Cambodia launches tourism documents to combat human trafficking

Cambodia launches tourism documents to combat human trafficking
August 28, 2007

The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism has launched documents to promote
child-safe tourism to help prevent trafficking of women and children
for labor and sexual exploitation in the industry, local media said on
Tuesday.

The documents, which consist of a training manual, implementation
principles and a strategic plan for policy-makers, are part of the
ministry's ongoing efforts to fight child sex tourism, said Hor Sarun,
deputy director general of administration and finance at the ministry,
at the launching ceremony held here on Monday and presided over by
Tourism Minister Thong Khon.

The strategies require owners of hotels, guesthouses, and other
establishments to inform tourism police or relevant officials of any
suspicious activities, he said.

The plan to promote policies on child-safe tourism was designed with
technical and financial support from the International Labor
Organization (ILO).

Philip Setkao, president of the Cambodian Hotel Association and
general manager of Borei Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap, expressed his
support for the initiative introduced by the ministry.

"It's good for awareness that (child sex tourism) is not the business
that the country wants," he said.

Thong Khon said that the police and tourism officials are expected to
use experience and knowledge obtained from the documents to prevent
and reduce trafficking in children and women for labor or sexual
exploitation.

Source: Xinhua

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