I-Asiya isathandabuza ukuzikhuthaza kwimarike ye-gay, kubandakanywa neThailand, ngelixa i-United States, i-Australia, uMzantsi Afrika kunye neYurophu ngoku sele ingaphezu kweminyaka elishumi ekujoliswe kuyo ngabahambi abathandana nabanye njengemarike enokuthi ivelise ingeniso eninzi kunye nokuvezwa okulungileyo. kwilizwe okanye isixeko. EYurophu, impumelelo ye-Europride yonyaka ingqina ngokubaluleka okuthathwe kukusingatha umcimbi we-gay. Ngo-2007, iMadrid yamkela abahambi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezibini ngexesha lokusingathwa kwe-Europride, irekhodi kwimbali yomsitho.
Njengoko amazwe amaninzi eqaphela amandla edola yabakhenkethi epinki, ukhenketho lwama-gay luhlala lungahoywa kakhulu kumazwe aseAsia. Uninzi lwexesha, iingcali zemarike ziqikelela ukuba ukungafuni kwe-Asia kuxhomekeke kwizithethe kunobutshaba bokwenene kukhenketho lwama-gay.
“Uluntu lwaseAsia lunogcino kwaye uninzi lwabemi lusaxhomekeke kumaxabiso emveli. Imifanekiso yeeklabhu ezivulelekileyo zamafanasini e-Bangkok okanye imiboniso ye-transvestites ayibonakalisi imvakalelo yokwenyani yabantu balapha,” ucacise watsho uJuttaporn Rerngronasa, usekela-rhuluneli kuNxibelelwano lweNtengiso kwiGunyabantu lezoKhenketho laseThailand (TAT).
Uninzi lwamaSilamsi eIndonesia naseMalaysia, ukuba gay kusabonwa njengesono. Nangona kunjalo, ayikhange ithintele indawo ye-gay edlamkileyo ukuba ichume eJakarta, Kuala Lumpur naseBali.
Umyalezo kuluntu lwabakhenkethi abangama-gay uhlala "uphantsi" e-Asia. Nangona amazwe amaninzi namhlanje anesimo sengqondo esivuleleke ngakumbi kubahambi abangama-gay, ukuthengisa kwizihlwele zama-gay kuhlala ikakhulu ezandleni zabucala. Ukusingatha iTaiwan umngcelele wokuqala weqhayiya welizwe lamaTshayina ngo-2003 yawuguqula yaba yeyona ndawo ithandwa ngabantu abathandana nabasetyhini kuMntla-mpuma Asia. Iihotele zeGay kunye neearhente zokuhamba nazo zisandula ukuchuma eCambodia.
"Asijongani nayo nayiphi na ingxaki evela kuRhulumente njengoko beqonda ukuba ukujolisa kwimarike yabahambi be-gay yindlela phakathi kwabanye yokunyusa ukhenketho kwilizwe," utshilo uPunnavit Hantitipart, uMphathi weNtengiso kunye neNtengiso yeGolden Banana Boutique Hotel eSiem Reap. Khambodiya.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, phantsi kobunkokeli beNkulumbuso uGoh Chok Tong, iSingapore yamkela isimo sengqondo esikhululekile kumafanasini. Iiklabhu kunye namashishini agxile kwi-gay avulwa kwindawo yaseTanjong Pagar. Itheko lonyaka leNation Party, elisindlekwa ngoSuku lweSizwe lwase-Singapore, liye laba sisiganeko soqoqosho, satsala abatyeleli abamalunga nama-2,500 kwaye lenze ezinye zeedola ezi-6 (iidola ezi-4+ ze-US). Ukuvulwa kweSingapore kwinkcubeko yabantu abathandana nabantu abathandana ngakumbi bekuyinxalenye yesicwangciso-qhinga sikarhulumente sokuguqula esi sixeko sibe luluntu oludlamkileyo olunengqondo ephangaleleyo.
Nangona kunjalo, okoko u-PM u-Lee Hsien Loong ethabathe indawo yase-Singapore, i-Singapore enobuhlobo ne-gay ibuyele kwisimo sengqondo esinengqiqo ngakumbi nesiqhutywa yisimilo. Kodwa iphulo leBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseSingapore (STB)'s iphulo elithi "Uniquely Singapore"-lasungulwa ngo-2005- liyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza imisebenzi efana nomculo okanye imisitho yobugcisa enomtsalane kubantu abathandana nabasetyhini.
