World Cup Predictions Wrong

The world cup held in South Africa this past summer saw no significant increase in the sex industry's demand despite alarmist projections before the games.

Prior to the start of the tournament in June, there were concerns that tourists would increase the demand for prostitutes in the area, fuelling human trafficking.

However, Reuters reports that a survey of 663 sex workers found little change in their average number of clients per week. There were also concerns that HIV could be spread, due to high rates of the virus in the country. However, the surveyed workers reported that 99% of men used a condom.

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The survey was conducted by the South African Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Task Force in conjunction with the U.N. Population Fund.

"There were not significantly more clients seen per sex worker during the World Cup period," the survey said. In addition, the survey also showed that the proportion of foreign sex workers decreased rather than increased during the tournament.