Gay Tourism

Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta is a Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality Management at the School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Australia. He is a Board Member of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Research and the Social Media Editor of Annals of Leisure Research. As well as gay tourism, his research interests include social issues and social justice in tourism, hospitality and events.

• AcknowledgementsContributorsForeword: Kevin MarkwellChapter 1. Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta: Gay Tourism: New PerspectivesPart 1: Gay Tourism: Political and Sociocultural DiscoursesChapter 2. Can-Seng Ooi: Gay Tourism: A Celebration and Appropriation of Queer DifferenceChapter 3. Carlos Monterrubio: The Significance of Gay Tourism Spaces for Local Gay Men: Empirical Evidence from MexicoChapter 4. Wenjie Cai and Carol Southall: Managing Sexuality for Gay and Lesbian Parents in Heterosexual Family Holiday Spaces: Setting an Agenda for ResearchPart 2: Gay Tourism: Profiles and IdentitiesChapter 5. Christiaan Hattingh: Understanding African LGBT Traveller Motivations: A Non-Westernised PerspectiveChapter 6. Xiongbin Gao: (Re)Discovering Chinese Lesbian and Gay TravelChapter 7. Güliz Coşkun: The Search for Gay Space, Relationship Dynamics and Travel Decisions among Same-Sex Couples in a Secular Muslim CountryPart 3: Gay Tourism: Pleasure and LeisureChapter 8. Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta: LGBTQI+ Resort Workers: Blurring the Lines of Work and LeisureChapter 9. Bình Nghiêm-Phú and Jillian Rae Suter: Sensual and Sexual Experiences Come First: An Analysis of Gay Patrons’ Comments on Gay Saunas, Spas and Cruising Clubs in the Asia Pacific RegionChapter 10. Stephan Dahl and Ana Margarida Barreto: Away from the Mainstream: Motivations of Travellers Seeking Alternative Forms of LGBT TravelPart 4: Gay Tourism: Spatial DiscoursesChapter 11. Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta and Louise Grimmer: Marketing and Communicating Gay-Friendly Hospitality Spaces: The Case of Rainbow Tasmania Tourism AccreditationChapter 12. Helena Andrade, Zelia Breda and Gorete Dinis: Is Porto a Gay-Friendly Travel Destination? A Tourism Supply AnalysisChapter 13. Heather L. Jeffrey and Martin Sposato: Buenos Aires: Authentically Straight FriendlyChapter 14. Clifford Lewis and Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta: Out of the Closet and into the Streets: Reflections on the Considerations in Hosting Rural Pride EventsAfterword: Rodrigo Lucena de MelloIndex

A highly perceptive exploration of the complex and contested intersections of travel and tourism with sexualities and genders by both established and emerging scholars. This important book draws on a wide range of theoretical frameworks to critically explore and understand the complexities of contemporary LGBT travel and tourism to produce a truly international and insightful collection.