NEW ORLEANS, US - An san New Orleans a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun biranen Amurka don balaguron luwadi tare da lambar yabo ta PlanetOut Travel Award a cikin mafi kyawun rukunin gida.
Kyautar balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron shine yabawa birane don ƙoƙarinsu na kaiwa yan madigo, yan luwaɗi da madigo (LGBT) matafiya ta hanyar kamfen ɗin tallan da aka tsara da kuma yunƙurin kawo sauyi mai kyau a cikin kasuwancin gida da gwamnati. An fara shi a cikin 1994, PlanetOut Inc. yana zaɓar waɗanda suka yi nasara a Kyautar Balaguron Balaguro ta hanyar ƙungiyar ƙwararrun tafiye-tafiye na LGBT ban da haɗa bayanai daga bincike da jefa ƙuri'a da aka gudanar a Gay.com da PlanetOut.com.
"Taya murna ga New Orleans don saukowa a cikin manyan wurare uku na gida a cikin shekara ta 15th PlanetOut Travel Awards," in ji Ed Salvato, darektan kamfani na Travel Media for PlanetOut Inc. "Mai sihiri, mai rai da gaske na musamman a tsakanin biranen Amurka, Crescent City ne a bayyane yake daya daga cikin abubuwan da aka fi so a Amurka don miliyoyin membobinmu da masu karatu, da kuma kwamitinmu na ƙwararrun tafiye-tafiyen gay waɗanda suka taimaka wajen zaɓar waɗanda suka yi nasara a bana. Hakanan abin fi so ne na sirri. Ba zan iya jira in dawo ba!"
Baya ga rukunin mafi kyawun birnin gida, lokacin balaguron cigaba na duniya kuma wanda ya hada da mafi kyawun birni, bikin filaye na duniya. Wanda ya yi nasara a cikin Mafi kyawun Birni na wannan shekara ya tafi New York, tare da New Orleans wanda ke daure na biyu tare da San Francisco.
A cewar Community Marketing Inc. na 12th Annual Gay & Lesbian Tourism Nazarin, matafiya masu luwadi da madigo sun kasance aƙalla kashi 10% na masana'antar balaguro. A cikin 2007, New Orleans ta karbi bakuncin baƙi miliyan 7.1, gami da kusan masu halarta 100,000 zuwa Kudancin Decadence Festival na Ma'aikata na Ma'aikata na 2007 tare da kimanta tasirin tattalin arziki na dala miliyan 95. An fara bikin Decadence na Kudancin shekaru 37 da suka gabata kuma ya girma zuwa ɗayan manyan bukukuwan shekara-shekara a New Orleans. Har ila yau, an san shi da "Gay Mardi Gras," birnin New Orleans ya fahimci mahimmancin wannan bikin tare da Sanarwa na Hukuma.
Thomas Roth, Shugaban Kamfanin Kasuwancin Al'umma, ya ce, "Tare da sha'awar duk wani abu na al'adu, ciki har da fasaha, gine-gine, abinci, kiɗa, bukukuwa, da dai sauransu, da kuma joie de vivre na gaske, akwai 'yan wurare da suka dace da abin da ya dace. New Orleans dole ne ta ba da baƙi 'yan luwaɗi da madigo."
An san shi akai-akai a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan manyan gundumomi biyar da ofisoshin baƙi a cikin Amurka, Ofishin Taron New Orleans & Ofishin Baƙi shine ƙarfin baya mafi mahimmancin masana'antar New Orleans - yawon shakatawa. A yau arziƙin al'adu, sha'awar sha'awa da sabis mara misaltuwa waɗanda ke ayyana ƙwarewar New Orleans suna ci gaba da bunƙasa, kamar yadda suke da shekaru aru-aru. Babban abin farin ciki da tarihi na birni - ciki har da Quarter na Faransa, Gundumar Kasuwanci ta Tsakiya, Warehouse da Gundumar Arts, Titin Magazine, Faubourg Margny da Lambuna - suna bunƙasa. A cikin 2007, New Orleans ta yi maraba da baƙi miliyan 7.1, kusan ninki biyu na yawan baƙi a 2006.
