Asia akadali wonyinyirika kudzikweza ku msika gay, kuphatikizapo gay wochezeka Thailand, pamene United States, Australia, South Africa ndi Europe tsopano kwa zaka zopitirira khumi akulimbana gay oyenda ngati msika angathe kupanga ndalama zambiri ndi kuwonetseredwa zabwino. kwa dziko kapena mzinda. Ku Ulaya, kupambana kwa Europride yapachaka kumachitira umboni za kufunikira kochitidwa ndi kuchititsa mwambo wa gay. Mu 2007, Madrid idalandila apaulendo opitilira XNUMX miliyoni panthawi ya Europride, mbiri yakale yamwambowo.

Pamene maiko ambiri amazindikira mphamvu ya dola yoyendera alendo apinki, zokopa alendo ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha zimanyalanyazidwabe kuchokera kumayiko aku Asia. Nthawi zambiri, akatswiri amsika amalingalira kuti kusafuna kwa Asia kumatengera kwambiri miyambo kuposa kudana kwenikweni ndi zokopa alendo.

"Madera aku Asia ndi okonda kusamala ndipo anthu ambiri amadalirabe miyambo yachikhalidwe. Zithunzi za makalabu oonekera poyera ogonana ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ku Bangkok kapena ziwonetsero za anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha siziwonetsa momwe anthu akumaloko akumvera," adatero Juttaporn Rerngronasa, wachiwiri kwa kazembe wa Marketing Communication ku Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

M'madera ambiri achi Muslim Indonesia ndi Malaysia, kukhala gay kumawonedwabe ngati tchimo. Komabe, sizinalepheretse zochitika zowoneka bwino za gay kuti zitukuke ku Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur ndi Bali.

Uthenga wopita kwa anthu oyendera gay udakali "subliminal" ku Asia. Ngakhale maiko ambiri masiku ano ali ndi malingaliro omasuka kwa oyenda gay, kutsatsa kwa anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha kumakhalabe m'manja mwachinsinsi. Dziko la Taiwan linachititsa mwambo waukulu woyamba kunyada wa dziko la China mu 2003 unasintha kukhala malo ochezeka kwambiri ndi amuna okhaokha ku Northeast Asia. Mahotela a gay ndi mabungwe apaulendo nawonso achita bwino ku Cambodia.

"Sitikukumana ndi zovuta zilizonse kuchokera ku Boma chifukwa amamvetsetsa kuti kutsata msika wa gay ndi njira imodzi yolimbikitsira zokopa alendo mdziko muno," atero Punnavit Hantitipart, Sales and Marketing Manager ku Golden Banana Boutique Hotel ku Siem Reap. Cambodia.

Zaka zingapo zapitazo, motsogozedwa ndi nduna yayikulu Goh Chok Tong, dziko la Singapore lidatengera malingaliro omasuka kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. Makalabu ndi mabizinesi okonda amuna kapena akazi okhaokha adatsegulidwa mozungulira dera la Tanjong Pagar. Chipani chapachaka cha Nation Party, chomwe chimachitika pa Tsiku la Dziko la Singapore, chidakhala chochitika chazachuma, chokopa alendo pafupifupi 2,500 ndikupanga ndalama zokwana S$6 (US$4+) miliyoni. Kutsegulira kwa Singapore ku chikhalidwe cha amuna kapena akazi okhaokha kunalinso njira ya boma yosinthira mzindawu kukhala gulu lotseguka la anthu onse.

Komabe, kuyambira pomwe Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong atenga tsogolo la Singapore, dziko la Singapore lokonda amuna kapena akazi okhaokha labwereranso kumalingaliro okhazikika komanso oyendetsedwa ndi makhalidwe abwino. Koma kampeni ya Singapore Tourism Board (STB) "Mwapadera Singapore" -yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 2005- ikupitilizabe kulimbikitsa zochitika monga nyimbo kapena zochitika zaluso zomwe zimakopa anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha.

