Thailand wants to welcome more gay and lesbian tourists – UNIAN
In this way, the country wants to attract an additional 4 million tourists and about 2 billion dollars in revenue.
After Thailand legalized same-sex marriage in 2024, the country's authorities set their sights on promoting so-called “rainbow tourism.”
As Bloomberg writes, citing a study by the travel platform Agoda, in this way the authorities plan to attract an additional approximately four million tourists annually, who could bring about $2 billion in revenue to the budget.
However, the study notes that the law on the rights of same-sex couples, which is scheduled to come into force in January 2025, will also create 152,000 full-time jobs in Thailand and help boost the country's gross domestic product by 0.3%.
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