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Rethinking Gay Tourism: A Review of Literature

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posted on 2023-05-23, 09:27 authored by Oskaras Vorobjovas-PintaOskaras Vorobjovas-Pinta, Anne HardyAnne Hardy
This paper presents an exploratory overview of the emergence of gay travel market as well as the travel motivations of gay men and women. Moreover, it is suggested that there is a parallel between gay space and gay travel motivations. However, little research has been undertaken on the outcomes of societal change and increased acceptance of homosexuality and its impact on the gay tourist motivations. The present paper reveals that gay tourism literature has failed to catch up with the changing societal environment, therefore the stereotyped and generalised projections on the motivations and social behaviours of gay travellers have perpetrated a distorted understanding of gay travel market.

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Publication title

CAUTHE 2014: Tourism and Hospitality in the Contemporary World: Trends, Changes and Complexity

Pagination

635-644

ISBN

9780987050755

Department/School

TSBE

Publisher

School of Tourism, The University of Queensland

Place of publication

Australia

Event title

CAUTHE 2014: Tourism and Hospitality in the Contemporary World: Trends, Changes and Complexity

Event Venue

Brisbane

Date of Event (Start Date)

2014-02-10

Date of Event (End Date)

2014-02-13

Rights statement

Copyright 2014 CAUTHE

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Socio-cultural issues in tourism

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