When you thk of gay-iendly statns, New York, San Francis, the Netherlands and other such plac e to md. Now, an effort to make to make the untry palatable, the Sdi Tourism Authory (STA) says LGBT+ tourists are wele. In the FAQ sectn of STA’S webse, somebody quired whether or not LGBT+ visors were… Contue readg The Sdi Tourism Authory Says LGBT+ Visors Are Wele In Sdi Arabia
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The webse of the Sdi Tourism Authory (STA) seems to have had s Q&A sectn updated to state that gay visors are wele the kgdom. LGBTQ+ travelers are a lucrative market, acrdg to Darren Burn, CEO of Out Of Office, a luxury travel planng service for the muny, and of Travel Gay, the world’s largt LGBTQ+ travel platform.
Burn said that statns such as the Maldiv and Dubai, where homosexualy is a crimal offense, are popular, but whout more assuranc om the thori, Sdi Arabia uld be a tougher sell. One gay traveler who vised Sdi Arabia on a work trip October 2022 – before the webse was updated – told CNN that he felt “ the closet” durg his stay.
“I told close lleagu, but I wasn’t [generally] talkg about beg gay, or my past experience. “If you were to go there and be overtly gay I’d be que ncerned – I wouldn’t feel fortable gog there wh a partner – but ’s a untry that’s changg very quickly. “In Dubai there are a lot of gay fluencers, and as long as you unrstand the ntext of the area you’re and rpect the tradnal culture and not show your queerns any way, you’re OK, ” she said.