Since the mid?90s there has been increased interest in the phenomenon of gay tourism. Researchers are examining the range of cultural, social, psychological and health issues that are affecting men and lesbians on their travels.
This, the first book on the subject, defines gay tourism and is a benchmark for future research on this very important and often misrepresented market.
Contributors include Martin Cox, Mark Graham, Howard Hughes, Matthew Link, Claudia Miller, Thomas Roth, Douglas Sanders, Richard Scholey, Michael Stuber and Philip Want.
PART I: History, Culture and Commerce.
1. Challenges from the margins: gay tourism as cultural critique.
2. Some say Thailand is a gay paradise.
3. A case study in contradictions: Hawaii and gay tourism.
4. Tourism marketing aimed at gay men and lesbians: A business perspective.
5. A place for us 2001: Tourism Industry Opportunities in the gay and lesbian market: An interview with Thomas Roth of Community Marketing.
PART II: Identity, choice and resistance.
6. The long-haul out of the closet: The journey from smalltown to boystown.
7. Gay men''s tourism: identity and inhibitors.
8. Trouble in paradise: homophobia and resistance to gay tourism.
9. Better living through circuitry: lesbians and circuit parties.
PART III: Sexual Behaviour, risk and HIV prevention.
10. Gay men, holidays and sex: surveys of gay men visiting the london freedom fairs.
11. Going far this holiday? A UK HIV-prevention intervention with gay male travellers.
Appendix: Gay and lesbian travel resources guide.
