Solo Female Travelers as a New Trend in Tourism Destinations

Šebová, Ľubica; Pompurová, Kristína; Marčeková, Radka; Albertová, Alica

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-72469-6_20

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“…Female solo travel has risen globally, drawing attention from academics and researchers. There is extensive literature focusing on the concept of perceived gender risks for female solo travelers such as assault, sexual harassment, and personal safety (Wilson & Little, 2005;Yang et al, 2018b;Kour & Gupta, 2019;Thomas & Mura, 2019;Kaba, 2021); travel experiences such as empowerment, surveillance, resistance, and self-discovery (Jordan & Gibson, 2005;Yang et al, 2019;Nikjoo et al, 2021); female solo travelers' constraints (Nguyen, 2018;Schwab, 2019;Uatay et al, 2019;Ngwira et al, 2020;Bernard et al, 2022); psychologicalsocial support (Karagöz et al, 2021); requirements and preferences of female solo travelers (Sebova et al, 2021); and motivations (Chiang & Jogaratnam, 2006;Seow & Brown, 2018;Breda et al, 2020;Terziyska, 2021).…”

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Do personal values and motivation affect women’s solo travel intentions in Taiwan?

Teng

Lee

2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Female solo travel is experiencing a global increase and specifically, gaining popularity in Asia. This study explores how personal values and female solo travel motivation affect travel behavior. Using a sample comprising 381 single females in Taiwan, partial least squares structural equation modeling was utilized to investigate the hypotheses. The results revealed Hypothesis 1 and Hypothesis 3 are supported, which verifies personal internal values significantly affect female solo travel motivation, and are identified as significant factors influencing female solo travel intention. Additionally, Hypothesis 5 is partially support, indicating the female solo travel motivations of escape/relaxation, relationship, and self-actualization contribute to the formation of positive female solo travel intention. As Hypothesis 2 and Hypothesis 4 are unsupported, external values have no impact on female solo travel motivation or any significant effect on female solo travel intention. This research adds to the vast gap in tourism literature by identifying the personal values and motivations of female solo travel, and benefits the development of the female solo travel market.

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Do personal values and motivation affect women’s solo travel intentions in Taiwan?

Teng

Lee

2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Going solo during the pandemic: a generational segmentation of solo female travellers

Alonso-Vazquez¹,

Yang

Khoo‐Lattimore³

2023

Current Issues in Tourism

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Women's Empowerment Within the Tourism Industry

Ranjitha,

Mathew

2023

Women’s Empowerment Within the Tourism Industry

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Travelling is essential for maintaining one's happiness and mental wellness. Tourism is a job providing industry and huge contributions to economic growth, and many studies have been undertaken to determine who is attracted to tourism. Surprisingly, women take a major stand in the tourism industry. The purpose of this study is to examine female solo travelers' risk assessment and their mitigation strategies by investigating online travel blogs. Therefore, the study aims at assessment of risk such as physical risk, destination-specific risk, and financial risk faced by solo women travellers by considering and analyzing online women travellers' blog narratives. These narratives from online travel blogs pertaining to Indian solo female travellers are considered in this study. Hence, this assessment gives an opportunity to know how to stay safe in uncertain situations and also mitigation strategies to stay alert. The result of the study indicates the various risks faced by solo female travel and mitigation strategies for promotion of more female travellers.

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Solo Female Travelers as a New Trend in Tourism Destinations

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Do personal values and motivation affect women’s solo travel intentions in Taiwan?

Do personal values and motivation affect women’s solo travel intentions in Taiwan?

Going solo during the pandemic: a generational segmentation of solo female travellers

Women's Empowerment Within the Tourism Industry

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