The World Tourism Organization has launched the ‘Centre Stage’ project to support the tourism sector in placing women’s empowerment and gender equality at the heart of recovery plans following the COVID-19 pandemic. With Women making up more than half of the tourism workforce at a global level, this is an opportunity to address the gender inequality in the sector.
The planet is being threatened by greenhouse gas emissions, overexploitation of the natural resources and unsustainable patterns of production and consumption. In the week of International Women's Day, Intrepid Travel's Susanne Etti gives 6 reasons we need to empower women to fight climate change.
The UNTWO has highlighted the severe impact the pandemic could have on livelihoods in Small Island Destinations where tourism accounts for a large proportion of total exports. It warns that women and informal workers are particularly vulnerable to falling tourist numbers.
Equality in Tourism trustee, Angela Kalisch, writes about why gender should be at the forefront of the Travel Foundation’s call to put communities at the centre of recovery from COVID-19.
This list of women entrepreneurs from the Travel Massive community celebtrates the achievements of women travel founders and offers some hope in these tough times for the industry.
