{"id":4462,"date":"2024-06-24T10:39:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T10:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/?p=4462"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:19:46","slug":"top-destinations-high-risk-countries-lgbtq-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/top-destinations-high-risk-countries-lgbtq-travelers\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Destinations and High-Risk Countries for LGBTQ+ Travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section padding-all-50 padding-all-s-15 bg-gradient-white-primary50\">\n<article id=\"infographicArticle-25159\" class=\"article article--infographic article--infographic25159 row padding-top-15\" aria-labelledby=\"infographicArticleTitle\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<footer class=\"article__meta\">\n<div class=\"article__topic showMobile text--wordBreak\">To assist LGBTQ+ tourists in traveling safely, the German portal Spartacus began publishing the <a href=\"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/spartacus-gay-travel-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gay Travel Index<\/a> in 2012. The 2024 edition compares 213 countries and territories based on the conditions for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer people in each location.<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row margin-bottom-15\">\n<div class=\"width70 padding-right-15\">\n<div id=\"infographicDescriptionLong\" class=\"article__contentText responsiveText responsiveText--underlinedLinks\">\n<p>According to the index, Malta, last year&#8217;s top destination, is joined by Spain, Canada, New Zealand, and Portugal as the safest and most welcoming places for LGBTQ+ travelers in 2024, each scoring 12 points. Estonia showed the most significant improvement, moving from 2 to 6 points due to the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2023. Uruguay ranks highest among Latin American countries, sharing the third position with Denmark, Iceland, Germany, and Norway, each scoring 10 points.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, Saudi Arabia, Iran, the Republic of Chechnya in Russia, and Afghanistan are the most dangerous countries for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/topics\/8579\/lgbtq-worldwide\/#topicOverview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBTQ+<\/a> travelers, each scoring -21 points, where homosexuals face persecution and death. Russia also ranks poorly with -17 points due to its increasingly strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws, equating the movement with extremist organizations.<\/p>\n<p>In Asia, Taiwan ranks highest, placing 13th alongside Sweden, Luxembourg, Ireland, Finland, Colombia, Chile, and Austria. Spartacus predicts that Thailand could climb the ranks due to a new same-sex marriage bill expected to become law in 2024. India ranks 44th, tied with Guam, Gibraltar, and Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>The index evaluates 18 categories, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/3594\/the-countries-where-gay-marriage-is-legal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marriage equality<\/a> to the death penalty for LGBTQ+ individuals. It focuses on political decisions affecting queer people, legal frameworks, and incidents of violence, among other factors.<\/p>\n<p>The report&#8217;s authors aim to serve all types of travelers, whether they seek destinations where the LGBTQ+ community is accepted and celebrated or wish to engage with oppressed local queer communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"width30 padding-left-15 hideMobile\">\n<div class=\"article__contentEditor\">\n<div class=\"box contactBox sidebar float-s--none\">\n<div class=\"contactBox\">\n<div class=\"cInfo\">\n<p class=\"contactWorkingHours\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"article__contentGraphic panel-box panelBox--noPadding width100\">\n<div class=\"row flex\">\n<div class=\"flex_item width70 border-right-gray10-1 bg-white-smoke\">\n<div class=\"article__graphic\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"article__img margin-bottom-5n\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.statcdn.com\/Infographic\/images\/normal\/25159.jpeg\" alt=\"Infographic: The Best and Worst Countries for LGBTQ+ Travelers | Statista\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" data-open-modal=\"#infographicModal\" data-gtm=\"infographic__graphic\" aria-describedby=\"infographicDescriptionShort infographicDescriptionLong\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"hideNoscript hidePrint\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_item width30\">\n<div class=\"panelBox__section panelBox__section--border article__socialmediaBar\">\n<div class=\"row margin-bottom-5n\">\n<div class=\"width33 width-s-33 padding-right-7\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.statcdn.com\/contactPerson\/3238.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Fleck\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" data-hideonerror=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cInfo\">\n<div class=\"contactName\">Anna Fleck<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"box-container\">\n<p><em>This story originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statista<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Gay Travel Index ranks the safest and most dangerous countries for LGBTQ+ travelers, highlighting progress and ongoing dangers&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4462"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10863,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462\/revisions\/10863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}