{"id":3953,"date":"2019-10-21T01:32:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T01:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3953"},"modified":"2019-10-21T01:32:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T01:32:36","slug":"sydney-wins-rights-to-host-worldpride-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/10\/21\/sydney-wins-rights-to-host-worldpride-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"SYDNEY WINS RIGHTS TO HOST WORLDPRIDE 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney has won the rights to host WorldPride 2023, the marquee international LGBTQI pride event.<br \/>\nMinister for Arts Don Harwin said he was incredibly proud that Sydney was selected as the host city, the first destination in the Southern Hemisphere to win.<br \/>\n\u201cI am absolutely delighted that Sydney has been chosen to host this incredible event, which coincides with the 45<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the first Mardi Gras Parade and the 50<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary of the first Australian Gay Pride Week,\u201d Mr Harwin said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis event will attract thousands of international visitors and put Sydney on the world map as a truly inclusive and united global city.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI would like to extend my thanks and congratulations to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras team for presenting the winning bid.\u201d<br \/>\nMinister for Tourism Stuart Ayres said WorldPride 2023 in Sydney will be an experience like no other.<br \/>\n\u201cI am so excited Sydney will host WorldPride 2023, which according to Deloitte research is expected to attract one million visitors to our Harbour City and has the capacity to generate an economic footprint in excess of $664 million,\u201d Mr Ayres said.<br \/>\n\u201cSydney is a truly cosmopolitan city with an amazing harbour, delicious food and beverage, world-class transport and a proud history of celebrating diversity. This global event undoubtedly belongs in Australia\u2019s global city!\u201d<br \/>\nSydney was selected as the winner by members of InterPride, the international association of pride organisations, at the AGM in Athens overnight.<br \/>\nThe inaugural WorldPride was held in Rome in 2000. Cities which have hosted WorldPride since 2000 include Jerusalem, London, Toronto and Madrid.<br \/>\nThe NSW Government supported the bid with $192,000 in funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney has won the rights to host WorldPride 2023, the marquee international LGBTQI pride event. Minister for Arts Don Harwin said he was incredibly proud that Sydney was selected as the host city, the first destination in the Southern Hemisphere to win. \u201cI am absolutely delighted that Sydney has been chosen to host this incredible &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/10\/21\/sydney-wins-rights-to-host-worldpride-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SYDNEY WINS RIGHTS TO HOST WORLDPRIDE 2023&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}