Drinks, Meals and Sex are Included in These All-Inclusive Vacations

You know what your bill will be ahead of time for lodging, activities, food and drink. It's a simple way to budget your trip.

The Hibiscus hotel on Margarita Island will toss in the "girlfriend" as well.

Margarita Island is a part of Venezuela, and according to the Isla Margarit web site, is a" mountainous tropical Caribbean island paradise."

Wikipedia tallies the population of this tropical island is home to about 420,000 residents, and was "discovered" by Christopher Columbus in 1498.

Margarita Island is not the easiest island to get to, at least from parts of the United States, but those (mostly men) who are seeking the all-inclusive vacation experience, including sex with Venezuelan women, will find their way to the island.

It's also a popular spot for European travelers.

Margarita Island is also a popular place for ecotourism and light adventure, as much of the island is undeveloped.

But the sex is a best seller, in addition to the other natural activities.

Prostitution is legal on the island, but it is dressed up for the visitors to the Hibiscus hotel. Usually, the travel-weary men arrive and are greeted by a line up of naked girls. Here they pick a girl that will stay with them 24 hours a day. So like any other amenity at the hotel, the girls are included, similar to the drinks or food or snorkeling. The men, according to hotel owner Paul Baxter in Showbizspy.com, get to enjoy the "girlfriend experience."

The dirty not-so-little secret that forms the underbelly of the tourist trade throughout the world is the huge business that sex tourism brings to local economies. Often, the entire aspect of red light tourism is unofficially embraced by the countries it takes place in, or given light rebuke.

Mostly it's men who are traveling for sex, but in the last decade more and more women -- so-called "cougars" -- are on the prowl for sexual gratification, along with their margarita. Kenya, among a growing number of destinations, takes no action against sex travelers in its country, according to a recent article on Associated Content.

Some organizations fight against both sex tourism and the trafficking and exploitation that is often the result. The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is founded with that purpose.

As long as governments and society continues to look the other way, whether the sex tourism involves men or women, there will be hotels like the Hibiscus and destinations like Kenya, where many are prisoners of the sexual appetites of western visitors.

Two serious consequences, at least, can result. The "girlfriends" of these men in their 30's, 40's and older could be underage. The men on their "golf holiday" in the balmy Caribbean just somehow never seem to ask for an ID. The sexual traveler can bring home an unwanted souvenir in the form of a sexually transmitted disease, or HIV, which can lead to AIDS.

Get what they deserve, could be the comment. Of course. these men are not getting tested and not telling their wives that they had played more than golf while on holiday.