The prize is awarded by Logo, an MTV channel aimed to the LGBT public. The city is competing against Barcelona, Buenos Aires, London, Montreal and Sydney.
This campaign was released by a gay tourism website called TripOut Gay Travel, which is a part of the network. Rio was nominated to this award by a crew formed by journalists, collaborators, editors and LGBT travel professionals.
Besides the Best Global Gay Destination award, there are other nine categories that count, awarding prizes for “the best” in different gay segments, such as party or annual event, bar, hotel chain, travel agency, luxury hotel or resort and airline company. The voting period in on and goes till September 28th. To choose Rio go to http://www.tripoutgaytravel.com/awards and cast your vote. The winner will be known on the 10th CMI, LGBT Tourism Conference, happening November 2nd in Boston.