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In this context, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) seeks to raise awareness among regional and local authorities, tourism service providers and the general public, through prevention actions aimed at eradicating this problem in the country.

Actions

• Technical assistance to regional and local governments: we train officials working in regional and local governments on the prevention of sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in the field of tourism.
• Informative videos: we provide audiovisual material to raise awareness among tourism officials and service providers and teach them good practices to prevent CSEC.
• Capacity building for tourism service providers: we raise awareness, inform and transmit good practices to tourism service providers on the prevention of CSEC.
• Dissemination of the subscription of codes of conduct against CSEC: we disseminated the signatures of the Affidavit of Mandatory Subscription to the Code of Conduct against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents by the legal representatives of tourism service providers.
• This is in accordance with Law No. 30802, which establishes conditions for the entry of children and adolescents to lodging establishments, in order to guarantee their protection and integrity.