The global elite tackling the world's problems at the Davos summit including gender inequality is fuelling a surge in prostitution in the Swiss resort. In , an investigation by The Times found at least prostitutes travel to Davos for the summit, a Swiss police officer said.
Demand for sex work skyrockets each year at the meeting of world leaders and business tycoons who jet in from all around the world to rub shoulders with each other. Escorts are booked into the same hotels as high-powered bosses and their employees during the five-day summit. One sex worker named Liana said she dresses in business attire so she doesn't stand out among the executives, despite prostitution being legal in Switzerland.
She told Bild she regularly sees an American who visits Switzerland multiple times a year and is among the 2, conference attendees. Liana charges around euros for an hour and 2, euros for the whole night, plus travel expenses. The manager of one escort service in Aargau, miles away from the summit, says she has already received 11 bookings and 25 inquiries and expects many more to follow this week.
She told 20 Minuten: 'Some also book escorts for themselves and their employees to party in the hotel suite. The year-old is staying at a hotel near Davos throughout the summit but refused to reveal who the influential clients are. One official driver for the forum said he picked up one sex worker who claimed she had been forced by her 'boss' to sleep with an older client at a delegates' hotel.
Among the topics up for discussion at this year's summit are the Ukraine war, global inflation rates, climate change and inequality. Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska will give a rare international address today at the annual gathering.
