Travel Safety Fear Factor among Vulnerable Group of Travelers: The Urban Scenario

Sham, Rohana; Soltani, Syed Hassan Khalifah; Sham, Mashita; Mohamed, Sulzakimin

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.103

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“…This is also noted in the literature, suggesting that risk is socially constructed and involves both the person and the environment Arcodia 2017, 2018). This was previously found in tourism, leisure, as well as transportation and environmental studies whereby women were found to feel like they were highly at risk, mostly risk of possible sexual harassment (Deem 1996), when isolated in public spaces, walking in certain places such as parks and public transport such as subways (Lynch and Atkins 1988;Westwood, Pritchard, and Morgan 2000), or buses (Sham et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 53%

Business travel, risk, and safety of female university faculty and staff

Mirehie

Liu-Lastres

Cecil

et al. 2020

Annals of Leisure Research

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Women constitute a significant portion of the total business travel market in the U.S. This study aimed to explore travel risk and safety issues among women in higher education who regularly travel for work. Three focus groups were conducted with female faculty and staff at a major public university in the U.S. Results of an inductive-deductive analysis indicated three major themes, namely, risk perception, risk treatment, and risk adoption. Findings provide insights into how female higher education employees perceive risk and safety during business trips, and their travel behaviour that include actions taken to mitigate the potential risks or time-to-time risky decisions about travel arrangements. Further, recommendations are made for enhancement of travel policies at the institutional level to ensure safety of female employees.

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confidence: 53%

Business travel, risk, and safety of female university faculty and staff

Mirehie

Liu-Lastres

Cecil

et al. 2020

Annals of Leisure Research

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“…Past studies have considered women travel decision-making (Candice Harris & Wilson, 2005;Kerstetter & Pennington-Gray, 1999); travel motivations (Chiang & Jogaratnam, 2006;McGehee, Loker-Murphy, & Uysal, 1996;McNamara & Prideaux, 2010); travel patterns (Barlés-Arizón, Fraj-Andrés, & Matute-Vallejo, 2010;Nichols & Snepenger, 1988); and travel behavior (Mieczkowski, 1990). In studying women travelers, scholars have utilized theories related to perception (Westwood, Pritchard, & Morgan, 2000), identities (Heimtun, 2012), constraints (Khan, 2011;Wilson & Little, 2005), safety and security (Sham, Soltani, Sham, & Mohamed, 2012;Wilson & Little, 2008), the meaning of travel (Wilson & Harris, 2006), and life cycle (Gibson, Berdychevsky, & Bell, 2012). Within the female travel market, scholars have also investigated niche markets such as solo woman travelers (Chiang & Jogaratnam, 2006;Jordan & Gibson, 2005;McNamara & Prideaux, 2010;Wilson & Little, 2008), senior women travelers (Stone & Nichol, 1999), educated women travelers (Pennington-Gray & Kerstetter, 2001), women cruisers (Jennings, 2005), and more extensively, businesswomen travelers (Alamdari & Burrell, 2000;Foster & Botterill, 1995;Lutz & Ryan, 1993;McCleary, Weaver, & Lan, 1994;Newth, 2011;Sammons, Moreo, Benson, & Demicco, 1999;Smith & Carmichael, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

The girlfriend getaway market: Segmenting accommodation and service preferences

Khoo‐Lattimore

Prayag

2015

International Journal of Hospitality Management

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The main objective of this paper is to segment the accommodation and service preferences of females who participate in girlfriend getaways (GGA). A sample of 540 female travelers revealed five distinct clusters of preferences based on the importance scores assigned to hotel attributes. The clusters are then profiled on their performance scores on hotel attributes and demographic characteristics. The results indicate that the GGA market is heterogeneous in its accommodation and service preferences but homogeneous in its demographic characteristics. Accommodation suppliers and marketers must recognize the growing importance and profitability of this segment of the female traveler market. Implications for product development, targeting and positioning strategies, and service enhancements for this market are suggested.

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“…Solo women travelers also feel vulnerable regarding potential crimes perpetuated against them (Seow and Brown, 2018). However, Boakye (2010) and Sham et al (2012) reveal that the more people who travel in a distinct or visible group are often perceived to be more vulnerable to attacks than those in smaller numbers.…”

Section: Group Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

Crime perceptions among international leisure tourists in Cape Town

Chaturuka

Duffett

Haydam

2020

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Purpose The main purpose of the study is to determine international leisure tourist perceptions with regard to crime, to assess the influence of demographic factors and to investigate the influence of prior, during and post-visit measures on international leisure tourists’ crime perceptions. Design/methodology/approach A personal intercept interview survey was used to collect the data at popular Cape Town (CT) tourist attractions via structured questionnaires. A generalized linear model was used to statistically assess respondents’ crime-related perceptions. Qualitative data was also generated via individual in-depth interviews, which were conducted among nine international leisure tourists. Findings The study found that international leisure tourists exhibited favorable sentiments regarding crime preparations; general safety information; post-visit crime related perceptions but were less positive about security safety information during their visit. International leisure tourists maintained that crime did not inhibit their activities and was not worse than anticipated during their visit. A majority of tourists indicated that they were not deterred by crime and would revisit CT. Research limitations/implications The research was limited to a single city and to English-speaking international leisure tourists. The study was cross sectional in nature and the number of data collection sites was limited to four of the popular tourist attractions in CT. Practical implications The study showed that a relatively high number of international leisure tourists had either witnessed or experienced crime in CT. Hence, a separate South African Police Service tourism protection unit could be established to help circumvent crime in CT. Originality/value The study used both quantitative and qualitative approaches to provide a comprehensive overview of international leisure tourist crime perceptions, which included prior, during and post-visit measures, of one of the top tourist destinations in the world. Additionally, this study is one of the few recent endeavors to assess the influence of a broad range of demographic and crime-related factors on international leisure tourists’ prior, during and post-visit crime perceptions in an African developing country.

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Travel Safety Fear Factor among Vulnerable Group of Travelers: The Urban Scenario

Cited by 16 publications

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Business travel, risk, and safety of female university faculty and staff

Business travel, risk, and safety of female university faculty and staff

The girlfriend getaway market: Segmenting accommodation and service preferences

Crime perceptions among international leisure tourists in Cape Town

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