Alessio Virgili, Shugaban ELTA; Maria Elena Rossi, Daraktan Kasuwanci da Ci gaba na ENIT; da Frederick Boutry, Diversity & Nightlife Marketing Advisor of Visit Brussels sun halarci gabatar da ƙungiyar.
An ba da sanarwar haifuwar ELTA a yayin Babban Taron Duniya na IGLTA karo na 38 a Milan a Italiya a cikin Oktoba 2022, amma an riga an haife shi tun ranar 22 ga Afrilu, lokacin da, a Milan, Janar Janar na LGBTQ Tourism ya shirya ta Tarayyar Turai. AITGL a ƙarƙashin Babban Jagora na Majalisar Turai.
A wannan lokacin, an riga an zana "Manifesto Jagora ga LGBTQ+ yawon shakatawa" na farko da wakilan kasashen Turai 15 da suka halarci taron. A lokacin da aka haife ta, ELTA, daga mahangar ɗabi'a, nan da nan ta goyi bayan Manifesto Tourism Manifesto na Turai, ka'idar da'a ta ECTA (Ma'aikatan Balaguro na Turai da Ƙungiyoyin Ma'aikata na yawon buɗe ido), kuma ta shiga cikin Shirin Kyauta & Daidaito na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. A cikin waɗannan kwanaki, EasyJet, Federturismo, Accor Hotel Italia, da Best Western Italia sun shiga ƙawancen su ma.
Yawon shakatawa na LGBTQ+ kafin barkewar cutar ya kai Yuro biliyan 75, kuma duk da rikicin, a cikin 2021, ya kai Yuro biliyan 43. Zuwa 2019, lambobi sun shawo kan alkaluman baya.
Masu yawon bude ido sun fi son yin balaguro zuwa wuraren da ke tallafa wa al'ummarsu a fili, bukatar da kawancen kasashen Turai ke son cimmawa tare da gina wani tsari mai ma'ana da kuma kan hanyar da Tarayyar Turai ta nuna.
"Ainihin manufar ELTA," in ji Shugaba Virgili, "shi ne don inganta bambancin, daidaito, da haɗawa ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tare da cibiyoyin Turai da tallafawa kamfanoni na gida da wuraren da ake nufi. Tsarin rikice-rikice na yanzu, da tabarbarewar rikicin tattalin arziki, yana haifar da mummunan sakamako a matakin zamantakewa. Abin baƙin cikin shine a cikin waɗannan lokutan tarihi, yana da sauƙi a faɗa cikin ƙananan hankali ga manufofin haɗaka da tsarin Turai ya ayyana a fagen dorewa, don haka, a yau fiye da kowane lokaci, muna buƙatar haɗin kai da ƙarfafa ci gaban kasuwanci da al'umma bisa ga zuwa ga hanyar da aka riga aka kafa”.
Dokar ELTA ta tanadi bunƙasa yawon buɗe ido da LGBTQ+ a Turai da tallafawa membobin ƙungiyar don jawo hankalin yawon buɗe ido. Daga cikin manyan alƙawura masu mahimmanci akwai haɗin kai mai aiki don tallafawa kamfanoni waɗanda ke aiki daidai da dorewar zamantakewa da kuma manufofin DE&I (Diversity Equity & Inclusion) shirye-shirye.
Ƙara zuwa wannan shine makasudin haɓakar kasuwannin LGBTQ+ ta hanyar musayar bayanai, bincike, ayyuka, da tarihin shari'a. Abokan hulɗa za su iya haɗuwa a lokacin Babban Janar na LGBTQ + Tourism na Ƙasashen Turai, wanda Cibiyar Taro da Maziyarta ke shiga cikin kawancen, a kasashe daban-daban a kowane lokaci, tare da manufar karbar bakuncin kafofin watsa labaru, masu tasiri, masu magana, da masu gudanar da yawon shakatawa daga kowa. a duk duniya don yin lissafi da kuma duba yanayin fasaha. Za a ƙara taron bita na B2B da tafiye-tafiyen zuwa wannan taron.
"Haɗuwa da ELTA," in ji Virgili, "yana nufin kasancewa wani ɓangare na haɗin ra'ayoyi da ayyuka akan LGBTQ+ Tourism, samun bincike na yanki, horo kan shirin DE&I na Turai, haɓakawa da haɗin gwiwar sadarwa, da samun damar shiga Janar na Turai na yawon shakatawa na LGBTQ+. ”