Prostitutes claim that the annual leaders' meeting has improved their business. At delegate hotels, escorts are reserved with businessmen. Sex workers dress casually and mingle with the world's elite.
Prostitution is on the rise in the Swiss resort town of Davos as the world's elite discuss the greatest global concerns there.Every year, when world leaders and corporate titans congregate to mingle with one another from all over the world, the demand for sex work skyrockets.
During the five-day conference, which began on January 16, escorts are booked into the same hotels as influential CEOs and their staff.Despite prostitution being legal in Switzerland, a sex worker by the name of Liana stated she dresses in professional clothing so as not to stick out among executives.
During the summit, sex worker and author Salomé Balthus stays at a hotel close to Davos. She told Bild that among the 2,700 conference participants she frequently encountered an American who visited Switzerland frequently.
Liana bills customers at a rate of around €700 per hour and €2,300 for the whole night, including travel costs.
The manager of an escort service in Aargau, which is 100 kilometers from the peak, reports that she has already gotten 25 enquiries and 11 appointments, with many more expected this week.
Some people even arrange for escorts so they and their staff members may party in the hotel suite.
According to a Swiss police officer, at least 100 prostitutes attended the conference in Davos in 2020, according to a Times investigation. A sex worker who claimed her supervisor pushed her to have sex with an elderly customer at a delegate hotel was picked up, according to an official forum driver.
At this year's meeting, issues including the conflict in Ukraine, global inflation rates, climate change, and inequality will be discussed.More than 50 heads of state or government and almost 600 corporate executives are anticipated, but you never know how many specific initiatives will result from the exclusive gathering.
The elite event is sometimes mocked by detractors who claim that attendees are out of touch with reality or are just interested in gaining power or wealth rather than addressing the problems of the common man and the environment. In an effort to pressure politicians and corporate executives, protesters and activists will stake out the Davos conference center throughout the week.
Numerous climate activists braved the snowfall on Sunday to wave banners and chant slogans at the end of Davos Promenade, a thoroughfare now adorned with storefront logos for multinational corporations like Accenture, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Meta as well as political campaign offices that advance national interests. Some of the activists were dressed as clowns.
The use of executive planes to transport bigwigs has also drawn criticism from Greenpeace International, which claims that such carbon-emitting transportation is hypocritical for a gathering that highlights its efforts to create a greener world. It claimed that in May, private jet flights to and from airports servicing Davos totaled more over 1,000.