The Catholic Church's upcoming World Youth Day event will be a blessing for the sex industry, a new report finds.World Youth Day will be hosted by the Catholic Church during July, with the Pope to speak to hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at Randwick Race Course.
However a less wanted form of attention has arisen, with a report finding that the sex industry will benefit significantly out of the World Youth Day event, News Limited newspapers report.
IBISWorld predicts that the 2008/09 financial year will see positive growth for brothels and strip clubs as tourism levels increase in Sydney.
The spike is being attributed to the exposure of Sydney as a city around the world.
IBISWorld says the report in no way suggests the 250,000 visiting Catholic pilgrims would engage the services of strippers, prostitutes or brothels.
"Any major event will drive tourism, which is closely related to the sex industry... and World Youth Day will also bring out a certain number of non-religious people," IBISWorld's Ed Butler said.
"Growth would be estimated to be greater, but the religious nature of the event is likely to have a dampening effect on growth rates, as many of the visitors may have moral anxieties relating to this particular industry's services."
The sex industry is predicted to grow from about $1.13 Billion last year to $1.22 Billion in 2009/09.
World Youth Day will be held in July.
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