Abstract
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Insights into the relations between men, masculinities, travel and the
gay tourism industry are typically ethnocentric, privileging Western
perspectives (Waitt and Markwell, 2006). Our chapter addresses this
ethnocentric bias by focusing on the narratives of men who live their
lives as Indonesians - particularly those who have migrated to Bali
having learnt of the commercial gay venues in the district of Seminyak.
Bali is still not an internationally-recognised 'gay destination' akin to
Mykonos in Greece or Sitges in Spain, yet the district of Seminyak, over
the past decade or so, has become increasingly popular as a tourist destination
for predominantly mature gay men who live their lives as gay in
Europe, North America and Australia.