[5] The Terry McMillan novel, and later film, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, was based on female sex tourism in Jamaica.
These imported prostitutes work in the more sophisticated night clubs in Kingston, which cater mainly to tourists, foreign workers, diplomats and affluent locals.
In the tourist areas of Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, prostitutes, and other citizens, sometimes solicit themselves in the hopes of gaining a connection via their client, with whom they will later travel to a developed country.
In Ocho Rios, crew members of cruise ships visit lounges near the pier where sex workers have rooms booked.
[7] Some sex workers book rooms in all-inclusive resorts to obtain clients from amongst the tourists.
A 2001 study funded by ILO-IPEC found that children as young as 10 years old engage in prostitution catering to tourists.
Masking this act inside of massage parlours only makes it easier for young teens to exploit themselves.
Jamaica is currently in Tier 2 status, meaning that their government does not fully comply with the minimum standard set out in the U.S.
Trafficking Victims Prevention Act, but that they have made significant progress in their attempts to meet those standards.