Tel Aviv literally means ‘hill of spring’ is the ethnic city in Israel. Epithet of Tel Aviv is a ‘white city’ because of Bauhaus-style buildings with white exteriors adorn its streets. It has many tourist attractions but it has some unique speciality. In Tel Aviv, there is an active gay community. Gays have free normal life in Israel particularly in Tel Aviv. Tel aviv offers a gay tourist separate variety of options. It is considered as gays’ friendly place.
Today, all of the three Israeli daily newspapers have openly gay editors and several LGBT-publications do exist. Israel became the first in Asia to recognize unregistered cohabitation between same-sex couples.
Tel Aviv wasn’t actually never a gay town.Some years ago, the mayor of Tel Aviv, Ron Huldai, realized his city had all the necessary ingredients to become a leading gay tourist destination The mayor‘s office issued a third of its own tourism budget for the project. He sent prominent Israeli performers to gay-pride events in major cities around the world. The project used most of the media’s strategies across Europe and America to publicise the event.
There was a news in 2011 that Tel Aviv declared world’s best gay travel destination. About 5000 gay tourists took part in Gay Pride Parade which is held every year. The parade originate at the LGBT community center, and progress down the city streets ending up in a wild beach rave where partygoers are invited to dress in their exorbitant clothing. Tel Aviv’s annual gay pride parade is a must for those who want to experience gays’ value in the country. Tel Aviv is considered as the epicenter of Israel’s LGBT scene. In 2012, Gaycities.com and American Airlines gave Tel Aviv the title of the world’s best city for gay tourism, and the Hilton beach ranked the world’s top 10 gay beaches.
Tel Aviv is a place where one can find a huge gay population with a sense of openheartedness and a flourishing nightlife scene. There are lively gay bars at night. It can be considered as popular gay destination where they have options of saunas, bars, resorts. Tel Aviv is full of cafes, bars and clubs that cater to the local Israeli gay residents and LGBT travelers where many of the popular gay venues actually have mixed crowds. Lima Lima , a symbol of Tel Aviv night life since some years is included in the favourite list. Kuli Alma is a new and trendy underground bar with outdoor lounging, indoor dancing and even a changing art gallery. Evita is an elegant and one of the oldest gay bars in the city. Apolo Club is another gays dearest place located off of Allenby Street.
Gays bus tour is provided by ‘Outstanding travels’ every weekend to Jerusalem and the Dead Sea and if you’re visiting during Tel Aviv pride, they run the tours on a daily basis.
Tel Aviv may soon be called “The Pink City,” as tourism industry heads are planning on transforming the city into the gay capital of the world.
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