U-Muhammad Rostam Umar, umlawuli wezoNxibelelwano weBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseSingapore, uthe: “I-STB yamkela wonke umntu eSingapore. Ekuthengiseni iSingapore njengendawo yokusingwa, sijolise kumacandelo athile abathengi abandakanya, phakathi kwabanye, abakhenkethi bezolonwabo, abahambi bezoshishino kunye neendwendwe ze-MICE, kunye nabo bafuna imfundo kunye neenkonzo zempilo. Iimveliso zokhenketho esiziphuhlisayo kwaye sizinikezela kubakhenkethi zilungiselelwe la macandelo. Uninzi lwezi mveliso zokhenketho, ngakumbi iimveliso zendlela yokuphila ukusuka ekuthengeni ukuya kwindawo yokutya kunye nemisitho ukuya kuzonwabisa, zibhenela abaphulaphuli ababanzi ngokunjalo. Siqinisekile ukuba nabani na uya kufumana into enomtsalane kuye ngalo naliphi na ixesha etyelele eSingapore.”
IThailand yeyona nto inomdla ngakumbi. Ngo-2007, i-Bangkok yathathwa yi-Lonely Planet's Blue List njengenye yeendawo ezilishumi ezishushu kakhulu kwi-gays emhlabeni. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iBangkok kuphela kwesixeko eAsia esifumene lo mahluko. Nangona kunjalo, i-TAT isagcina iphrofayili ephantsi kwintengiso ye-gay market, nokuba i-TAT ivuma inzuzo yezoqoqosho eziswa yi-gay tourism eBukumkanini, ngokutsho kweJuttaporn Rerngronasa. Kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, akukho sifundo sisemthethweni senziwe ngabaphathi bezokhenketho ukuvavanya imarike yama-gay.
I-TAT ayikakulungeli ukukhuthaza ngokusemthethweni iThailand kule marike. “Lo asingomgaqo-nkqubo wethu; kunjalo, akuthethi ukuba sichase kwimarike gay okanye musa ukwamkela abahambi gay. Sihlala siphendula kakuhle xa sicela kumaqela amafanasini okanye imibutho ukuba silungiselele ukuhlala eThailand ngokubanika lonke ulwazi malunga neehotele okanye imisebenzi okanye nokubanceda ukuba bafumane iqabane elifanelekileyo. Kodwa sikhetha ukuhlala singathathi cala njengoko siliziko likarhulumente kwaye sivumele icandelo labucala lingenelele,” wongeze watsho uRerngronasa.
Imbono entsonkothileyo eyiqondayo iPunnavit Hantipapart evela kwiHotele yeGolden Banana: “Uloyiko oluninzi lokuba ukukhuthaza urhwebo lwamafanasini kunokutsala abakhenkethi abanganqwenelekiyo abajonge isini kuphela. Kwaye kuya konakalisa ke umfanekiso welizwe,” uyachaza. Ngokwenene lo ngumba omkhulu. Ngokucacileyo ngokungaphathi ukhenketho lwama-gay njengayo nayiphi na enye imarike ye-niche, i-TAT kunye neminye iMibutho yabakhenkethi yeSizwe saseAsia ngokungaqondanga igxininisa ukuba ukhenketho lwama-gay lusengumcimbi wokuziphatha okubi.
Kodwa ukuziphatha okude kwe-TAT xa kuthelekiswa nemarike ye-gay akubonakali kukholisa wonke umntu ngaphakathi kwintlangano. Abanye babasebenzi be-TAT bavakalise ngokungekho mthethweni nokungavumi kwabo malunga nendlela ephathwa ngayo imarike yama-gay. "Kufuneka sifunde ngokunzulu imarike ye-gay kwaye sisebenze ngakumbi njengoko abahambi be-gay bemele i-niche echitha imali eninzi, i-marketing ye-niche efundiswe kakuhle," utshilo umqeshwa we-TAT, othetha phantsi kwemeko yokungaziwa. Wonke umntu e-TAT ukhawuleza aqonde ukuba irhuluneli ye-TAT yiyo yodwa enokuphembelela umgaqo-nkqubo omtsha osemthethweni wokukhuthaza iThailand kubahambi abangamafanasini kunye nokujonga inkxaso karhulumente. Ngenene iya kuba yindaleko enkulu kunye neyakhayo njengoko i-TAT iza kuqinisekisa ngokusemthethweni ukhenketho lwama-gay ngendlela efanayo evumela uhambo olusele luphezulu okanye ukhenketho lwezonyango. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, oku akunjalo.
