Indibano ye-IGLTA yowama-2023 iza kubanjelwa ePuerto Rico

I-International LGBTQ + Travel Association ibhengeze namhlanje ukuba iza kubonisa iNgqungquthela yeHlabathi ye-2023 eSan Juan, ePuerto Rico, indawo yokuya evelele kwiCaribbean ngenxa yesimo sayo se-LGBTQ + kunye nokuzinikela kwiyantlukwano kunye nokubandakanywa. Ukhetho lwesixeko esibambayo lunempembelelo enkulu ngakumbi njengoko i-IGLTA iza kubhiyozela i-40 yayo^th isikhumbuzo sonyaka ozayo yaye ayizange iyiqhube indibano kwiCaribbean ukususela ngowe-1985.

"Emva kwenkqubo ebanzi yokuhlalutya kunye nokuxoxa ngeebhidi ezikhuphisana kakhulu, siyazingca ngokukhetha iPuerto Rico, indawo ekuya kuyo kunye neentlobo ngeentlobo kwi-DNA yayo, njengomgcini weNgqungquthela yethu ye-40th Anniversary ngoSeptemba 2023," watsho uSihlalo weBhodi ye-IGLTA uFelipe Cardenas.

“IPuerto Rico inika umdibaniso okhethekileyo weSpanish, iTaino, kunye nenkcubeko yaseAfrika, ebonakaliswa kubugcisa bayo obudlamkileyo, umculo kunye nokutya. Ukubamba utyikityo lwethu lomsitho wokufundisa kunye nothungelwano apho kunika amandla amakhulu okwenza impembelelo eyomeleleyo, eyakhayo kungekuphela nje kuluntu lwabo lwe-LGBTQ+ yasekhaya, kodwa kukhenketho lwe-LGBTQ+ kulo lonke elaseCaribbean.”

Fumanisa iPuerto Rico yaqala umsebenzi wayo kwicandelo le-LGBTQ + ngokuhambelana nokusungulwa kwe-DMO ngo-2018. Emva konyaka, uphando olusisiseko lubonise i-19% yabahambi be-LGBTQ + bachonge iPuerto Rico njengendawo yokwamkela i-LGBTQ +. Ngo-2020, elo nani linyuke laya kutsho kuma-41%. ISiqithi siphumelele le mpumelelo ngokwamkelwa kweqhinga kweendlela ezilungileyo kunye noluntu lwe-LGBTQ+, lusebenza ngokubambisana ne-LGBTQ+ ye-arhente HospitableMe. Ukuqaphela imfundo njengenyathelo lokuqala lokutshintsha, i-DMO ibonelele amaqela abo ngoqeqesho malunga nolwimi lwe-LGBTQ+, imifanekiso, imarike, imbali, ibhayoloji, kunye nemigangatho yoShishino oluphuhlayo lwendlela yokwenza abantu be-LGBTQ+ bazive bamkelekile kwaye bebandakanyiwe. 

"Izinikele ekudaleni indawo ebandakanyayo apho bonke abahambi banokuphila ngaphandle kwamaphupha abo okuhamba, iPuerto Rico inembeko yokukhethwa njengendawo yokusingatha IGLTA INdibano yeHlabathi ka-2023,” utshilo uLeah Chandler, uCMO wasePuerto Rico. "Ngeenqobo ezisisiseko zentsebenziswano kunye nokumelwa, i-DMO yethu iyalamkela eli thuba lokumema uluntu lwehlabathi jikelele lwe-LGBTQ+ lokuhambahamba ukuba luthathe inxaxheba kumava okufundisa kunye nenguqu kunye namaqabane ethu aseSiqiwini. "

Esi siqithi sikwabonelela ngendawo entle yendalo yeengcali zokhenketho ezivela kwihlabathi liphela ukuba zihlole: iikhilomitha ezingama-300 zonxweme; ekuphela kwehlathi elinemvula kwinkqubo yamahlathi aseUnited States, iEl Yunque; iindawo ezintathu zebhayoluminescent zehlabathi; kunye neminye imisebenzi emininzi ezinzileyo.

Ibhodi yabalawuli be-IGLTA imisela isixeko esibanjwa minyaka le ngenkqubo ebanzi yokubhida eqwalasela ubulungu bombutho obahlukeneyo kunye nenkxaso yendawo ekusingwa kuyo kukhenketho lweLGBTQ+, umnqweno wayo wokukhulisa obo bukho, kunye neenzame zokwandisa amalinge eDEI. I-IGLTA ibambe umcimbi wayo ophambili kwiCaribbean kube kanye ngaphambili-kwakhona ePuerto Rico.