Pa May 8th 2018, Guam Visitors Bureau adapita ku International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) Msonkhano Wapachaka Wapadziko Lonse, chiwonetsero chachikulu kwambiri pa zokopa alendo ku LGBT padziko lapansi. Msonkhanowu ndi wamasiku 4, womwe umachitikira ku Toronto, Canada. Kupita pa 35 yaketh Chaka, msonkhanowu udzagwirizanitsa ogulitsa ndi ogula omwe ndi ochezeka pa LGBT.
IGLTA ndiye bungwe lotsogola kwambiri padziko lonse la LGBT komanso ndi membala wothandizidwa ndi United Nations World Tourism Organisation. Msonkhanowu cholinga chake ndi kupereka nsanja pomwe apaulendo ndi mabungwe a LGBT atha kupeza zothandizira malo omwe ali ochezeka a LGBT komanso kukulitsa kuyenda kwa LGBT padziko lonse lapansi.
"Monga gawo lokula komanso lofunika kwambiri pamaulendo, tikufuna kulumikizana ndi gulu loyenda la LGBT kuti titsegule njira zapaulendo zomwe zingayendetse msika waku Guam. Tikuwona kuthekera kwakukulu pamene tikufuna kupititsa patsogolo misika yathu, "atero a Pilar Laguaña, Director of Global Marketing a GVB.
GVB idapita ku IGLTA koyamba mu 2017 ndipo idapeza kuti Guam ndi malo opita kumsika wa LGBT. GVB ikukonzekera kupitilizabe kulumikizana ndi mabungwe oyenda a LGBT kuti agulitse Guam ngati kopita kwa ogulitsa ambiri omwe adzakhale nawo pachionetserochi, komanso kuwonetsa zatsopano Ulendo wa Guam LGBT - Upangiri wa Masiku 7 a Paradaiso yopangidwa mogwirizana ndi Andrew Collins, wolandila wa 2017 IGLTA Honours for Travel Writer.
Mneneri wa Guam wa Nyumba Yamalamulo ya 34 ku Guam, a Benjamin JF Cruz akutenga nawo mbali pa "Kugulitsa Maulendo Akuluakulu kwa Apaulendo a LGBTQ”Gawo lotha maphunziro ku IGLTA chaka chino lotsogozedwa ndi a Billy Kolber ochokera ku Man About World. Spika Cruz adakhazikitsa Bill, yomwe imakhazikitsa mabungwe azogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha omwe ali ndi ufulu komanso maubwino onse okwatirana ku Guam. Lachisanu, Juni 5th, Guam idakhala gawo loyamba ku US kuvomereza ukwati wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, woweruza wa feduro ataletsa lamuloli. GVB ikukhulupirira kuti kuvomerezeka kwaukwati wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ku Guam kumapereka mpata wopanga kutsatsa kwakanthawi kwa LGBT.
Malo okongola achilengedwe a Guam amapereka chithunzi chabwino cha kuthawa m'maloto. Mahotela ambiri ku Guam amakhala ndi mapemphero okondana ndi nyanja zam'nyanja, ndikupanga nthawi zosakumbukika komanso zokongola ngati zina. Apaulendo apeza kuti Guam ndi amodzi mwamalo olandila LGBTQ m'dera la Pacific. Kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito ku hotelo kupita kumalo odyera komanso ogulitsa m'misika, makampani ochereza alendo pachilumbachi amavomereza kwambiri alendo a LGBTQ, ndipo okwatirana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha amatha kuyembekezera kukhala omasuka kugwirana manja, kuwotchera dzuwa pagombe, komanso kungokhala okha. Chilumbachi chili ndi gulu lowoneka bwino la LGBT lomwe limachita bwino pachilumbachi. Kunyada kwa Guam (guampride.org) kumayambitsidwa mu 2017 ndipo kumachitika chaka chilichonse (makamaka koyambirira kwa Juni) ndipo kumakhala Kunyada Kwanyumba, maphwando ochezera, phwando lanyanja ndi chikondwerero cha zikhalidwe. Guam Visitors Bureau, yemwe ndi membala wonyada wa International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, alandila ndi mtima wonse alendo a LGBTQ ochokera konsekonse padziko lapansi ndipo ndiwothandiza paulendo wokonzekera ukwati.
About Bureau of Guam Alendo
Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB), bungwe lopanda phindu, ndi bungwe loona zokopa alendo ku US Territory of Guam. Mwa zina, GVB ikukhazikitsa ndikugwiritsa ntchito njira zotsatsa zokopa alendo ku Guam, komanso kuyang'anira mapulogalamu ndi zochitika zomwe zimalimbikitsa ndikuwonetsa anthu aku Guam, kukongola kwachilengedwe, ndi chikhalidwe chawo kuti apereke mwayi wosayerekezeka kwa alendo. GVB imapanganso kafukufuku wokhudzana ndi zokopa alendo, kukonzekera zochitika, ndi ntchito zofalitsa. Bureau imagwira ntchito ngati mlatho wovuta wolumikiza maboma ndi mabungwe aboma. Makampani opanga zokopa alendo ku Guam akufuna kuthandiza nawo kuti akhale ndi moyo wabwino kwa onse omwe amatcha Guam kwawo.
