Pittsburgh looks to attract more gay and lesbian tourists

[giza]

Seen in a Friends-only entry, so I'm keeping the source anyonmous:

PITTSBURGH -- Tourism is a multibillion-dollar business and fighting for a slice of the action means getting the word out about your city's offerings.

Pittsburgh is trying to attract more gay and lesbian visitors, but that means battling a few misconceptions about the town.

The city wants to show the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community or GLBT, a group that accounts for 10 percent of the U.S. travel market, what the city has to offer.
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"Statistics tell us there is a lot of money to be had, a lot of money to spend," said Beverly Morrow-Jones of Visit Pittsburgh. "They like spending money and they like having a good time, and I think, just like everybody else, the gay and lesbian community wants to feel welcomed."

So, Visit Pittsburgh is making its pitch, selling the city through inclusion in the gay-friendly NaviGaytor travel guide.

The rest of the article is at: http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/15113070/detail.html

And... NaviGAYtor travel guide...? I have got to get my hands on one of these.

'cause I never go to Pittsburgh, you know. :-)

[Edit: talvinamarich pointed out that the guide has a website at http://www.citynavigaytor.com/]

Comments

[rigelkitty.livejournal.com]

The inevitable question, as far-fetched as it may seem, is that, considering AC's ratio of GLBT, our publicity, and the $$$millions the mere 3000 of us contribute to the Pittsburgh economy over the course of only one weekend...did we have any indirect influence on this new direction? Hmm...

[talvinm.livejournal.com]

http://www.citynavigaytor.com/

[simbab.livejournal.com]

I give you permission to credit me, but I found it at Good As You (http://www.goodasyou.org/).

[rassah.livejournal.com]

Bah. AnthroCon's gay population wasn't good enough for them?