Euro 2024 boosts businesses, with sex industry being no exception

Estimates suggest that nearly 14,000 additional sex workers arrived in Germany's Euro 2024 host cities for the tournament.

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00:00Euro 2024 will culminate on Sunday with the Berlin final between England and Spain.

00:07The tournament was a boost for businesses like hotels and restaurants in Germany's host cities,

00:13and the sex industry was no exception.

00:17It is believed that more than 100,000 sex workers have been operating in Germany during Euro 2024.

00:27Especially from the countries of Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.

00:34They are here in prostitution simply out of poverty.

00:38Most of it will take place in the city, in the hotel facilities.

00:44Then the escort sector will earn more.

00:47If the men want to go out to eat,

00:51they will order a room for a girl in the hotel.

00:56The erotic service Erobella estimated that almost 14,000 sex workers came to Germany,

01:03specifically for the football tournament.

01:06Prostitution in Germany is legal since 2002.

01:11Brothel keeping is legal too.

01:13Under new laws recently adopted, any brothel will have to be registered and licensed.

01:19HIV and STI testing, however, is not mandatory to operate such businesses in Germany.