1、G1GLOBETRENDERGIntroductionWelcome to Globetrenders Future of Queer Travel trend report,published in June 2023,with support from Contiki,Meet Boston and Discover New England.This is a project I have personally wanted to produce for about three years but it has taken considerable time to get off the
2、ground.After being selected as one of Attitude magazines“LGBTQ+Travel Trailblazers”for 2023,I decided the moment was right.I am so pleased to finally bring this piece of work into the world as the start of an on-going series of reports looking at queer travel.We have also launched a new“Queer”sectio
3、n on our website for LGBTQ+content.(Note:Globetrender uses“queer”as an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or are not cisgender.)As a member of the queer community myself(I am married to a woman and we have a child),I am also in a unique position as an editor,founder and CEO to illumin
4、ate the travel industry and inspire change,which is something I am really excited about.Over the past ten years,the LGBTQ+travel market has grown enormously when travel was at its peak before the pandemic,travel spending from queer people reached US$218 billion worldwide,with the LGBTQ+community in
5、the US,for example,responsible for 10%of that outlay.By 2030,experts predict that travel spending by queer travellers could reach US$568.5 billion.Why?Not only are queer travellers more intrepid and hungry for travel than ever before,but they often have more disposable income(in the US,same-sex marr
6、ied couples in 2019 had a higher median household income than opposite-sex married couples).Whats more,the population of people who identify as queer is increasing.Today,25%of American Gen Z secondary school students identify as LGBTQ,according to recent research by the US public health agency the C