Gay Tourism

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Foreword: Kevin Markwell



Chapter 1. Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta: Gay Tourism: New Perspectives



Part 1: Gay Tourism: Political and Sociocultural Discourses



Chapter 2. Can-Seng Ooi: Gay Tourism: A Celebration and Appropriation of Queer Difference



Chapter 3. Carlos Monterrubio: The Significance of Gay Tourism Spaces for Local Gay Men: Empirical Evidence from Mexico



Chapter 4. Wenjie Cai and Carol Southall: Managing Sexuality for Gay and Lesbian Parents in Heterosexual Family Holiday Spaces: Setting an Agenda for Research



Part 2: Gay Tourism: Profiles and Identities



Chapter 5. Christiaan Hattingh: Understanding African LGBT Traveller Motivations: A Non-Westernised Perspective



Chapter 6. Xiongbin Gao: (Re)Discovering Chinese Lesbian and Gay Travel



Chapter 7. Gueliz Coskun: The Search for Gay Space, Relationship Dynamics and Travel Decisions among Same-Sex Couples in a Secular Muslim Country



Part 3: Gay Tourism: Pleasure and Leisure



Chapter 8. Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta: LGBTQI+ Resort Workers: Blurring the Lines of Work and Leisure



Chapter 9. Binh Nghiem-Phu 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 Region



Chapter 10. Stephan Dahl and Ana Margarida Barreto: Away from the Mainstream: Motivations of Travellers Seeking Alternative Forms of LGBT Travel



Part 4: Gay Tourism: Spatial Discourses



Chapter 11. Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta and Louise Grimmer: Marketing and Communicating Gay-Friendly Hospitality Spaces: The Case of Rainbow Tasmania Tourism Accreditation



Chapter 12. Helena Andrade, Zelia Breda and Gorete Dinis: Is Porto a Gay-Friendly Travel Destination? A Tourism Supply Analysis



Chapter 13. Heather L. Jeffrey and Martin Sposato: Buenos Aires: Authentically Straight Friendly



Chapter 14. Clifford Lewis and Oscar Vorobjovas-Pinta: Out of the Closet and into the Streets: Reflections on the Considerations in Hosting Rural Pride Events



Afterword: Rodrigo Lucena de Mello



Index