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Special Issue: Innovation and Impact of Sex as Leisure in Research and Practice

“Romantic Entertainers” on Kenya’s Coastal Tourism: A Case of Sex Tourism

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Pages 358-374 | Received 09 Apr 2019, Accepted 22 Apr 2019, Published online: 17 Jan 2020

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