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3 - The Demand of Orphanage Tourism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

Kathryn E. van Doore
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
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Chapter 3 establishes orphanage tourism as a demand driver for orphanage trafficking. Orphanage tourism has increased in popularity in the last decade which, in combination with an enabling environment, has led to a proliferation of orphanages being established in developing states and the emergence of orphanage trafficking. The chapter examines the interrelationship between supply and demand in orphanage trafficking and argues that in order to understand how orphanage trafficking functions, a reconceptualisation of demand is required. Demand in trafficking is generally regarded as the embodiment of consumer desire, which may be illegal or at other times morally challenging. However, demand for orphanage tourism functions differently as it is not initially predicated on consumer desire, but instead on a perceived supply of orphans who require assistance. It is this perceived supply which orphanage tourism responds to. To address the demand of orphanage tourism, the perception of the supply of vulnerable orphans must be countered. Orphanage tourism needs to be addressed bilaterally as both a threat to child protection and as a demand driver for child trafficking into orphanages.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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