In the wake of International Women’s Day and the unstoppable momentum behind global movements such as #MeToo and Time’s Up, new research from Griffith University has highlighted the many challenges still faced by solo female travellers around the world.
Dr Elaine Yang, of the Griffith Business School’s Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management, undertook a study for her PhD research investigating risk perceptions for solo female travellers.
Dr Yang says that although her study focused on the rising and under-researched Asian market, her findings have broad implications for the sorts of unwelcome and worrying behaviour still faced by women who travel alone.
According to a recent TripAdvisor survey, in 2015, 74% of women globally were interested in travelling alone. In Australia and South-east Asia, the figures are even higher – 81% and 79% respectively.
“My study resonates with campaigns such as #MeToo and #viajosolo – which means ‘I travel alone’ – as well
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