Gay and Lesbian Tourism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077507 |
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| Authors | Jill Williams, Jill M Williams (0000-0002-9957-9520, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosg082 |
| OpenAlex | W4248373606 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Gay tourism is generally used to refer to the traveling of gay men, often in groups and usually to gay‐friendly tourist destinations. Though it is a growing segment of the tourist market, lesbian travel has been marginalized both in the marketing of tourism and in the academic literature about gay tourism. Some represent this marginalization by using parenthesis when writing about gay (and lesbian) tourism (e.g., Williams 2008
Advertising · Business · Destinations · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Parenthesis · Political science · Sociology · Tourism · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Sex work and related issues
| Highly cited | No |
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