Ua hui pū ke Kōmike Huakaʻi ʻEulopa (ETC) me ka International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) a me ka papa mākaʻikaʻi Flemish VISITFLANDERS e hōʻike i ka Forum Educational ma LGBTQ Tourism ma ka Hilton Brussels Grand Place ma ka 21 Iune. Ua hoʻolako ʻia kēia hanana i kahi ʻike mua o nā ʻike nui o The Handbook on LGBTQ Tourism ma ʻEulopa, i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka mahina e hiki mai ana ma ke ʻano he noiʻi noiʻi like mai ETC a me ka IGLTA Foundation. Ua kamaʻilio pū nā mea kamaʻilio kūkā kamaʻilio i nā ala i mea e palekana ai ʻo ʻEulopa a hui pū ʻia no ka poʻe huakaʻi LGBTQ, kaʻana like i nā hana maikaʻi loa no ka hiki ʻana i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o kēia mākeke, a ua kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka ulu mua o ka huakaʻi LGBTQ ma ʻEulopa.
"Haʻaheo mākou i lilo i hoa no ka hanana mua o ETC a paʻi ʻia ma ka mākeke huakaʻi ʻo LGBTQ a hoʻokomo i nā lālā he nui o ko ʻEulopa i kēia kūkākūkā koʻikoʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Pelekikena / CEO ʻo IGLTA ʻo John Tanzella, nāna i hoʻopuka i nā ʻōlelo i hoʻomaka mua ʻia ma ke kolamu pū me ʻO VISITFLANDERS CEO & ETC Pelekikena Peter De Wilde. "ʻOiai he alakaʻi nui ʻo ʻEulopa no ka mahele mākeke LGBTQ, ʻaʻole like nā ʻāina āpau i ka LGBTQ inclusiveness - a ua hōʻike maopopo ʻia ka noiʻi ʻana he manawa kūpono maikaʻi loa kēia no nā wahi kipa."
Ua hōʻike ka mea kākau puke ʻo Peter Jordan i ka nānā mua ma kēia noiʻi e hoʻopuka koke ʻia, kahi e kau nei i ka ʻike o nā mokuʻāina 35 ma waena o ʻEulopa mai nā huakaʻi LGBTQ ma nā mākeke mamao ʻelima: ʻo Russia, Kina, Iāpana, Brazil a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO kahi moʻomeheu manaʻo hāmama i luna i ka papa inoa o nā kumu no ka poʻe huakaʻi e koho i kahi huakaʻi a ʻo nā hanana LGBTQ ke koho alakaʻi no kā lākou huakaʻi hou.
"ʻO ke ahonui, mahalo a hoʻomaopopo hoʻi i nā kumu nui o ʻEulopa e lilo i wahi huakaʻi huakaʻi nui loa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo ETC ʻo Eduardo Santander. "Haʻaheo loa mākou i ka ʻike ʻana mai nā hopena o ke aʻo ʻana a me nā kūkākūkā i kēia lā i ʻike ʻia ʻo ʻEulopa ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi huakaʻi makemake nui ʻia no ka ʻāpana LGBTQ. Akā ʻike mākou ʻaʻole pono e hōʻoluʻolu no ka mea aia kahi kahi no ka hoʻomaikaʻi. Ua kūpaʻa mau ʻo ETC i kēia pahuhopu, a ʻo nā hanana e like me ka Forum Educational kahi ʻanuʻu i ke ala kūpono. "
Ua hui pū nā mea kamaʻilio me Thomas Bachinger, ka Papa Hoʻokele Wina; ʻO Mattej Valencic, Slovenia Hanohano; Mateo Asensio, Turisme de Barcelona; Anna Shepherd, ILGA ʻEulopa; Patrick Bontinck, kipa.brussels; Kaspars Zalitis, ʻO Balic Pride; lāua ʻo Sean Howell o Hornet.
"Makemake mākou e hoʻomohala ʻo Flanders i kahi kaiāulu kahi e kū ʻole ai ka moekolohe a nīnau ʻole," wahi a De Wilde, ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻoponopono i kahi kūkākūkā papa e pili ana i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā mea like ʻole i ka ʻoihana a me nā huakaʻi me nā mea nūpepa mai DIVA ma UK, blu pūʻulu pāpaho ma Kelemania a me Out & About ma Denmark. "Ma ka ʻokoʻa, makemake mākou e mālama ʻia ka mea huakaʻi LGBTQ me ka pololei a me ka mahalo. E hoʻomau ʻo VISITFLANDERS e wāwahi i nā ālai a e kia i ka paipai ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi. Makemake mākou e hoʻohana i kā mākou waiwai ikaika i kēia mau pahuhopu e like me kā mākou gastronomy, ko mākou Flemish Masters a me kā mākou moʻomeheu kaʻa. ʻO nā kumuhana āpau e hoʻoulu a hoʻoulu i ka poʻe huakaʻi LGBTQ mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa e kipa iā Flanders. "
