Tanna Island

House of ill repute causing concern on Tanna

Sex workers told The Independent that the brothel has been operating for more than a year, with the going rate for sex being double that for a married woman than for single women.

“It’s simply because we have more experience,’’ one married sex worker told The Independent.

Sex workers told The Independent that the main clients are Chinese but some other construction workers who are involved in a number of major medium to long term infrastructure projects on the island also use the brothel.

“Tanna” film a hit at the Venice festival

Yet for the past week the city has itself been enchanted by a small group of ni-Vanuatu actors dressed in custom, whose film Tanna has been at hit at the prestigious Venice film festival this year.