All-female travel: What do women really want?

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Junek, Olga, Binney, Wayne and Winn, Susan (2006) All-female travel: What do women really want? Tourism: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, 54 (1). pp. 53-62. ISSN 1332-7461

Abstract

This paper examines the importance of the all-female element to women travellers and the possible benefits that can be gained from this type of travel. A self-administered mail survey questionnaire was completed by past clients (n=60) of an Australian all-female travel company, to measure their satisfaction with previous travel and to find out perceived benefits of all-female travel, personal plans for future travel and demographic information. Both quantitative and qualitative information was collected. The participants in the study were women over the age of 40 years, predominantly in the 50-69 age group. They were experienced travellers as 89% had travelled previously and 64% had travelled four or more times. The information collected allowed a comparison of the importance of certain criteria pre and post the tour. Confidence in tour leader, destination and its culture and not being a 'mass tourist' were seen as important both before and after the tour. Travelling with 'all female company', 'being cared for and pampered', and the 'sharing accommodation' increased in importance after the tour. There were a number of benefits identified in all-female travel. These included a more relaxed, congenial and intimate atmosphere in the group, sharing similar interests and absence of competition and tensions.

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/3016
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 1506 Tourism
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Hospitality Tourism and Marketing
Historical > FOR Classification > 1699 Other Studies in Human Society
Keywords ResPubID11481, women travellers, perceived benefits of all-female travel
Citations in Scopus 19 - View on Scopus
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