Griffith University researchers have found that there is still much work to be done in achieving gender parity among the tourism industry, with more than 90 per cent of United Nations World Tourism Organisation events last year still dominated by males.
The research, led by Dr Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore, examined 119 events staged by the international body in 2017, seven years after the UNWTO first partnered with UN Women to uncover the significant gender gap that exists at all levels of the tourism industry.
Of those 119, only 64 had available data on their speakers, with the final sample totalling 1656. The disparity is immediately noticeable; while 1151 males were counted – 70 per cent of speakers – only 505 females were included.
More damningly, males outnumbered females in 59 of the 64 events – a staggering 92 per cent – while females outnumbered males in only four events (6 per cent). Gender parity
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