NEW ORLEANS, US - New Orleans yakacherechedzwa serimwe remaguta eUS akanakisa ekufamba kwengochani aine 2008 PlanetOut Travel Award muchikamu chepamusoro cheguta repamba.
PlanetOut Travel Awards inocherekedza maguta nekuedza kwawo kusvika Ngochani, Ngochani uye Bisexual (LGBT) vafambi kuburikidza neakanyatsorongeka ekushambadzira mishandirapamwe uye kusundira shanduko yakanaka mumabhizinesi emuno nehurumende. Yakatangwa muna 1994, PlanetOut Inc. inosarudza vakundi veMafambiro ayo eKufamba kuburikidza neboka re LGBT nyanzvi dzekufambisa mukuwedzera kusanganisira ongororo nesarudzo dzakaitwa paGay.com nePlanetOut.com.
"Makorokoto kuNew Orleans nekusvika munzvimbo nhatu dzepamusoro dzekuenda kudzimba dzepagore dzePlanetOut Travel Awards," akadaro Ed Salvato, mutungamiriri wekambani yeTravel Media yePlanetOut Inc. "Mashiripiti, ane mweya uye akasiyana chaizvo pakati pemaguta eAmerica, Guta reCrescent zviri pachena kuti imwe yeanofarira yeUS getaways kumamiriyoni edu enhengo nevaverengi, pamwe neboka redu rengochani nyanzvi dzekufamba dzakabatsira kusarudza vakundi vegore rino. Kunodiwawo nemunhu. Handisi kumirira kudzoka!”
Pamusoro pechikamu cheBest Domestic City, iyo PlanetOut Travel Awards inocherekedzawo mamwe mapoka mapfumbamwe anosanganisira Best International City, Best Film Festival uye Best Airline. Muhwina wegore rino weBest Domestic City akaenda kuNew York, New Orleans ichikwikwidzana neSan Francisco.
Zvinoenderana neCommunity Marketing Inc.'s 12th Annual Gay & Lesbian Tourism Study, ngochani nengochani vafambi vanoumba inokwana gumi muzana yeindasitiri yekufambisa. Muna 10, New Orleans yakatambira vashanyi mamirioni manomwe neshanu, kusanganisira vangangosvika zviuru zana vakapinda kuSouthern Decadence Festival Labor Day Weekend 2007 nehupfumi hunofungidzirwa hwemadhora makumi mapfumbamwe nemashanu emamiriyoni. Southern Decadence Festival yakatangwa makore makumi matatu nemanomwe apfuura uye yakakura ikava imwe yemhemberero huru dzepagore muNew Orleans. Iyo inozivikanwawo se "Gay Mardi Gras," guta reNew Orleans raona kukosha kwemutambo uyu neChiziviso Chepamutemo.
Thomas Roth, Mutungamiriri weCommunity Marketing Inc., akati, "Nekuda kusingagutsikane kwezvinhu zvese tsika, kusanganisira hunyanzvi, zvivakwa, chikafu, mimhanzi, mitambo, nezvimwe, pamwe neiyo chaiyo joie de vivre, kune mashoma ekuenda anoenderana neicho. New Orleans inofanirwa kupa ngochani nevashanyi vashanyi."
Inogara ichizivikanwa seimwe yepamusoro shanu magungano uye mahofisi evashanyi muUnited States, The New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau ndiyo iri kufambisa indasitiri yeNew Orleans inonyanya kukosha - kushanya. Nhasi hupfumi hwetsika, kushivirira kwenyama uye sevhisi isingaenzaniswi inotsanangura chiitiko cheNew Orleans chiri kuramba chichibudirira, sezvavakaita kwemazana emakore. Iyo inonyanya kupembererwa uye ine nhoroondo musimboti weguta - kusanganisira French Quarter, Central Business District, Warehouse uye Arts District, Magazine Street, iyo Faubourg Marigny uye Garden District - iri kubudirira. Muna 2007, New Orleans yakagamuchira vashanyi 7.1 miriyoni, yakapetwa kaviri huwandu hwevashanyi muna 2006.
