I-Asia isanqikaza ukuzithuthukisa emakethe yezitabane, okuhlanganisa neThailand evumelana nezitabane, kuyilapho i-United States, i-Australia, iNingizimu Afrika kanye ne-Europe manje sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kweshumi okuhloswe ngayo izihambi ezitabane njengemakethe engase ingenise imali eningi kanye nokuchayeka okuhle. okwezwe noma idolobha. EYurophu, impumelelo ye-Europride yaminyaka yonke ifakazela ukubaluleka okuthathwe ukusingathwa komcimbi wezitabane. Ngo-2007, iMadrid yamukela abahambi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili ngesikhathi sokusingatha i-Europride, irekhodi emlandweni womcimbi.
Njengoba amazwe amaningi ebona amandla edola labavakashi elibomvana, ukuvakasha kwezitabane kusalokhu kunganakwa kakhulu emazweni ase-Asia. Isikhathi esiningi, ochwepheshe bemakethe balinganisela ukuthi ukungabaza kwe-Asia kuncike kakhulu emasikweni kunobutha bangempela kwezokuvakasha kwezitabane.
“Imiphakathi yase-Asia ithanda ukonga futhi ingxenye enkulu yabantu isancike kumagugu endabuko. Izithombe zamakilabhu ezitabane eziphumela obala e-Bangkok noma imibukiso ye-transvestites azikhombisi umuzwa wangempela wabantu bendawo,” kuchaza u-Juttaporn Rerngronasa, isekela lomphathi Wezokuxhumana Kwezokumaketha e-Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
E-Indonesia egcwele amaSulumane naseMalaysia, ukuba gay kusathathwa njengesono. Kodwa-ke, akuzange kuvimbe isigcawu sobungqingili ukuthi sichume e-Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur nase-Bali.
Umlayezo oya emiphakathini yabavakashi abayizitabane uhlala "ungaphansi" e-Asia. Nakuba amazwe amaningi namuhla enombono ovuleleke kakhudlwana kubahambi abayizitabane, ukumaketha ezixukwini zezitabane kusalokhu kusezandleni zangasese. Ukusingatha kwe-Taiwan umbukiso wokuqala omkhulu wokuzigqaja womhlaba waseShayina ngo-2003 kwawuguqula waba indawo enobungani kakhulu kwezitabane eNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Amahhotela ezitabane nama-ejensi okuvakasha nawo asanda kudlondlobala e-Cambodia.
“Asinankinga nohulumeni njengoba ebona ukuthi ukugxila emakethe yezitabane kuyindlela phakathi kwezinye yokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kuleli,” kusho uPunnavit Hantitipart, oyiSales and Marketing Manager eGolden Banana Boutique Hotel eSiem Reap. E-Cambodia.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ngaphansi kobuholi bukaNdunankulu u-Goh Chok Tong, iSingapore yamukela isimo sengqondo esikhululekile kongqingili. Kwavulwa amakilabhu namabhizinisi agxile kwizitabane endaweni yaseTanjong Pagar. I-Nation Party yaminyaka yonke, isingathwe ngoSuku Lukazwelonke lwase-Singapore, ibe ngisho umcimbi wezomnotho, yaheha izivakashi ezingaba ngu-2,500 futhi yakhiqiza izigidi eziyisi-S$6 (US$4+). Ukuvulelwa kweSingapore isiko lezitabane kakhulu bekuyingxenye yesu likahulumeni lokuguqula idolobha libe umphakathi ophilayo onomqondo ovulekile wezizwe zonke.
Kodwa-ke, selokhu uNdunankulu u-Lee Hsien Loong ethathe izintambo ze-Singapore, i-Singapore ethanda izitabane isibuyele esimweni esisangulukile nesiqhutshwa ukuziphatha. Kodwa umkhankaso weSingapore Tourism Board (STB) othi “Uniquely Singapore”-owethulwa ngo-2005- uyaqhubeka nokuthuthukisa imisebenzi efana nomculo noma imicimbi yobuciko ekhanga izethameli zezitabane.
