I-European Travel Commission (ETC) idibene ne-International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) kunye nebhodi yabakhenkethi yaseFlemish VISITFLANDERS ukubonisa iForam yeMfundo kwi-LGBTQ Tourism kwi-Hilton Brussels Grand Place ngomhla we-21 Juni. Esi siganeko sinikeze umboniso weziphumo eziphambili kwi-Handbook ye-LGBTQ Tourism eYurophu, ecwangciselwe ukukhululwa kwinyanga ezayo njengeprojekthi yophando edibeneyo evela kwi-ETC kunye ne-IGLTA Foundation. Izithethi zeForam ziphinde zajongana neendlela zokwenza iYurophu ikhuseleke kwaye ibandakanywe ngakumbi kubahambi be-LGBTQ, babelane ngezenzo ezilungileyo zokufikelela kumacandelo ahlukeneyo ale marike, kwaye baxoxe ngendaleko yexesha elizayo yokhenketho lwe-LGBTQ eYurophu.
“Siyazingca ngokuba liqabane lomsitho wokuqala we-ETC kunye nokupapashwa kwimakethi yokuhamba ye-LGBTQ kunye nokubandakanya uninzi lwamalungu ethu aseYurophu kule ngxoxo ibalulekileyo,” utshilo uMongameli we-IGLTA / i-CEO uJohn Tanzella, owenze intetho yokuvula kwiforum kunye no. I-CEO ye-VISITFLANDERS kunye noMongameli we-ETC uPeter De Wilde. "Nangona iYurophu iyinkokeli yehlabathi yecandelo lemarike ye-LGBTQ, ayililo lonke ilizwe elilingana nokubandakanywa kwayo kwe-LGBTQ-kwaye uphando lubonise ngokucacileyo ukuba iindawo ezibandakanyayo zinethuba elihle lokutsala iindwendwe ezahlukeneyo."
Umbhali wencwadi yesandla uPeter Jordan ubonise ujongo lokuqala kolu phando luza kukhutshwa kungekudala, olujolise kwiimbono zamazwe angama-35 aseYurophu ukusuka kubahambi be-LGBTQ kwiimarike zohambo olude ezintlanu: eRashiya, eTshayina, eJapan, eBrazil naseUnited States. Inkcubeko evulekileyo evulekileyo iphakamisa uluhlu lwezizathu zokuba abahambi bakhethe indawo yokuya kuyo kunye neziganeko ze-LGBTQ zibe zikhetho ezikhokelayo kutyelelo lwabo olulandelayo.
"Ukunyamezela ngakumbi, intlonipho kunye nokuqonda yimigaqo esisiseko yeYurophu ukuba ibe yeyona ndawo iqukayo yokhenketho kwihlabathi," watsho uMlawuli oyiNtloko we-ETC u-Eduardo Santander. “Siyazingca ngokubona kwiziphumo zophononongo kunye neengxoxo namhlanje ukuba iYurophu ibonwa njengendawo enqweneleka kakhulu yokuhamba kwicandelo le-LGBTQ. Kodwa siyazi ukuba akufuneki singakhathali njengoko kusekho indawo yokuphucula. I-ETC ihleli izibophelele kolu sukelo, kwaye iminyhadala efana neForam yezeMfundo ilinyathelo eliya kwicala elifanelekileyo.
Izithethi zeForam zikwaquka uThomas Bachinger, iBhodi yabaKhenkethi yaseVienna; iMattej Valencic, iLuxury Slovenia; Mateo Asensio, Turisme de Barcelona; Anna Shepherd, ILGA Yurophu; Patrick Bontinck, ndwendwela.brussels; I-Kaspars Zalitis, iBaltic Pride; kunye noSean Howell waseHornet.
"Sifuna ukuba neeFlanders ziguqukela kuluntu apho ukuziqhelanisa ngokwesondo kungasokuze kube ngumbuzo okanye umcimbi," utshilo uDe Wilde, ophinde wamodareyitha ingxoxo yephaneli yokunxibelelana nokwahluka kweshishini kunye nabahambi kunye neentatheli zeDIVA e-UK, blu. Iqela leendaba eJamani nangaphandle & Malunga eDenmark. Ngokuchaseneyo noko, sifuna ukuba umhambi we-LGBTQ aphathwe ngentembeko nentlonipho. ABAKHENKETHI baza kuqhubeka bediliza imiqobo kwaye baza kugxila ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho olubandakanyayo. Sithanda ukusebenzisa eyona asethi yethu inamandla kwezi njongo ezifana negastronomy yethu, iiFlemish Masters zethu kunye nenkcubeko yethu yokukhwela ibhayisekile. Zonke izihloko ezinokuvusa kwaye zikhuthaze abahambi be-LGBTQ abavela kwihlabathi liphela ukuba bandwendwele iFlanders.
