ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 6

Issues, Challenges and Trends, that facing women in tourism industry

1Centre for Tourism Management Dev Sanskriti University, Haridwar, India, Email id: avan44@rediffmail.com

2Centre for Tourism Management Dev Sanskriti University, Haridwar, India

Online published on 17 July, 2017.

Abstract

This article shows the study about issues, challenges and trends that facing by women in tourism industry. Present era is known as global village for all over world tourist. Physical boundaries of countries are removed form the nationally and internationally respectively. The major area of this study is that to find out various issues, challenges and trends are reaching to women in tourism industry. Utmost issues that will determinant the global tourism industry recently challenges are growing day by day for women. They are the most important part in the tourism industry as well as our society. They are taking challenges among the industry and solving problem with full potentially. New trends are approaching this industry some of them e.g. sustainable development, green tourism, Eco tourism, health tourism, spiritual tourism, religious tourism, responsible tourism etc. With working continuously there will be raised some issues like working hour, remuneration, multicultural issues, sexual harassment, personal issues and competition. Apart form that women facing hospitality and tourism industry include operating issues, marketing issues, technological issues and economic issues. The solution will be empowering women in respective areas that is health, finance, work conditions, social and global. The contribution of women in tourism is to economic well-being depends on the quality and the revenues from the tourism industry. The overall aim of the research is to promote woman‟s economic, personal and social empowerment in tourism through partnerships with tour and travel operator‟s and other stakeholders. This will involve improving employment/entrepreneurship opportunities for women by facilitating their participation in tourism industry, and by creating possibilities for career advancement.

Keywords

Issues, challenges, Trends, Tourism Industry