Haeba u rera ho ipelaetsa ka thibelo ea manyalo a batho ba bong bo tšoanang, ke sebaka sefe se betere ho feta West Hollywood, Calif., Toropo e tsejoang naheng ka bophara e le setsi sa ts'usumetso ea bosodoma le lipolotiki?
Empa ho ea moo phomolong?
West Hollywood - moo batho ba fetang karolo e le 'ngoe ho tse tharo ba ipolelang hore ke basodoma, ba ratanang le banna ba bang, ba ratanang le ba bong bo fapaneng kapa ba iphetotseng bong - e tsebahala haholo ho batho ba sebakeng sa Los Angeles mme e hohela baeti ba bangata ba tsoang California. Empa ha se sebaka se seholo sa naha kapa sa machaba.
Hona joale motse oo, o chesehelang ho bokella chelete, o batla ho atolosa sebaka sa oona. 'Me ka lebaka le letle: Le moruong o putlameng, bahahlauli ba banna le basali ba ratana le batho ba ratanang le basali ba atisa ho sebelisa chelete e ngata e ka sebelisoang 'me ba na le monyetla oa ho sebelisa maeto le boikhathollo ho feta bahahlauli ba bong bo fapaneng, liphuputso li bontšitse.
Lilemong tse 'maloa tse fetileng, litoropo tse kang Philadelphia, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Chicago le Bloomington, Ind., li qalile matšolo a ho hohela bahahlauli ba basodoma.
Karolo ea maeto a basodoma e chesa hoo American Airlines, har'a likoporasi tse ling tse kholo, e nang le mookameli oa papatso eo mosebetsi oa hae e leng ho fihlela palo eo ea batho.
Boiteko ba moraorao ba West Hollywood bo hlaha sebakeng sa Marang-rang se entsoeng bocha (www.GoGayWestHollywood.com) se kenyeletsang lethathamo la lihotele, litlelabo, libara le liketsahalo tsa bosiu tseo ofisi ea baeti e lumelang hore li ka khahla bahahlauli ba ratanang le banna le basali. Sebaka sena se na le pokello ea litšoantšo le lethathamo la liketsahalo tsa beke le beke, ho kenyeletsoa liphathi tsa li-nightclub tse nang le lihlooho tse tsosang takatso ea thobalano. Lifoto tsena li kenyelletsa lithunya tsa banna ba apereng lihempe ba letlalo hammoho le litšoantšo tsa likopano tsa morao-rao tse hanyetsanang le thibelo e reriloeng ea ho nyalana ha batho ba bong bo tšoanang.
Litaba tsa Websaete ena li ka ’na tsa phahamisa mahlo har’a batho ba ka ntle, ho lumela Bradley M. Burlingame, mopresidente oa West Hollywood Marketing & Visitors Bureau. Empa o ile a bontša hore liofisi tsa maeto bakeng sa libaka tsa phomolo tse sa tloaelehang tse sebetsanang le bahahlauli ba bong bo fapaneng hangata li na le basali ba khahlehang ka li-bikini.
"Ha se sepheo sa rona ho ba koloi ea batho ho hokahana," Burlingame o boletse. Empa bonneteng, ka linako tse ling batho ba ea phomolong ka tšepo ea ho kopana le motho eo ba ka mo ratang.
Empa sepheo se seholo sa letšolo la toropo ke ho hohela baeti ba tla qeta.
Patlisiso ea selemo sena ea Harris Interactive, feme ea lefats'e ea lipatlisiso tsa 'maraka, e fumane hore bahahlauli ba banna le basali ba lebeletsoe ho sebelisa chelete e kaalo ka $2,300 bakeng sa matsatsi a phomolo nakong ea selemo le lehlabula, athe baeti ba bong bo fapaneng ba rerile ho sebelisa chelete e kaalo ka $1,500 ka nako eona eo.
Joalo ka West Hollywood, liofisi tsa bohahlauli le lik'hamphani tsa maeto ho pholletsa le United States li amohela bahahlauli ba basodoma.
"Bahoebi bohle ba maeto kajeno ba sebetsa ka thata ho feta leha e le neng moruong ona o thata," ho boletse George Carrancho, mookameli oa papatso oa American Airlines bakeng sa ho fihlela bareki ba basodoma le basodoma. "Ho ea ka phihlelo ea ka, leha ho le joalo, ba bohlale ka ho fetisisa ba boetse ba hlahisa kamohelo ea bona le botumo ba ho kenyeletsoa ho baeti ba li-gay le dilesbiene."
John Tanzella, mopresidente oa International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, o itse liofisi tse ngata tsa bohahlauli ho tsoa lefats'eng ka bophara li kene mokhatlong oa hae mme li ntse li etsa matšolo a ho hohela baeti ba basodoma.
"Liofisi li batla litsela tse ncha tsa ho fumana chelete, 'me matla a 'maraka oa maeto a (lesbiene, gay, bisexual le transgender) a ngotsoe hantle," o boletse joalo. "Sechaba sa LGBT se chesehela ho tsamaea."
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- Patlisiso ea selemo sena ea Harris Interactive, feme ea lefats'e ea lipatlisiso tsa 'maraka, e fumane hore bahahlauli ba banna le basali ba lebeletsoe ho sebelisa chelete e kaalo ka $2,300 bakeng sa matsatsi a phomolo nakong ea selemo le lehlabula, athe baeti ba bong bo fapaneng ba rerile ho sebelisa chelete e kaalo ka $1,500 ka nako eona eo.
- Even in a slumping economy, gay and lesbian tourists tend to wield more disposable income and are more likely to spend on travel and leisure than heterosexual tourists, studies have shown.
- West Hollywood — where more than one-third of the population identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender — is well known to people in the Los Angeles area and draws many visitors from around California.
