I-European Travel Commission (ETC) ihlangene ne-International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) kanye nebhodi labavakashi laseFlemish VISITFLANDERS ukwethula Inkundla Yezemfundo nge-LGBTQ Tourism e-Hilton Brussels Grand Place ngomhla zingama-21 kuNhlangulana. Umcimbi unikeze ukubuka kuqala kokutholwe okubalulekile okuvela ku-The Handbook on LGBTQ Tourism in Europe, okuhlelelwe ukukhululwa ngenyanga ezayo njengephrojekthi yocwaningo ehlanganyelwe evela ku-ETC kanye ne-IGLTA Foundation. Izikhulumi zeforamu ziphinde zakhuluma nezindlela zokwenza i-Europe iphephe futhi ibandakanye kakhudlwana kubahambi be-LGBTQ, zabelane ngemikhuba engcono kakhulu yokufinyelela izingxenye ezihlukahlukene zale makethe, futhi zaxoxa ngokuvela kwekusasa kokuvakasha kwe-LGBTQ eYurophu.
"Siyaziqhenya ngokuba nguzakwethu womcimbi wokuqala we-ETC nokushicilelwa emakethe yezokuvakasha ye-LGBTQ kanye nokubandakanya amalungu ethu amaningi ase-Europe kule ngxoxo ebalulekile," kusho uMongameli we-IGLTA/i-CEO uJohn Tanzella, owethule amazwi okuvula esithangamini kanye I-CEO ye-VISITFLANDERS kanye noMongameli we-ETC uPeter De Wilde. “Nakuba iYurophu ingumholi womhlaba wonke engxenyeni yemakethe ye-LGBTQ, akuwona wonke amazwe alinganayo ekuhlanganiseni kwawo kwe-LGBTQ—futhi ucwaningo lubonise ngokucacile ukuthi izindawo ezihlanganisayo zinethuba elingcono kakhulu lokuheha izivakashi ezihlukahlukene.”
Umbhali we-Handbook u-Peter Jordan wethule ukubuka kokuqala kwalolu cwaningo oluzokhishwa maduze, olugxile emibonweni yezifundazwe ezingama-35 ngaphakathi kwe-Europe evela kubahambi be-LGBTQ ezimakethe ezinhlanu ezidonsa kanzima: e-Russia, e-China, e-Japan, e-Brazil nase-United States. Isiko elivulekile lomqondo liphezulu ohlwini lwezizathu zokuthi abahambi bakhethe indawo okuyiwa kuyo futhi imicimbi ye-LGBTQ ibe ukukhetha okuhamba phambili ekuvakasheleni kwabo okulandelayo.
"Ukubekezelelana okwengeziwe, inhlonipho nokuqonda kuyizimiso eziyisisekelo ze-Europe ukuze kube indawo yokugcina ehlanganisa ezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke," kusho uMqondisi Omkhulu we-ETC u-Eduardo Santander. “Siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokubona emiphumeleni yocwaningo nasezingxoxweni namuhla ukuthi i-Europe ibonwa njengendawo efiseleka kakhulu yokuvakasha engxenyeni ye-LGBTQ. Kodwa siyazi ukuthi akumele sizithele ngabandayo njengoba kusenendawo okufanele sithuthuke ngayo. I-ETC isalokhu izibophezele kulo mgomo, futhi imicimbi efana neForamu Yezemfundo iyisinyathelo esiqonde ngqo.”
Izikhulumi zenkundla zihlanganise noThomas Bachinger, iVienna Tourist Board; I-Mattej Valencic, i-Luxury Slovenia; Mateo Asensio, Turisme de Barcelona; Anna Shepherd, ILGA Europe; Patrick Bontinck, vakashela.brussels; I-Kaspars Zalitis, Ukuziqhenya kweBaltic; kanye noSean Howell weHornet.
"Sifuna ukuthi iFlanders iguqukele emphakathini lapho ukukhetha ocansini kungasoze kwaba umbuzo noma udaba," kusho uDe Wilde, ophinde wengamela ingxoxo yephaneli yokuxhumana nokwehlukahlukana embonini kanye nabahambi nezintatheli ze-DIVA e-UK, blu. iqembu lemidiya eJalimane kanye ne-Out & About e-Denmark. “Ngokuphambene nalokho, sifuna umhambi we-LGBTQ aphathwe ngobuqotho nangenhlonipho. ABAVAKASHI bendawo bazoqhubeka nokudiliza imigoqo futhi bazogxila ekukhangiseni ezokuvakasha ezibandakanya bonke abantu. Sithanda ukusebenzisa izimpahla zethu eziqine kakhulu ukuze sifeze lezi zinhloso njenge-gastronomy yethu, i-Flemish Masters kanye nesiko lethu lokuhamba ngamabhayisikili. Zonke izihloko ezingase zicuphe futhi zikhuthaze abahambi be-LGBTQ abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba ukuthi bavakashele eFlanders.”
