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Nepal to Offer Everest Weddings to Attract More Gay Tourists

Posted: March 15th, 2010 | Author: lkalasapudi | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Associated Press, InTransit Blog New York Times

March 15, 2010, 9:42 am

Nepal plans to offer same-sex couples the possibility of getting married at the Everest base camp and of honeymooning on a Himalayan trek or adventure tour. But the country also wants a chunk of the multibillion-dollar gay tourist market.

Tourism is one of the main drivers of the Nepalese economy, and the government hopes to double the number of visitors next year to one million. ‘‘They are high-spending consumers,’’ a spokesman for the Nepal Tourism Board said of gay tourists.

A growing segment of the gay tourism market craves adventure travel and exotic locations, especially to places seen as hospitable to gay travelers, said John Tanzella of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association.

Gay couples ‘marry’ with parents’ approval, hawan and priests

Posted: May 22nd, 2009 | Author: NB | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , , , | No Comments »
Swami Bodhananda (far right) conducted Aditya and Michaels wedding .(TOI Photo)

Swami Bodhananda (far right) conducted Aditya and Michael's 'wedding' .(TOI Photo)

SOURCE:  Times of India

MUMBAI: Last week, Durban-based sales advisor Joe Singh and his partner Wesley Nolan solemnised their relationship at a ceremony where a Hindu priest officiated. In the Singh living room, Wesley tied a necklace with a Ganesha pendant around Joe’s neck. The couple, now honeymooning in Mauritius, chose the Ganesha instead of garlands because both of them are “staunch Hindus” and wanted the Elephant God to “ward off evil and remove obstacles from their path”.

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