Intimate relationship and sex in tourism research: Progress and prospects

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2020.06.2018350

Abstract

Abstract:

In recent years,sex tourism has attracted wide attention in academic circles and become an important part of tourism research in foreign countries. This paper aims to summarize, evaluate and analyze the international information available on the subject from several aspects, which consists of the concept of sex tourism, sex tourists and sex workers, the impact of sex tourism, and the management of the sex tourism industry. The study reveals that research on sex tourism has been already matured significantly and has begun to form a relatively integrated system at abroad.Thus, international experiences on sex tourism should be drawn on, and international cooperation should be strengthened. International research on sex tourism has more mature theory and practical experience. Some western countries, such as England, Germany, America, and Japan, have experienced the establishment of law system, security management of sex tourism destination, management of network eroticism and sex tourism information awareness, and human right protection. China should strengthen international experience exchanges and cooperation with representative sex tourism destinations. For the academia, in order to provide theoretical support and practical guidance for sex tourism management in China, it should strengthen the research on sex tourism. In addition, appropriate research methods should be chosen, in accordance with the specific characteristics of sex tourism. Study of sex tourism is a multi-disciplinary area involving management science, social science, medicine, tourism, etc. Therefore, it requires research methods of multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary. At the same time, many activities in sex tourism are not permitted by laws, regulations and ethics, it is very difficult to obtain relevant data. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt appropriate methods, such as questionnaires, informal interviews, observation, covert ethnographic approach, and so on.

Key words: intimate relationship, tourism, commercial sex, sexual science, public administration

摘要：

近年来，基于性的“浪漫”与“亲密关系”受到国际学术界的广泛关注，并业已成为旅游学术研究中的热点话题。文章围绕国际旅游学术研究中的相关话题，从性旅游相关概念、旅游者特征、性旅游中的性工作者、旅游影响及公共管理等方面对国外相关研究文献进行了归纳和评析。研究表明，国外性旅游研究较为成熟，并开始形成较为完善的知识体系。通过本研究试图唤起中国学术界对性旅游的关注，并借鉴吸取国外经验，以期尽快提升中国性旅游研究水平和旅游公共管理的能力。

关键词: 亲密关系, 旅游, 商业性行为, 性科学, 公共管理

Jinwei WANG, Min ZHOU, Hong ZHENG, Dan WANG, Deguang YU, Guangjuan LU. Intimate relationship and sex in tourism research: Progress and prospects[J]. World Regional Studies, 2020, 29(6): 1284-1293.

王金伟, 周敏, 郑红, 王丹, 余得光, 鹿广娟. 旅游学术研究中的“浪漫”与“亲密关系”话题 ——一个批判视角下的文献综述[J]. 世界地理研究, 2020, 29(6): 1284-1293.

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