Turismo LGTB. Unha aproximación ao caso de Galicia

  1. Ana Belén Otero Paradela 1
  2. María Elisa Alén González 1
  3. Trinidad Domínguez Vila 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Vigo
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    Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05rdf8595

Journal:
Revista galega de economía: Publicación Interdisciplinar da Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais

ISSN: 1132-2799

Year of publication: 2014

Volume: 23

Issue: 1

Pages: 79-98

Type: Article

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Abstract

This paper examines a tourist typology that is booming today, LGBT tourism. Initially, it aims to identify the wants, needs and expectations of the homosexual tourist market, analyzing specifically the LGBT supply and demand. Then, we assess the situation of Galicia with the offered and the demanded through a qualitative analyze, that with a quantitative exploratory study complemented to the first. After analyzing these aspects, this paper aims to identify and explain the basic guidelines to follow, by different touristic agents that want to attract the LGBT community.

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