Oz sex drive to go up with Pope visit

Sydney brothels are gearing up to provide services to tourists during six-day event

SYDNEY: As Sydney prepares for a visit by Pope Benedict XVI and hundreds of thousands of Catholics, the city’s brothels are readying themselves for an expected surge in demand for sex.

Any time Australia’s biggest city hosts a major event — from the 2003 Rugby World Cup to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit last year— it is boom time for the sex industry, insiders say.

And with 2,25,000 foreign and Australian pilgrims expected in Sydney for six-days of events celebrating the Catholic faith from July 15-20, they expect World Youth Day to be no different.Sydney brothel, Xclusive is putting on extra workers to provide sexual favours to lonely tourists and Sydneysiders during event.

“We will get a lot of tourists,” a spokeswoman for the Bondi Junction bordello said. “The World Council of Churches, when they had their congress in Canberra back in the 1990s, that was the best business period ever.

Xclusive’s manager, a 30-something blonde who would only give her name as Catherine, said she was rostering extra girls and would probably take on another receptionist to handle the increased demand. “Obviously we’re not promoting it at the traditional Catholic community.”

The purpose-built bordello, which has luxurious rooms complete with double showers, spas, custom-made beds and panic buttons for the sex workers, is expecting a 150-200 per cent hike in business during World Youth Day.