PRESENT SCENARIO OF WOMEN’S IN TRUISM AND HOSPITALITY SECTOR

Abstract

Gender issues at the national, regional and global levels, are major challenges which face countries, employers and workers in harnessing the capacity of women to contribute more in economic, political and social terms. This article seeks to inform gender roles and gender equality issues within the specific context of the sector and to assess evidence with respect to the various roles which women currently have and, potentially, can play in this sector of the global economy. As Ferguson notes, “tourism employment is highly gendered, and – as with many other industries – draws on gender inequalities that provide a large global supply of highly flexibilized and low-paid female workers and potential tourism entrepreneurs”.