Introducing critical debates on gender-based violence in tourism.

Abstract

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Babymoon Tourism: Co-Creating Well-Being for Traveling Mothers

“…First, the emic perspective and author-researcher involvement suggests a subjective influence on the interpretation of data. However, the relevance of subjective personal introspective insights is also acknowledged (Holbrook 2005, 2021; Stephens 2020), and my experiences as a babymoon traveler, and my knowledge and perspectives in autoethnography and netnography, shape the interpretations, that is, go beyond what is in the data itself (Kozinets 2020). Second, this article does not encompass all cultural spheres, as it takes a female Western middleclass perspective, which has influenced the data.…”

“…The method is not mainstream in tourism and business research (Buckley 2012), perhaps due to reluctance by researchers to reveal personal experiences (Bell, Bryman, and Harley 2019). Nevertheless, autoethnography is an emergent approach in tourism (Beeton 2022; Buzinde 2020; Houge Mackenzie and Kerr 2013; Kuuru 2022; Noy 2008; Scarles 2010; Shepherd, Laven, and Shamma 2020), which allows for understanding one’s own subjectivity and the way in which we relate to those we encounter (Stephens 2020), and was therefore considered appropriate for this study as it allowed for an insider perspective on babymoon tourism, providing rich data about the experience of a mother-to-be.…”

Gender and tourism sustainability

“…Gender is often absent, silenced or sidelined in mainstream discussions. For example, Eger et al (2020) highlighted the neglect of gender-based violence in dominant tourism discussions. Baum et al (2016) noted the limited attention paid to workforce considerations and related gender issues in the sustainable tourism literature.…”

Introduction to Gender and sexuality in tourism and hospitality

“…An example of such research can be found in the work of Vizcaino et al (2020), who, in drawing upon critical discourses of postcolonial feminism, shed light on the complexities of gender-based violence in the tourism arena. The authors highlight that sexual and gender-based harassment in tourism and hospitality are often invisible, routinised and, thus, normalised (Eger et al, 2020). Such silent harassment, which may entail sexual attention, coercion or hostility (Fitzgerald and Shullman, 1993), may happen not only with female tourists (Yang et al, 2020), but also in the tourism workplace (Alrawadieh and Demiderlen Alrawadieh, 2020; Turkoglu, 2020) and even within tourism academia (Finniear et al, 2020).…”