di tutta la filiera, a partire dalla condivisione di azioni per la lotta allo sfruttamento sessuale dei minori nel turismo e l’attuazione della Direttiva 2011/92/UE sul tema.Analizzare le modalità con cui i servizi e i canali del turismo vengono utilizzati per scopi impropri e identificare i cambiamenti legati all’uso delle tecnologie di informazione e comunicazione Censire le buone pratiche che le parti sociali individualmente o collegialmente hanno messo in campo per prevenire e contrastare il fenomeno. Dotare l’industria del turismo di strumenti innovativi e pratici per il contrasto allo sfruttamento sessuale dei minori lungo tutta la filiera

1. EBNT observatory on the fight against
sexual abuses against children in the
tourism industry
2013
SAFE HOST European Project

2. Fifth year - 2013
Scenario on disintermediation and integration.
Analysis of European and global online travel
agencies.
Survey on sector associations.
Interviews and analysis of Interpol and Fraud
squads information.
Update on implementation of UE Directive 92/2011.

3. Disintermediation and Integration
Multi channel aspect
Source: Eurobarometer data 2012, elaboration by
SL&A
Vacation organisation modalities - 2012

4. Source: Eurobarometer data 2012, elaboration by SL&A
Disintermediation and Integration
Multi channel aspect

5. Analysis of 68 European/Global travel agencies websites
Analysis of online travel agencies
Source: EBNT Observatory data, elaboration by
SL&A

6. Analysis of online travel agencies
Source: EBNT Observatory data, elaboration by
SL&A
Expedia:
• Trivago
• Hotels
• Hotwire
• Car Rental
• Classic
Vacations
• eLong
• Venere
TripAdvisor:
• Air Fare Watch
Dog
• Booking Buddy
• Cruise Critic
• Every Trail
• Family Vacation
critic
• Flip key
• Holiday Lettings
• Holiday Watch
Dog
• Independent
Traveler
• One Time
• Seat Guru
• Snique Away
• Smarter Travel
• Tingo
• Travel Library
• Travel Pod
Virtual Tourist
Orbitz:
• Hotel Club
• Rates to go
• Mr Jet
• Cheap Ticket
• Orbitz
Business
• Adventure
Travel
• Lodging
• Away
• Asia Hotels
• Gorp
Priceline:
• Kayak
• Booking
• Agoda
Odigeo:
• Edreams
• GoVoyages
• Opodo
• Travellink
Sabre Holding – Travelocity:
• IgoUgo
• Lastminute.com
• Zuji
• Travelprice

7. Analysis of online travel agencies
Source: EBNT Observatory data, elaboration by SL&A
Air Fare Watch Dog Booking Buddy
Cruise Critic Every Trail
Family Vacation critic Flip key
Holiday Lettings Holiday Watch Dog
Independent Traveler One Time
Seat Guru Snique Away
Smarter Travel Tingo
Travel Library Travel Pod
Virtual Tourist Where i’ve been
TripAdvisor

8. Analysis of online travel agencies
Source: EBNT Observatory data, elaboration by SL&A
Hotel Club
Rates to go
Mr Jet
Cheap Ticket
Orbitz Business
Adventure Travel
Lodging
Away
Asia Hotels
Gorp
Orbitz:
Trivago
Hotels
Hotwire
Car Rental
Classic
Vacations
eLong
Venere
Expedia:

9. Analisi delle Online Travel Agency
Source: EBNT Observatory data, elaboration by
SL&A
Odigeo:
Edreams
GoVoyages
Opodo
Travellink
Kayak
Booking
Agoda
Priceline
:
IgoUgo
Lastminute.com
Zuji
Travelprice
Sabre Holding
Travelocity:

10. 2012
2013
Presence in websites of references inherent to
the struggle against child prostitution
Analisi delle Online Travel Agency
Source: EBNT Observatory data, elaboration by
SL&A
2011
All Italian

