Should the visitor bureaus target g*y people for tourism?

I don't see a problem with it. If it brings in people, money and jobs then why not, I think families have been targeted for years. Personally, they can alternate years targeting groups or do both once the initial LGBT push is done, since generally the initial push is where the cost comes in.

If we are all to be treated equal, then isnt this sora discrimination? If seems that they are just trying to hard to prove that they are not discriminating against the L*sbian G*y Bis*xual Transgender Community.

I don't see a problem with it. Many city and state visitor bureaus will have displays or information for certain ethnic groups. They want to show that they are open to everyone, that there is something for everyone. It's a marketing ploy is all. They just want to get people into the city for travel. It's to bring in money. If they can show to any target group that they have the guides available showing what is there that would attract them then they are more likely to get them in and thus generate revenue. It's all about the all mighty dollar and the best way to bring it to them. That's all it is.

Okay, at first I thought that g*y meant goy, and I was trying to figure out why they would want to target the goyim (I've never seen gay written as g*y...is there a reason for that?) From a marketing perspective, I think they have it right. Why not target a demographic that by and large has more disposable income? It's a great idea, money-wise. They did a campaign like this in Philly a year or so ago and there was a lot of support for it.

If you look major companies have been doing this for years for one reason whether they are gay or lesbian but mostly gay males is because they have two incomes and will most likely never have kids so companies figuire try to get the money out of them some how. Why not let cities do the same. Have you ever noticed most game shows have a gay or lesbian on them to draw veiwers. I f you look at the percentage of the population they are and the amout of money and effort made for them there is a huge disproportional amount.

I've been a professional travel agent for the last 20 years and the most lucrative market has always been the Gay/Lesbian. Cities focus on them because they have the most disposable income of all travellers. They tend to have high paying jobs and more often than not they're not raising children which affords them a very comfortable way of life. I live in Montreal where the Gays and Lesbians have added to the already diverse culture that we have. They are very lucrative for the hospitality industry as a whole. They will dine in the best restaurants and stay at the best hotels. Tourism is big business and vital for the survival of many cities worldwide and the ones that have campaigns in place that focus on the Gay/Lesbian market are the ones reaping the benefits. I mean Las Vegas goes out their way to attract the rich gamblers so why shouldn't tourism campaigns focus on certain groups. That is not discrimination it's smart business. My answer is yes, you should tailor your tourism dollars to attract the best possible kind of tourist, financially speaking!

With any tourist resort, everyone should be catered for whether you are of different nationality, colour, race, sexuality, no differentiation should be made and guides should include everything from children to nightclubs, from restaurants to gay public houses. At the end of the day is doesn't matter who or what you are, your money is the same and countries that rely on the tourists shouldn't neglect a group of people just because of their sexuality, their money is just as good as anyone elses!

They should market where the dollars are

I think things like this only encourgages prejudces. If we keep seperating homosexuals, black people, hispanic people, ECT then we're just promoting prejudce instead of unity. That's my opinon anyway. If we keep looking at people as being different instead of as people then we're never going to grow. And that is sad.

hey why not.. infact i think thats a good idea - to target a select group of people - i think business wise it a pretty neat proposal.

Gay people have money to spend on tourism too, and I think Cleveland is smart trying to appeal to them also. They try to appeal to all segments of society, and if they want more tourism dollars, they have to go to a wider scope of people. It's just smart business sense.

Certainly not. No city needs to welcome peoplepracticing an immoral lifestyle.

anybody with money is worth targeting that is how business works, the only people who have a problem with this would be people who don't liek to make money :P