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Tourism
Denmark is a favorite destination both for families and those seeking outdoor adventure. There are opportunities for cycling tours, swimming, surfing, fishing and sailing. The wonderful beaches attract summer holidaymakers from neighboring countries. There are popular city trips to Copenhagen and Arhus, and the Legoland park is a further attraction. More than 2 million people visited Denmark in 2002. The Danes themselves are keen travellers and spent more the EUR 6 billion for holidays in 2002.

Commercial sexual exploitation of children in tourism
Denmark is, like most of western Europe a country of origin. That means that some of the tourists from this country travel abroad with the intention of seeking sexual services. There is little information available about the extent of their involvement in the sexual exploitation of children in tourism. There have been reports of Danish tour operators organizing trips to the Baltic and eastern Europe with the aim of sexually exploiting children. Women and children are transported to Denmark by traffickers for sexual exploitation, many of the victims come from Latvia.

Law
In Denmark, prostitution as such is legal. It is often organized is so-called massage salons, in which the prostitutes are at least 20 years old. Since stricter laws were passed on 1 July 1999 specifying a minimum age of 18, the owners of massage saloons have become very careful about controlling the age of the prostitutes in order to avoid prosecution. Relatively few teenagers go out onto the streets as prostitutes and cases of prostitution under the age of 15 are not known. It is illegal to possess or sell child pornography, and those doing so face prison sentences of up to six and 24 months respectively.

A disabled Danish man is fighting for the state to pay for him to have a prostitute visit him at home. Torben Hansen, who has cerebral palsy, which severely affects his speech and mobility, believes his local authority should pay the extra charge he incurs when he hires a sex worker - because his disability means he cannot go to see them. His case is currently being considered. In Denmark, local authorities compensate disabled people for extra costs incurred because of their disability. "I want them to cover the extra expenses for the prostitutes to get here, because it's a lot more expensive getting them to come to my home rather than me going to a brothel," Mr Hansen told BBC World Service's Outlook program. "It's a necessity for me. I can't move very well, and it's impossible for me to go there." In Denmark, prostitution and other forms of sex work are not illegal so long as it is not a woman's sole means of income. Mr Hansen started seeing a prostitute after attending a course at a social centre. There, he and other disabled people were taught that if they had needs, they "could do something about it". "I had a strong desire to have sex, and I think I gained the confidence around that time to get the call girls to come to me. "Since then I've had a lot of escort girls coming to see me - but I've also had girlfriends." He had been with his last girlfriend for six months, but she died in 2003. After that, Mr Hansen began arranging for visits to begin again. He also said there had been "much research" into people in his situation, and that it had showed that not being sexually fulfilled can lead to "frustration and aggression". "It's unfair to deny people with disabilities the right to a sex life," he added.

CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE
History
The Danes settled the area in the 6th century AD, and during the Viking period they expanded their influence until in the 11th century the united Danish kingdom covered areas now in Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, and Norway. Scandinavia was under  Danish rule until 1523, when Sweden became independent. The modern Scandinavian borders were established in the Treaty of Copenhagen in 1660. Denmark gained and lost various other territories, including Norway, in the 19th and 20th centuries. A founder member of Nato, Denmark adopted its current constitution in 1953. It joined the European Economic Community in 1973.

State and society
Denmark has a parliamentary democracy with a monarch as head of state. The monarch, currently Queen Margrethe II, formally appoints the government and represents the country. The Danish parliament, the "Folketing" has a single chamber with 179 members, elected for a period of four years.

Denmark is a member state of the European Union. It is a highly developed industrial nation with a market economy. The state exercises a regulatory function in some areas and offers its citizens extensive services. The standard of living is high in international comparison, and the gap between rich and poor is less than in many other countries. Good financial provisions are made for Danes in illness, unemployment and old age. In addition, there is also support for living costs and child assistance. There is a well-equipped infrastructure in the form of child day-care centres, health facilities, home case and so on.

96 per cent of the population are Danish. Minorities include Turks, Yugoslavians, Africans, Innuit, Faroans and Germans. More than 90 per cent of all Danes are members of the Evangelic-Lutheran Church. There is freedom of belief. In addition to 30 000 Roman Catholics, there are also members of other Protestant groups and some 3 000 Jews in the country. Danish is the official language. Minorities speak Greenlandish, Faro and German. English is widely spoken as a second language.

Men and women are equal before the law. Government support for child day-care, crèches, and flexible working hours for parents make it easier to combine children and work. The rate of employment for mothers in Denmark is the same as for women with no children: 79 per cent of mothers with children below the age of 10 are employed - the majority full time.

Economy
Economy Since the end of World War II Denmark has developed from an agricultural economy to a modern industrial state with a thriving services sector. The traditional strengths of Denmark lie in shipping, trading, and in brewing, but mergers in recent years have also created powerful groups in finance, plant engineering, pharmaceuticals, agricultural machine construction, tourism, and foodstuffs. However, the economy is still characterized by medium-sized enterprises.