''Dealing with gay tourism has to be done in an intelligent and sensitive way. It is wanted -- it's just tricky. Like so many things in Israel.... You will not find [Israeli Foreign Minister] Zippi Livni talking about this - but you will see promotional spots for such tourism, supported by the ministry, but not attributed to them, on, say YouTube.''

Yaniv Poria, a professor in the department of hotel and tourism management at Ben Gurion University in the Negev region and an expert on the subject. (Christian Science Monitor)