10 Amazg Gay Travel Tours & Trips 2023/2024 - TourRadar

Contents:

• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• 40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS
• GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS
• GAY USA
• GAY UNED STAT TRAVEL GUI
• CHECK OUT OUR TOP 7 NEW GAY CIS & TOURS FOR 2023

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

Pl, there are major events to nsir, like WorldPri Sydney, the Gay Gam beg jotly held Hong Kong and Guadalajara, and EuroPri Valletta, Malta. There's plenty to do the daytime hours, too, om shoppg to mms and great daytrips to unique plac like Tree Natnal Park, California4/24Loted a b more than an hour om the gay hotspot of Palm Sprgs, California, the solate but stunng bety of this natnal park is well worth a vis.

The event will be held njunctn wh the annual Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras and featur an openg ncert wh Kylie Mogue, Charli XCX, Courtney Acy, Jsi Mboy, and hostg the 2014 Gay Gam, Oh's cultural hub has seen s queer quotient steadily rise.

40 BT GAY DTATNS WORLDWI, ACRDG TO TRAVELERS

Speakg of the Gay Gam, the 2022 eratn of the event was origally award to Hong Kong, but due to COVID-19 and ntug travel issu Asia, the gam are spltg to two events that will be held 2023. Pl, has plenty of beach, cludg popular Sg, a gay beach town 30 mut wt by a dream honeymoon statn, French Polynia-which clus such stunners as Moorea, Tahi, Tahaa, and Bora Bora-is gag tractn wh same-sex upl as a romantic statn that's welg. Mexi Cy Gay Pri ns om June 23-25 Pacific Northwt gem is a queer hub, wh a great gay scene, a multu of nightclubs to choose om, and fun neighborhoods that all seem to be queer-ish.

The cy, which generally celebrat s cherry blossom season late March, has a morate climate and eclectic gay scene, wh plenty of niche clubs. Saguaro Natnal Park, a lol treasure, is spl to two parks that s next to Tucson, and other mountao areas around the metro area offer unparalled hikg optns for active Anton has so much to offer LGBTQ tourists, cludg a btlg gay strip and The Bonham Exchange-a former German social club that has an expansive outdoor pat area, enormo ballroom area, and multiple rooms that each feels like a separate themed club.

GAY TRAVEL TOURS & TRIPS

The term – a phemism that dat back to the 1950s – was once ed to dite gay social events on daily cise le programs, whout explicly llg out members of the muny on board. As travel on the high seas ntu to bounce back om the COVID-19 panmic, gay and lbian travelers should nsir settg sail on a fun-filled cise vatn as their next planng a cise, vatners should first nsir what their ial sailg looks like. Some cise operators (thk: Atlantis Events and La Demence) are known for their electrifyg, all-night parti, which may be perfect for gay groups of iends.

Cisers should also thk about whether they'd like to travel aboard a gay-iendly mastream le, such as Celebry Cis or Virg Voyag, or opt for an all-gay, full-ship charter wh a third-party vatn pany. Of VACAYA's all-gay charters, he says, "For one magil week, our muny gets to be the majory and live life out loud the blissful utopia VACAYA creat on a gay cise.

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This le gets the stamp of approval om prev LGBTQ cisers, who praise the ships' genr-ntral bathrooms, onboard shows wh rint drag queens and diverse Voyag offers gay-specific sailgs through travel pani like Atlantis Events, but s more mastream erari still offer a welg, clive atmosphere that attracts LGBTQ cisers year-round. Atlantis EventsThe world's largt gay and lbian travel brand, Atlantis Events was found 1991 and wel more than 20, 000 travelers annually on LGBTQ vatns.

For s all-gay cis, Atlantis charters megaships om popular l like Royal Caribbean Internatnal and Norwegian Cise Le, so cisers will have a fully immersive board, travelers n enjoy all the perks the megaships have to offer (thk: pools, hot tubs, sports urts and plenty of dg choic), pl special events like drag performanc, motivatnal speakers, LGBTQ movi on mand each b and high-energy circu parti across the ship. "As an LGBTQ ciser, you're lookg for a ship wh lots of entertament, cludg dance parti and events, " says Mars Martez, founr of Men Who Bnch, a Black gay liftyle blog.

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"One of the bt cise [l] for gay cisg is Atlantis, sce you'll be able to meet hundreds of attractive men and party all day and night on the ship. Cisers will also enjoy performanc by drag queens, gay Broadway stars and more, pl more typil river cise perks like sightseeg and lavish meals.

Celebry Cis(Courty of Celebry Cis)Celebry Cis sets the scene for an excellent vatn for gay travelers, om s extravagant annual Pri parti to s daily LGBTQ programmg throughout the year.

Private travel pani like VACAYA also charter Celebry ships for all-gay voyag throughout the (Getty Imag)Specifilly marketed toward lbians and LGBTQ women, Olivia has hosted more than 350, 000 travelers by land and sea over almost five s.

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The popular cise le equently partners wh Atlantis Events to offer all-gay voyag throughout the year, but even the standard sailgs earn praise. Outsi of the sailg experience, Royal Caribbean has also publicly mted to support the LGBTQ muny throughout the year, and was the first cise le to earn the tle "Gay Traveler Approved" om GayTravel 2023, nsir a Royal Caribbean voyage that sails to gay-iendly statns. ]The Cise Wh La Demence(Courty of The Cise wh La Demence)Acrdg to past cisers, if you're lookg for one of the bt party scen on the open seas, nsir an all-gay cise wh La Demence.

Prev cisers had high praise for the erari – which exclively vis gay-iendly lotns – as well as the uy cktails, themed nights (stum strongly enuraged), glamouro entertament, and unique events like drag bgo and high heel Demence sails every summer to statns like Rome; Athens and Mykonos, Greece; Kotor, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia; and more. It’s gag a reputatn as a gay party town wh Las Vegas-style drag shows, techno nightclubs, and beachsi pal of Jalis, Guadalajara, is often lled the “Gay Capal of Mexi” due to s embrace of the queer muny. The natn’s Great Barrier Reef jt off the ast of Queensland is rightfully on many travelers’ bucket lists — and Sydney is unniably a gay hot spot.

Also worth a vis is the Royal Botanil Garns, the gay Oxford Street LGBTQ+ district, and the Sea Life Aquarium to observe Sphen and Magic (aka Sphengic), the world-famo gay pengu uple. Walk the cliffs outsi Bondi Beach and Manley, where at least 80 gay men were killed the latter portn of the last Queensland the Great Barrier Reef may be the most famo tourist statn, but the state is also home to Datree Rart. On the cy’s pestrian-only streets the gayborhood Silom, you’ll fd gay bars cludg Circ, Balny, and Stranger Bar (nsired the epicenter of Bangkok drag culture).