Muhammad Rostam Umar, mkulu wa Communications for Singapore Tourism Board, anati: "STB imalandira aliyense ku Singapore. Potsatsa Singapore ngati kopita, timayang'ana magawo amakasitomala omwe akuphatikizapo, pakati pa ena, apaulendo opuma, oyenda bizinesi ndi alendo a MICE, komanso omwe akufunafuna maphunziro ndi chithandizo chaumoyo. Zogulitsa zokopa alendo zomwe timapanga ndikupereka kwa alendo ndizogwirizana ndi magawo awa. Zambiri mwazinthu zokopa alendo, makamaka zomwe zimayambira pazakudya, zodyera, zochitika, zosangalatsa, zimakopanso anthu ambiri. Tili ndi chidaliro chakuti munthu aliyense adzapeza chinachake chomkondweretsa nthaŵi iriyonse akadzachezera Singapore.”

Thailand ndi nkhani yosangalatsa kwambiri. Mu 2007, Bangkok idawonedwa ndi Lonely Planet's Blue List ngati amodzi mwamalo khumi otentha kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Pakadali pano, Bangkok ndi mzinda wokhawo ku Asia womwe walandira mwayi woterewu. Komabe, TAT imasungabe mbiri yotsika pakukweza msika wa gay, ngakhale TAT ivomereza phindu lazachuma lomwe limabwera ndi zokopa alendo mu Ufumu, malinga ndi Juttaporn Rerngronasa. Koma mpaka pano, palibe kafukufuku wovomerezeka yemwe wachitika ndi oyang'anira zokopa alendo kuti awone msika wa gay.

TAT sinakonzekere ngakhale kulimbikitsa Thailand pamsika uno. “Iyi si ndondomeko yathu; komabe, sizikutanthauza kuti timadana ndi msika wa gay kapena osalandira oyenda gay. Nthawi zonse timayankha motsimikiza kuti tikupempha magulu kapena mabungwe ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha kuti akonze zogona ku Thailand powapatsa zidziwitso zonse zamahotelo kapena zochitika kapena kuwathandiza kupeza bwenzi loyenera. Koma timakonda kusalowerera ndale popeza ndife bungwe la boma ndipo tilole mabungwe aziboma kuti alowemo, "anawonjezera Rerngronasa.

Lingaliro lachipongwe lomwe Punnavit Hantipapart wa ku Hotela ya Golden Banana akumvetsetsa: “Mantha ambiri akuti kutsatsa malonda a amuna kapena akazi okhaokha kungakope alendo ongofuna kugonana okha. Ndipo zidzawononga ndiye chithunzi cha dziko,” akufotokoza motero. Ili ndiye vuto lalikulu. Mwachiwonekere popanda kuchitira zokopa alendo ngati misika ina iliyonse, TAT ndi mabungwe ena aku Asia Nation Tourist Organisation mosazindikira amatsindika kuti kukopana kwa gay ndi nkhani yachiwerewere.

Koma machitidwe akutali a TAT motsutsana ndi msika wa gay sakuwoneka kuti akusangalatsa aliyense mkati mwa bungwe. Ena mwa ogwira ntchito ku TAT adalankhula mosavomerezeka ngakhale kukana kwawo momwe msika wa gay umayendetsedwa. "Tiyenera kuphunzira mozama za msika wa gay ndikukhala otanganidwa kwambiri popeza oyenda gay akuyimira msika wokwera kwambiri, wophunzira kwambiri kwa ife," adatero wogwira ntchito ku TAT, yemwe adalankhula mosadziwika. Aliyense ku TAT akuyenera kuzindikira kuti bwanamkubwa wa TAT ndiye yekhayo amene angalimbikitse ndondomeko yatsopano yolimbikitsa Thailand kwa oyenda gay ndikuyang'ana thandizo la boma. Kungakhaledi chisinthiko chachikulu komanso chabwino chifukwa TAT ingavomereze zokopa alendo omwe amagonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha monga momwe amavomerezera kale maulendo apamwamba kapena zokopa alendo zachipatala. Mpaka pano, izi sizili choncho.