The National Bank sent researchers to red light districts across Belgium to count the number of clients, in order to make an estimation. The sex industry turnover is just as much part of the Gross Domestic Product as services supplied by bakers or butchers, he underlines.
Last year's figure is 27 percent up on The National Bank took into account classic forms of prostitution or massage places, but also sex workers in private clubs, and private services provided at people's homes or escorts, which still account for the biggest number of cases with more than 50 percent.
Digital sex services provided by web cams for example were not included in the research. Sociologist Stef Adriaenssens of Leuven University, who cooperated in the research, says countings were made using people in the field but also CCTV footage this footage was destroyed later on. In order to know how much someone paid, they didn't use the prices listed by sex workers, but the data reported by clients on specific websites.
A private visit by a sex worker turns out to be the most expensive, with euros on average. Window prostitution will set you back 67 euros on average for one visit. In the National Bank counted 2. Headlines Categories vrtnieuws. This is how researchers made their calculations. A private visit by an escort or sex worker will set you back euros on average.
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