Traditionally, they have met with customers in entertainment venues or special prostitution complexes, or lokalisasi. However, recently internet forums and Facebook have been used to facilitate prostitute- client relations.
In recent years, child sex tourism has become an issue at the resort islands of Batam and Bali. Female sex tourism also emerged in the late 20th century in Bali, where young Balinese male sex workers meet with Japanese, [2] European, and Australian women. In Indonesia, one of the main reasons for a prostitute to enter the business is the attractiveness of earning money quickly. Those entering prostitution for money come from both middle-class and poor families.
Another major cause is forced prostitution. Young women are offered employment opportunities in major cities, then raped and forced to prostitute themselves while paying money to their pimps. The International Labour Organization ILO reports that roughly 70 percent of Indonesian child prostitutes are brought into the trade by their family or friends. Prostitution exists in many forms and is practiced by many different sexes, genders , orientations and ages.
Bali, for example, is known for its "Kuta Cowboys", male sex workers who solicit foreign tourists. Prostitution encompasses various sexual orientations. The most common is heterosexual female prostitution, though transvestite and male homosexual prostitution also exist to a lesser extent. Child prostitution also exists in certain tourism resort islands, such as Batam and Bali. It is estimated that 40, to 70, Indonesian children engage in prostitution within the country.
Prostitutes sometimes work in brothels , some with over prostitutes. The last large red-light district containing many brothels was Gang Dolly in Surabaya , one of the largest in Southeast Asia, [10] which closed in They can also be booked via telephone. Online prostitution is also common. In internet forums , prostitutes and pornography are offered to registered members of good standing, as measured by their activity on the forum.
