Breaking barriers for Bangladeshi female solo travelers

dc.contributor.authorBernard, Shanielen
dc.contributor.authorRahman, Imranen
dc.contributor.authorMcGehee, Nancy G.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-20T18:29:42Zen
dc.date.available2021-12-20T18:29:42Zen
dc.date.issued2022-01-01en
dc.date.updated2021-12-20T18:29:35Zen
dc.description.abstractAsian Muslim women's travel habits are sorely under-researched. In response to various calls for research in this area, this study utilizes Hofstede's five cultural dimensions to determine how Bangladeshi cultural values inhibit and/or enhance travel constraints for solo Muslim female travelers and the subsequent effects on solo travel behavior. We propose solo travel as a strategic tourism development tool to achieve mobility rights and gender equality particularly for destinations that are highly populated with more women than men. Introducing an interpretivist qualitative approach, the study extracted both survey and open-ended responses from 307 frequent Bangladeshi solo travelers that were recruited from a women-only English-speaking Facebook Bangladeshi travel group. The findings reveal that this group is constrained by a unique combination of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural factors. Power-distance, masculinity, and uncertainty-avoidance also play key roles. Sustainable and practical applications are outlined for destination management organizations, travel planners, policy makers, non-governmental organizations, and for-profit tour companies that benefit both Bangladeshi solo female travelers and those with whom they interact.en
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extentPages 100932-100932en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier100932 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100932en
dc.identifier.issn2211-9736en
dc.identifier.issue100932en
dc.identifier.orcidBernard Simpson, Shaniel [0000-0003-0849-1169]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/107134en
dc.identifier.volume41en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100932en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subject1506 Tourismen
dc.titleBreaking barriers for Bangladeshi female solo travelersen
dc.title.serialTourism Management Perspectivesen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherJournal Articleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-11-30en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Businessen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/Hospitality and Tourism Managementen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Pamplin College of Business/PCOB T&R Facultyen

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