LGBT Travel in the U.S. to Soar by 9 Percent over the Next Three Years

The US Supreme Court Decision to legalize gay marriage is set to see the American economy benefit from an influx of 1.3 million LGBT tourists spending USD$4.25 billion over the next three years, reveals analysis of the world’s largest LGBT market research data set – Out Now Global LGBT2030 Study.

The current dynamic nature of this sector has motivated Out Now and World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, to launch a new study – measuring, for the first time, the global tourism industry’s attitudes to LGBT travel. The Global LGBT Travel Industry Survey is now underway at the website www.Welcome.LGBT and is open for all people working in the travel industry globally.

The US Supreme Court’s decision to legalese marriage for gay and lesbian people across America can be expected to increase LGBT tourism by a minimum of 9% over the next three years, adding at least USD$4.25billion to the total income generated by international LGBT tourism visitors into the USA.

Out Now has analyzed US inbound travel results for seven key countries and limited its assessment to only those respondents who indicated that the local legal situation affects their travel plans “to a great extent” and who also indicated an intention to visit the USA during the coming three years.

Results were then discounted further to allow for the 37 US states which already had marriage equivalence, prior to last week’s Supreme Court decision. The resulting figures are therefore somewhat conservative, as well as being substantial.