U-Muhammad Rostam Umar, umqondisi wezokuXhumana weBhodi lezokuvakasha lase-Singapore, uthe: “I-STB yamukela wonke umuntu eSingapore. Ekukhangiseni i-Singapore njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo, siqondise amasegimenti athile wamakhasimende ahlanganisa, phakathi kokunye, abahambi bezokungcebeleka, abahambi bebhizinisi kanye nezivakashi ze-MICE, kanye nalabo abafuna izinsiza zemfundo nokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Imikhiqizo yezokuvakasha esiyithuthukisayo nesinikeza izivakashi iqondiswe kulezi zingxenye. Eminingi yale mikhiqizo yezokuvakasha, ikakhulukazi imikhiqizo yendlela yokuphila esukela ezitolo, ezindaweni zokudlela nemicimbi kuya kwezokuzijabulisa, iheha izethameli eziningi futhi. Siyaqiniseka ukuthi noma imuphi umuntu uyothola okuthile okumkhangayo noma nini lapho evakashela eSingapore.”
I-Thailand iyicala elithakazelisa kakhulu. Ngo-2007, i-Bangkok yathathwa yi-Lonely Planet's Blue List njengenye yezindawo eziyishumi ezishisa kakhulu izitabane emhlabeni. Kuze kube manje, iBangkok ukuphela kwedolobha lase-Asia elithole lo mehluko. Kodwa-ke, i-TAT isagcina iphrofayili ephansi ekuthuthukisweni kwemakethe yezitabane, noma ngabe i-TAT ivuma izinzuzo zezomnotho ezilethwa ukuvakasha kwezitabane eMbusweni, ngokusho kukaJuttaporn Rerngronasa. Kodwa kuze kube manje, alukho ucwaningo olusemthethweni olwenziwe yiziphathimandla zezokuvakasha ukuhlola imakethe yezitabane.
I-TAT ayikakakulungeli ngisho nokukhuthaza iThailand ngokusemthethweni kule makethe. “Lona akuwona umgomo wethu; noma kunjalo, akusho ukuthi sinenzondo emakethe yama-gay noma singabamukeli abahambi abangama-gay. Sihlala siphendula kahle lapho sicela amaqembu ezitabane noma izinhlangano ukuthi zihlele ukuhlala e-Thailand ngokubanikeza lonke ulwazi lwamahhotela noma imisebenzi noma ngisho nokubasiza ukuba bathole umlingani ofanele. Kodwa sincamela ukuhlala singathathi hlangothi njengoba siyisikhungo sikahulumeni futhi sivumele izinkampani ezizimele zingenelele,” kwengeza uRerngronasa.
Umbono onokwethenjelwa oqonda uPunnavit Hantipapart waseGolden Banana Hotel: “Ukwesaba okuningi kokuthi ukukhangisa ngemakethe yezitabane kungase kuhehe abavakashi abangafuneki abafuna ucansi kuphela. Futhi kuzolimaza ke isithunzi sezwe,” kuchaza yena. Lokhu kuyindaba enkulu ngempela. Ngokusobala ngokungaphathi ukuvakasha kwezitabane njenganoma iyiphi enye imakethe ye-niche, i-TAT nezinye i-Asian Nation Tourist Organizations ngokungazi zigcizelela ukuthi ukuvakasha kwezitabane kuseyindaba yokuziphatha okubi.
Kodwa ukuziphatha okukude kwe-TAT uma kuqhathaniswa nemakethe yezitabane akubonakali kujabulisa wonke umuntu ngaphakathi kwenhlangano. Abanye babasebenzi be-TAT bazwakalise ngokungemthetho ngisho nokuphika kwabo ngendlela imakethe yezitabane ephathwa ngayo. "Kufanele sifunde ngokucophelela imakethe yezitabane futhi sikhuthale njengoba abahambi bezitabane bemele imakethe ye-niche ebiza kakhulu, efundele," kusho isisebenzi se-TAT, esikhulume ngaphansi kwemibandela yokudalulwa. Wonke umuntu kwa-TAT uyashesha ukuqaphela ukuthi umbusi we-TAT uyena kuphela ofaka inqubomgomo entsha esemthethweni yokuphromotha iThailand kubahambi abayizitabane nokubheka ukwesekwa kukahulumeni. Kungaba inguquko enkulu futhi enhle njengoba i-TAT izogunyaza ngokusemthethweni ukuvakasha kwezitabane ngendlela efanayo naleyo egunyaza ngayo uhambo oluvele luvele lwenziwe ngabantu abadala noma ukuvakasha kwezokwelapha. Kuze kube manje, lokhu akunjalo.
