Philippines media report the area is in the heart of the country's sex tourism business and that Agnew owns several clubs.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said 967 arrests in connection with people trafficking and sex tourism were made last year alone.
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Travellers can play their part, too, by being aware of suspicious activity and supporting companies that have taken a stand against sex tourism and child exploitation.
It is the drugs and the sex tourism that the Italians have brought with them since taking over the tourism industry in the 1980s.
The case highlighted Cambodia's growing problem with sex tourism: thousands of sex tourists head to the country each year, many of them looking for children.
It began in late 2000, with covert videotapes of children in brothels in the sex tourism village of Svay Pak, located seven miles outside the capital city of Phnom Penh.
The government has launched a campaign called "Sex Tourism No!"
For instance, Accor, the worldwide hotel group that includes the Novotel and Sofitel brands, puts up posters on child sex tourism in its hotels and hosts events to raise awareness in Thailand.
He said the government was determined to tackle the "despicable" trade of sex tourism , but new measures to clamp down on paedophiles travelling abroad to abuse children would not cover those aged 16 or over.
Bangkok has an entrenched sex tourism trade, but along with the red-light districts, there is also a percolating art and fashion scene, with galleries such as 100 Tonson Gallery showcasing rising stars, hip markets such as Made By Legacy selling mid-century Americana and boutiques such as Liberty Area One selling designer fashions.
In the 1970s, Haiti was a prominent destination for sex-tourism.
But what is new, it says, is the unscrupulous and massive scale of the problem, exacerbated by globalisation and lucrative tourism and sex industries.
"Right now, so few states provide for marriage for same-sex couples that there is a kind of marriage tourism that goes on, " Gates explains.
For years, child-welfare organisations have criticised Thailand's tourism industry for often helping to promote the image of Thai women and children as passive sex objects.
The 40-year-old, who works for Montpellier's tourism office, expressed his gratitude to those who had helped win the controversial right for same-sex couples to marry, legislation that was signed into law 10 days ago by President Francois Hollande.
Forget a quiet week on the beach or healthy eco-tourism, debauchery tourism is about partying hard and indulging in your vice of choice, whether it is drugs alcohol, sex or gambling -- but without the hassle of going to work the next day.
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