Za Guam
Guam ndiye chisumbu chakumwera kwambiri cha Mariana ndipo ndichilumba chachikulu kwambiri ku Micronesia chomwe chili ndi malo okwana ma 550 ma kilomita ndi 170,000. Guam ndi malo abwino opitako alendo ofuna kulawa za USA komanso chisangalalo chapamwamba pachilumba. Guam ili ndi magombe achilendo komanso nkhalango zobiriwira zokhala ndi maluwa okongola. Pali zinthu zambiri zosangalatsa — kusangalala ndi chikhalidwe cha pachilumbachi, masewera a m'madzi, kuyenda m'madzi, kukawona malo, gofu, komanso kugula malo opanda ntchito m'misika yamaina, malo ogulitsira, komanso malo ogulitsira.
Za Benjamin Cruz
A Benjamin Cruz ndi omwe amalankhula ku Nyumba Yamalamulo ya 34 Guam, Wapampando wa Komiti Yowona za Kugawidwa ndi Kuweruza, komanso Woweruza Wamkulu Wopuma pantchito ku Khothi Lalikulu ku Guam. Pa ntchito yake yolemekezeka, akhala patsogolo pomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe ndi anthu ku Guam. Pozindikira kuti ntchito ndikofunikira kuti munthu akhale ndi moyo wabwino, Wachiwiri-Wachiwiriyo adakhazikitsa malamulo mu 2015 kuti asinthe malamulo a Guam ndikupereka chitetezo chotsutsana ndi kusankhidwa pantchito chifukwa chazakugonana kapena amuna kapena akazi. Zotsatira zake, Public Law 33-64, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti "Guam Employment Non-Discrimination Act ya 2015" idawonjezera malingaliro azakugonana, kudziwika kuti ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, kapena msirikali wakale kapena wankhondo pamndandanda wazikhalidwe zosasinthika kapena zotetezedwa zomwe sizimaletsa mwayi wogwira ntchito. Woweruza wakale wa Khothi Lapabanja awonjezeranso kawiri pakudziwitsa anthu za nkhanza zapakhomo, ndikupereka malamulo angapo ovuta omwe amadziwika kuti zikuchenjeza za nkhanza zapakhomo ndikulanga omwe amakuzunza. Kaya akuchepetsa ndalama zosafunikira kuboma, akuwonjezera ndalama zochepa kwa omwe akugwira ntchito movutikira ku Guam, kapena kusunga chilumbacho, masomphenya a Benjamin ku Guam akhala chimodzimodzi pazaka zake 43 zautumiki: onetsetsani kuti boma limagwira ntchito molimbika kwa opanda mphamvu monga limachitira kwa amphamvu.
Za Andrew Collins
Andrew Collins yemwe amakhala ndi mnzake Fernando ku Mexico City ndi Portland, Oregon, akhala akulemba ndikusintha LGBT ndi mabuku oyendetsera maulendo, magazini, ndi manyuzipepala kwazaka pafupifupi makumi atatu. Atamaliza maphunziro awo ku Yunivesite ya Wesley ku 1991, adapeza ntchito ngati mkonzi wothandizira pagulu lapaulendo la Fodor la Random House. Ali ndi zaka 23, atakhala mutu wa Associate Editor, adachoka ku Fodor kuti ayambe ntchito yodzichitira pawokha. Kupuma kwake koyamba kwakukulu: kumukhomera bwino yemwe kale anali bwana wake ndi zomwe zikanakhala Gay Guide ya ku Fodor kupita ku USA, yomwe idatuluka mu 1996. Buku loyambirira loyendera ma LGBT lopangidwa ndi wofalitsa wamkulu wapaulendo, bukulo lidalandira Mphotho ya Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism kuchokera ku Society of American Travel Writers.
Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, a Collins akhala ngati mkonzi kapena wolemba pamitu yopitilira 180 ya Fodor ndipo adalemba a Moon Travel Handbook ku New Orleans, Rhode Island, ndi Connecticut. Amakumanabe za Oregon ndi Washington za bukhu lotsogolera la Fodor's Pacific Northwest. Adalemba nkhani mazana ambiri zapaulendo m'manyuzipepala ndi magazini a LGBTQ, kuphatikiza The Advocate, Out Traveler, Travel + Leisure, AAA Living, Four Seasons Magazine, ndi Sunset, ndipo adapanga zolemba za LGBT zamawebusayiti ndi maupangiri a alendo a ma CVB a mizinda yoposa 20, kuphatikiza Albuquerque, Denver, Kansas City, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, Sonoma County, ndi St. Kwa zaka 10, Collins adatulutsa tsamba loyenda la LGBT la About.com, ndipo m'zaka zaposachedwa adakhazikitsa ndikutumikira monga mkonzi wama magazini azoyenda achiwerewere za Hawaii ndi Pacific Northwest. Pakadali pano ndi mkonzi wamkulu wamamagazini atatu atsopano omwe amayang'ana kwambiri maukwati a LGBTQ komanso maulendo achikondi, Love Wins Texas, Love Wins California, and Love Wins Pacific Northwest. Alinso mkonzi wamkulu wa The Pearl, magazini ya Quarter Quarter yokhudzana ndi malo oyenda bwino kwambiri ku Portland, ndipo ndiwothandizanso wolemba kuyenda ku New Mexico Magazine. Kuyambira 2004, Collins adaphunzitsanso makalasi pakulemba maulendo ndi kulemba chakudya kwa anthu otchuka ku New York City a Gotham Writers '
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- GVB plans to further build relations with LGBT travel organizations to sell Guam as a destination to numerous wholesalers that will be attending the expo, as well as to showcase the new Guam LGBT Travel –.
- Guam is the southernmost island of the Marianas and is the largest island in Micronesia with a total land area of 550 square kilometers and 170,000 in population.
- “As a growing and very important travel segment, we want to make vital connections with the LGBT travel community to initiate the generation of travel packages that will drive this niche market into Guam.
