TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the case the dark side of gay tourism
T2 - (half-)naked bodies, race, precarity and sexual harassment
AU - Hadjisolomou, Anastasios
AU - Nickson, Dennis
AU - Baum, Tom
PY - 2023/6/26
Y1 - 2023/6/26
N2 - This case study discusses the gay tourism industry, focusing on the sexualization and commodification of employees’ appearance (also known as sexualized aesthetic labour) and sexual harassment by customers. These issues are particularly important for vulnerable migrant workers, and workers of colour, whose race and appearance are exploited by employers as a tool to attract customers, neglecting the impact this has on workers’ safety and well-being.
AB - This case study discusses the gay tourism industry, focusing on the sexualization and commodification of employees’ appearance (also known as sexualized aesthetic labour) and sexual harassment by customers. These issues are particularly important for vulnerable migrant workers, and workers of colour, whose race and appearance are exploited by employers as a tool to attract customers, neglecting the impact this has on workers’ safety and well-being.
KW - gay tourism
KW - sexual harassment
KW - sexualised labour
U2 - 10.1079/tourismetc.2023.0018
DO - 10.1079/tourismetc.2023.0018
M3 - Article
SN - 2788-5607
JO - Tourism Cases
JF - Tourism Cases
ER -
