"birth tourism" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-birth tourism.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} birth tourism (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic) Travel from one country to another for the purpose of giving birth in the second country, thereby endowing the newborn child with citizenship of the second country. Wikipedia link: birth tourism Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Tourism Related terms: birth tourist, anchor baby, ecotourism, fertility tourism, medical tourism, passport baby, sex tourism
    Sense id: en-birth_tourism-en-noun-NIEmF-u5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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