ka ʻAhahui Huakaʻi Hele Manuahi a me ka wahine (IGLTA) i kēia manawa he kalena pūnaewele me ka hōʻike ʻana ma mua o 140 LGBTQ ʻahaʻaina a me nā hanana a puni ka honua. Ma ka liʻiliʻi he 30 mau ʻāina i koho ʻia i ka lālani a ʻoi aku ma mua o 25 hanana i kuhikuhi pono ʻia i nā ʻāpana i hōʻike ʻole ʻia ma ke kaiāulu LGBTQ me nā poʻe o nā kaiāulu ʻāpana, wahine a wahine hoʻi.

ʻO ka neʻe ʻana ma ʻō aku o LGBTQ Pride, nā ʻahaʻaina, nā ʻākoakoa a me nā hanana ma ka kalena e hoʻohui i nā ʻano kumuhana like ʻole, mai ke mele, nā hana noʻeau, a me nā meaʻai i nā haʻuki, ka hulahula, ka hoʻolaha a me ka hoʻomākeʻaka. ʻOiai he ʻokoʻa nā hanana, he hoʻolauleʻa ka pae maʻamau ma waena o ke kaiāulu LGBTQ.

"ʻO ke kipa ʻana i kahi mākaʻikaʻi i ka wā o ka LGBTQ festival a hanana paha kahi ala maikaʻi loa e ʻike ʻole ai i kona mau palena ʻāina a aʻo i kona mōʻaukala, akā e ʻike pū i ke kaiāulu LGBTQ kūloko," wahi a ka Pelekikena / CEO ʻo IGLTA ʻo John Tanzella. "E loli paha nā poʻomanaʻo o kēia mau hanana, akā ʻo ko mākou leo a me ke alo ma ke ʻano he kaiāulu LGBTQ ʻoi aku ka ikaika ke hui pū mākou. A ma muli o ka hilinaʻi nui o kēia mau hanana i ke kākoʻo o ka poʻe kipa, ua hoʻoholo mākou e paʻi i kahi papa inoa honua e kōkua i ka poʻe huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana e lawelawe iā lākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hanana hoihoi i waho o ko lākou kūlanakauhale home.

ʻO ka International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association ke alakaʻi honua i ka holomua ʻana i ka huakaʻi LGBTQ a he lālā pili haʻaheo o ka United Nations World Tourism Organization. ʻO ka misionari a IGLTA ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻike a me nā kumuwaiwai no ka poʻe huakaʻi LGBTQ a holomua i ka mākaʻikaʻi LGBTQ ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e ka hōʻike ʻana i kāna hopena pili kaiaulu a me ka hoʻokele waiwai nui. ʻO ka lālā ʻo IGLTA me LGBTQ a me nā hale hoʻokipa LGBTQ, nā wahi i lawe ʻia, nā mea lawelawe, nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi, nā mea hoʻokele kaʻahele, nā hanana a me nā pāpāho huakaʻi ma nā ʻāina he 80 a ʻoi.