11. SABRE HOLDING

12. SABRE HOLDING

13. “Our Corporate Responsibility Commitment
Being a leader brings great responsibilities to
innovate and advocate for a healthy and sustainable
industry, to support the communities in which we
live and do business, and to take care of our people
and our planet. Sabre is committed to these
responsibilities; it’s part of our culture –it’s what
makes us who we are.
We call these commitments : Better travel, better
world.”
from - Sabre Holding’s
Corporate Responsibility Policy
Fonte: www.sabre.com
SABRE HOLDING
Extracts - Rules

14. SABRE HOLDING
Extracts - Rules
from - Sabre Holding’s
Supplier Code of Conduct
“ Social Behavior
• Support and advocate for industry policies
and practices that will end human trafficking
and exploitation of children.”
Fonte: www.sabre.com

15. SABRE HOLDING
Initiatives
“Our commitment includes:
• Train our 10,000 global employees so they are better
informed on the issues.
• Raise awareness with our airline, hotel, travel
agency and corporate customers.
• Inform travelers using online booking tools so that
they are better prepared to identify and report potential
trafficking incidents.
• Partner with non-profit, travel and government
organizations that support global advocacy towards
ending human trafficking.
• Update company policies, including our Supplier
Code of Conduct, to reflect our stand against the crime.”
Fonte: www.sabre.com

16. Partners
:
SABRE HOLDING
Initiatives

17. Fonte: dati Eurobarometro 2012, elaborazioni SL&A
Sector Associations
ECTAA
1996 – declaration against sex tourism with
children – all ECTAA members will inform clients
on this issue.
1997 – becomes Observer of the “ Task Force for
the Protection of Children in Tourism”.
200/2001 – has participated to the project financed
by the EU – managed by ECPAT – which foresees
the creation of a “code of conduct” for tour
operators.

18. ECTAA members
Code of Conduct signatories
Sector Associations
ORV - Austria
SRV - Svizzera
DRV - Germania
FIAVET - Italia
ANAT - Romania
ANVR - Regno Unito
FEAAV - Spagna

19. Sector Associations
National Initiatives
DRV-Germany: information of clients and
personnel a
ABTO–Belgium: supported ECPAT activities
and “CHOW” project.
DRF-Denmark: campaign against sex
tourism with children, planned to relaunch
campaign and create a Code of Conduct against
sexual and work exploitation.

20. Sector Associations
National Initiatives
SRF Sweden: campaign against sex tourism with
children and information to clients.
ABTA United Kingdom: The Travel Foundation
/Every Child Everywhere.
SNAV-France: cooperates with ECPAT France -
project “SAY NO”/”Stop traffic of children for their
sexual exploitation”.

21. Fraud Squads
Interviews and analysis of information by
Interpol and Fraud Squads
The new element in this edition is the involvement
in the observatory of police forces representing a
fundamental role in the struggle against sexual
exploitation og children.

22. Fraud Squads
We have sent a questionnaire to:
United Kingdom | Child Exploitation and
Online Protection Centre
Netherlands Child exploitation team National
Crime Squad Netherlands’ police agency
Europool European Union’s law enforcement
agency whose main goal is to help achieve a safer
Europe .

23. Update on implementation of EU
Directive 92/2011 and comparison with
previous observatory editions L.269
What are we talking about?
Directive 2011/92/EU OF THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND
COUNCIL of 13th
December 2011 inherent
to the struggle against sexual abuses and
exploitation of children and of child
pornography.
Update on implementation of
EU Directive 92/2011

24. Art.29
“guarantee that those originating from the Union who
commit the crimes of abusing or exploiting children
are punished even when the crime is committed
outside of the borders of the Union itself, in particular
relatively to the so called “sex tourism”. For sex
tourism we against children one should mean the
sexual exploitation on behalf of one or more people
travelling from their customary environment to foreign
destinations where they have contacts with children.”
Update on implementation of
EU Directive 92/2011