Consideration of sexual minorities in tourism globally
Wheatley, Emma (2019)
2019
All rights reserved. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited.
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019120223883
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019120223883
Tiivistelmä
The commissioner of this thesis is a higher education co-operation Vastuullisen Matkailun Portaat -project that’s objective is to create a complemeting education model to improve sustainability studies is higher education schools. The puprose of this work is to study the consideration of sexual minorities in tourism globally and from the traveller point of view. The desired outcome of the thesis was a comprehensive information package that introduces the subject of consideration of sexual minorities in tourism for the potential students of Vastuullisen Matkailun Portaat -project. The information package was produced together with a colleague student working on a similar subject.
The familiarization with the research began in August 2019 and working on it lasted until November 2019. The information for the theoretical part was gathered by studying existing literature of the subject and around the subject as the reliable and up to date resources were limited. For the emirical part of the study information was gathered by interviewing and observing. This thesis was done in an exploratory approach and therefore also done with qualitative methodology. The qulitative research methods were implemented during October and November 2019.
The scope of the research was delimited so that not all sexual minorities are under explora-tion, but rather the community as a collective whole. This study focuses on consideration of sexual minorities in tourism globally, understanding that countries and organizations are influenced by global phenomena and political and legal decisions and legislations. However, this work will not go deep into the laws and legislations but rather gathers positive phenom-ena as an example of how the consideration of sexual minorities in tourism globally could be in the future. Therefore, the aim is to map out the global areas and countries that have al-ready accomplished positive progress regarding the consideration of sexual minorities in tourism.
The findings were divided into three different categories: social sustainability regarding tourism of sexual minorities, information distribution in tourism of sexual minorities and future potential of sexual minorities in tourism. Regarding sustainability, the social aspects seemed to have been left more aside and the focus of many companies was on the environmental and economical aspects. The key findings of the work were that even though many areas globally have accomplished good human rights legislations and laws, controversy in diversion and inclusion is still complicating the tourism of sexual minorities, and that the lack of information is the biggest trouble, that tourism of sexual minorities faces.
The familiarization with the research began in August 2019 and working on it lasted until November 2019. The information for the theoretical part was gathered by studying existing literature of the subject and around the subject as the reliable and up to date resources were limited. For the emirical part of the study information was gathered by interviewing and observing. This thesis was done in an exploratory approach and therefore also done with qualitative methodology. The qulitative research methods were implemented during October and November 2019.
The scope of the research was delimited so that not all sexual minorities are under explora-tion, but rather the community as a collective whole. This study focuses on consideration of sexual minorities in tourism globally, understanding that countries and organizations are influenced by global phenomena and political and legal decisions and legislations. However, this work will not go deep into the laws and legislations but rather gathers positive phenom-ena as an example of how the consideration of sexual minorities in tourism globally could be in the future. Therefore, the aim is to map out the global areas and countries that have al-ready accomplished positive progress regarding the consideration of sexual minorities in tourism.
The findings were divided into three different categories: social sustainability regarding tourism of sexual minorities, information distribution in tourism of sexual minorities and future potential of sexual minorities in tourism. Regarding sustainability, the social aspects seemed to have been left more aside and the focus of many companies was on the environmental and economical aspects. The key findings of the work were that even though many areas globally have accomplished good human rights legislations and laws, controversy in diversion and inclusion is still complicating the tourism of sexual minorities, and that the lack of information is the biggest trouble, that tourism of sexual minorities faces.