Back Road exodus sparks chaos, as stakeholders call for official red-light district
As droves of prostitutes relocate from Portmore’s Back Road in St Catherine to Montego Bay’s Hip Strip, a number of the resort town’s business operators are calling for the regularisation of the illegal trade.
City authorities have been urged to intervene, as the sex workers flood the streets.
“Put them in a prescribed area. It is as simple as that. They can’t just be on the front every night,” tour operator Robert Hendricks told The Sunday Gleaner. “They offer a service to the industry and visitors who come to Jamaica are asking where the action is. It is a profession that is older than me and you.”
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As droves of prostitutes relocate from Portmore’s Back Road in St Catherine to Montego Bay’s Hip Strip, a number of the resort town’s business operators are calling for the regularisation of the illegal trade.
City authorities have been urged to intervene, as the sex workers flood the streets.
“Put them in a prescribed area. It is as simple as that. They can’t just be on the front every night,” tour operator Robert Hendricks told The Sunday Gleaner. “They offer a service to the industry and visitors who come to Jamaica are asking where the action is. It is a profession that is older than me and you.”
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/n...keholders-call