ATTA team members recently met up with Mariana at the inaugural International Women in Travel & Tourism Forum (IWTTF), in Reykjavik, Iceland and had a lively discussion that inspired this interview.
Tricia Barnett is the Co-Founder of Equality in Tourism, the first organisation working to ensure women’s equality within the tourism industry. We find out what the current issues are for women’s rights and empowerment and what organisations can do to ensure the tourist industry is a fair playing field.
Updated version of ‘Sun, Sand and Ceilings’ 2013 report finds that the overall representations of women on travel and tourism company boards has risen from just 15% to 23%.
With a prophesy that "Growth in tourism stands to come to an end," South Africa's minister for tourism Derek Hanekom went were few, if any, other tourism ministers would dare to go.
