India has the distinction of the largest number of working children in the world today. Indian official statistics speak about 13 million children, but unofficial estimates vary between 60 and 100 million children. In the tourism sector, millions of children around the country are trapped in a world of work. Many of them are at risk from hazardous and exploitative labour and denied their basic and fundamental right to education, health and childhood. This paper looks at the reasons why children work, the risks to a child working in the tourism sector, the role the tourism industry employers and associations can play to mitigate this problem and the initiatives undertaken by the International Labour Organisation, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Government of India to address the problem. Publisher: Equitable Tourism Options (EQUATIONS) Contact: [email protected], +91.80.25457607 Visit: www.equitabletourism.org, www.equitabletourism.org/stage/readfull.php?AID=403