O le International LGBTQ + Travel Association (IGLTA) o le a tauaʻaoina le Hanns Ebensten Hall of Fame Award ia George Neary, o se fautua ua leva mo LGBTQ + turisi, i le taimi o lana 36th Global Convention i New York City (24-27 Aperila). Mo le 20 tausaga, Neary taulai atu i le atinaeina o aganuu, measina ma LGBTQ + turisi e ala i lana matafaioi o le Sui Peresetene Lagolago o Aganuu Turisi mo le Greater Miami Convention & Tagata Asiasi Bureau.
O le faʻailoga ua amanaʻia ai se tagata tafafao maimoa mai le asosi o sui auai i le sili atu i le 80 atunuʻu na faʻaalia se naunautaʻiga tumau i le faia o le lalolagi o se sili atu faʻafeiloaʻiga nofoaga mo LGBTQ + tagata faimalaga. O Hanns Ebensten, o le faʻailoga o igoa, e tele na faʻatauaina o le tamā o le LGBTQ + femalagaaʻi, i le faʻatulagaina o le uluaʻi vaʻaiga a gay i le 1973.
"Matou te matua mitamita lava e faamamalu ia Siaosi, o le sa le gata sa avea ma siamupini maoae mo turisi i Miami, ae sa avea foi ma se uo sili ma lagolago ia i matou o galulue i turisi i le lalolagi atoa," fai mai le IGLTA Komiti Taitaifono Juan Julià , faavaeina ma peresitene o Barcelona-faavae Axel Faletalimalo. "E oʻo lava i le 'litaea,' o loʻo ia faʻaauau pea ona faʻasoa lona poto masani ma tagata asiasi i Miami e ala i tafaoga faʻapitoa e atagia mai ai le 'aʻai' eseʻese, talaʻaga ma lanu lanu LGBTQ + nuʻu. Ua laki le tatou alamanuia i le mauaina o ia. ”
Ina ua maeʻa le litaea mai le GMCVB i le tausaga na teʻa nei, na faalauiloa e Neary ia Tours 'R' Us, ma faʻaaoga ai lona malamalama tele i Miami e taʻitaʻia ai le LGBTQ +, o mea faʻafiafiaga ma aganuʻu i tafaoga i lona taulaga. O loʻo galue foʻi o ia ile The Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council ma le Miami Beach Pride Committee ma ose sui faʻavae o le Greater Miami Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
"Ua ou maua le faʻaaloalo ma le lotomaualalo ona ua filifilia aʻu mo lenei Hall of Fame Award!" Fai mai Neary. “Ou te manatuaina Hanns Ebensten ma le auala na ia faʻasalalau ai i le After Dark magazine mo ana polokalame femalagaaʻi ma moemiti e alu i ana malaga i Aikupito ma isi nofoaga ese. O ia o le paionia i gay femalagaaiga ma ua ou fiafia lava i le mauaina o lenei faailoga taʻua i lona mamalu! ”
O le Hanns Ebensten Hall of Fame Award o se vaega o le IGLTA Honors i lenei tausaga, na filifilia e le komiti faatonu o le IGLTA ma tuuina atu le lagolago mai le Visit Philadelphia. Mo nisi fa'amatalaga, fa'amolemole asiasi ile iglta.org/convention.
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