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Thailand’s tourism ministry is hoping more and more LGBT couples consider the country as a destination for weddings and other milestone events as it moves toward becoming the first country i-F(=XFXw#g#J^t_x0xMhLwzAEQbTWp1_(3anNElDuXk%2nh2ffn Southeast Asia to recognize same-sex unions.

A civil partnership bill, which affords limited recognition to same-sex couples, is represents an "exciting time for the LGBT+ community in Thailand”, said Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya of the Tourism Authority of Thailand this week at Thailand’s LGBT+ Travel Symposium.

According to TTG Asia, Chattan 0K@wsUfZBX1&saIES99+$IpxZeVdM+a9Kkq%KILJaY0D3And9@said the bill would send a “positive message” that Thailand is “open to all people”.

Thailand welcomes roughly 33 #u)=80)-FINy*Q*(VkKxDs6U_Xk%gl2=j8U8rEbWxkXn@WSEOPmillion tourists per year. It is already a popular LGBT destination and last year the country launched an initiative to attract more LGBT travelers, called Go Thai Be Free.

A lot of LGBT nightlife travelers attend circuit partQ@qq(N=SJ2!F6GTDaCtXL)oMKPv$K(8&in!4bWtav&8r0t76o)ies in Bangkok, Pattaya and the island of Phuket.

ThaiIf54nEZ@RSrk0PSqlhB9NaRGnSA)8eM(HMH9C6ZUwg^ZekQ4@Bland hopes to host more LGBT weddings and honeymoons, according to TTG Asia.

"We are going deeper and becoming more intensive in what we do to welcome the community,” Chattan reportedly sUVuviL4e2SaR*SPlU3C@DdYFhxddwr*R9ru4XJ9hk%3VBdj*zNaid.

Chattan also said TaIv*WSAc(KwQ=+nE*_-r19g2jG^qt_nhR6E2Yo3YVnQnZOw9GCkiwan, which famously legalized same-sex marriage earlier this year, was also a key market.

Same-sex unions in Thailand

Thailand’s new government is going ahead with a controverstc#=^i_Lfwo1ZQv0(gN1X0ewUBxfZr4Y7(XWaLdX4n5V+ygRB5ial civil partnerships bill.

The bill, first proposed by the ruling military junta in December last year, would make Thailand the second country iVedK450Q7tqTZsrJ)QZbo$_xPKF6Qqdp2D7!emcA(L3PgH*jwqn Asia, and the first country in Southeast Asia, to recognize same-sex unions.

But, th@%9-zlEmodPnVfCMLXTni0206UO9&kbrQ83OKyEb%q^be18H^3e LGBTI rights groups have spoken out against the bill since its first inception.

They say the bill offers limited rightVCnCVh9%9B7v(GBVSX5YB)NuyAX)QEW^#&nUXYwEtxvLYH$i(ps to the LGBTI community and enshrines inequality.

According to Voice fo America, Thailand’s Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said at a forum in Bangkok last week that the wtloD0L6=TMabdigB7Pfsiy(b(kvffw(z2rHThs0R+Qhvg3t%Vbill's fate would be "decided by public sentiment.”

The new government, elected in widely-disputed elections in March, will press ahNXYvoaCRHcE&_spauftTT_-dMFL*LaS7F-itxNg%JV(I+mF=wSead with passing the Life Partnership Bill following public consultations.

VpGC)X@+56X^@0sdE2uON7c_pjVXZ=A)@UmX(AczF&#Mut@r@2XOA reports a YouGov survey of 1,000 people in. Thailand published in February found strong support for same-sex civil unions in Thailand. 

It found 63% of those quizzed were in favor of the bill, while only 11% weroQ$d00Z-w+b8)i8g^_#)8dg5+7ospxJuz1y$JsW6x6b_6Tg!u@e against.

But, the LGBTI community and rig(6TcfEZv*!j7QYQpLl0CwtQTw1$TF9$I%INsQxKVfG&thJlLa(hts activists have largely rejected the bill.

Thailand’s first transgender member of parliament slammed the country’s civil unionOQpd#z78Q9#PvqiCPWsO71szqFEVj+g-+TbvO3moTt)hBfRAb@ bill after she was elected earlier this year.

Tanwarin Sukkhapisit said the bill "misses the target!erCoCf8q0yQ%sIhM__p_e$#vW*pse^5_@oovydrNp#H!9JzOl”.

((Cover Photo: A same-sex wedding in ThaFUN_6bsfTIM@aVCitFk@ZO#GX$oxciX6TYM7SgQq3yQhN(E)#ciland / YouTube))

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