The term " red-light district " is said to have originated with early railroaders. The men carried lit red lanterns when they left the train so in case of an emergency the crew caller would be able to find them.
These lanterns were left outside bordellos when crew members stopped to pay the ladies a visit and sometimes were brought inside to be placed in a window. Watch Live Sex Shows anywhere in the world! Here is a list of world red-light districts.
Most of these red light districts are official ones, but you can find also unofficial ones from this list. Please fill in alphabetical order:. Prostitution is legal but third-party involvement is prohibited. Prostitution is not specifically prohibited by the law, but soliciting and pimping are illegal in Burkina Faso. Prostitution in Egypt is illegal and there are no official red-light districts. But the prostitution still consists in certain areas.
Prostitution in Ivory Coast is legal and now a days more sex workers are operating from the private flats and searching the clients online instead from the red light areas. Prostitution is regulated in Tunisia and there use to be a huge walk-in red light district in Sousse. Prostitution is legal in India when performed by a person acting alone in private but public solicitation, brothels and pimping are illegal however in practice prostitution is tolerated and regulated.
Prostitution is illegal in non-regulated areas. Prostitution is legal in some locations including pimping and maintaining a brothel. Espcially in Bali the prostitution is a huge business. Create account now! Please click here if you are not redirected within a few seconds. Toggle navigation Toggle User. View Edit History More. Jump to: navigation , search. Login, if you have an account. Category : Red-light districts. Contents 1 Africa 1.
