A Situational Analysis of Child Sex Tourism in Nepal (Kathmandu ...

3.1.5. Interaction and Relationship with Tourists:
S.no Know about tourist Frequency Percentage
1 Yes 83 83%
2 No 17 17%
Total 100 100%
S.no Met tourist Frequency Percentage
1 Yes 62 62%
2 No 38 38%
Total 100 100%
S.no
Relationship with
tourist Frequency Percentage
1 Strong 14 14%
2 Medium 37 37%
3 No 49 49%
Total 100 100%
As far as knowledge interaction and relationship with the tourist is concerned, 83% of the
children said that they knew who the tourists were. The general identification of a tourist
was a person with white skin and light hair; also referred in their word as “khaire”. 62%
of the children said that they had met tourists at least once. However; only 51% of the
children said that they had some relationship with the tourists. 14% responded it to be
very strong and 37% responded that the relationship was medium.
Many of the children did not know the exact origin of the tourist; some of the children
used physical features to describe the tourists. According to what children said, they met
tourists of varying origin ranging from European, American and South Asian.
3.1.6. Help from the Tourists
S.no Help from tourist Frequency Percentage
1 Yes 54 54%
2 No 46 46%
Total 100 100%
As far as help received form the tourists is concerned, the 54% of the children said that
they received some kind of help from the tourists at least once.
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