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
Contents:
- 5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
- SDI ARABIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
- SDI ARABIA V GAY TOURISTS… WHILE NTUG TO SEVERELY PUNISH HOMOSEXUALY
- TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
5 SAFT PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2019 (AND THE MOST DANGERO)
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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.
SDI ARABIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
“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. If you’re a cis, gay Wterner you’re wele.
Dpe his skepticism, Darren Burn thks Sdi uld potentially be a gay-iendly statn.
SDI ARABIA V GAY TOURISTS… WHILE NTUG TO SEVERELY PUNISH HOMOSEXUALY
Dependg on where they’re head, gay travelers n face great risks.
TRAVEL SAFETY REPORT: 20 WORST PLAC FOR GAY TRAVELERS IN 2021
Acrdg to Equalx, a range of gay activi are illegal 71 untri. In an attempt to help terme the worst plac for gay travelers, the duo created the 2019 LGBTQ+ Danger Inx, rankg the world’s most dangero—and saft—untri for gay travelers. The uple also updated the list wh the bt and worst plac for gay travelers 2021, which n be viewed here.
A new report tails the most dangero—and saft—plac for gay.
The journalists looked at the top 150 most-vised untri the world by the number of g tourists, then ranked them g eight factors, cludg laws agast gay relatnships, legal protectn agast discrimatn and more. Toppg the LGBTQ+ Danger Inx is Nigeria, which is nsired the worst untry for vlence agast gay travelers. There, people n be put prison for up to 14 years jt for beg gay, and some stat even have the ath penalty unr Sharia law.