Women and Travel: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives is a fascinating look at the behavior, motivations, experiences, and needs of women as tourists and travellers, drawing on both historic and contemporary eras. Surprisingly little research has explored key issues, experiences, and opportunities in the context of women's travel. This revealing volume fills this gap, exploring the discourses, debates, and discussions about women, travel, and tourism.

Introduction: Women and Travel, Past and Present. Historical Accounts of Women's Travel. Women and the Tourist Gaze: Historical and Contemporary Issues for Women Traveling in Male-Dominated Public Space. Opportunity to Escape: The OE and New Zealand Women Travelers. Women's Travel Issues and Constraints. A Time and Space of One's Own: Women's Resistance to the Motherhood Discourse on Family Holidays. Citizens of the World: Brazilian Women's Performances in Independent Travel. Iranian Women Traveling: Exploring an Unknown Universe. Gendered Approaches to Studying Women's Travel. Expanding Understanding: Using the 'Choraster' to Provide a Voice for the Female Traveler. Women's Travel Narratives of Paris and the Emotional Geographies of Place. Risk Perception of Asian Solo Female Travelers: An Autoethnographic Approach. Contemporary Women's Travel: Trends and Experiences. Independent Women Travelers' Experiences and Identity Development through Multi-sensual Experiences in New Zealand. Travelers, Tourists, Migrants or Workers? Transformative Journeys of Migrant Women. Home Holidays as Real Holidays? Midlife Single Women's Experiences. Women Traveling for Health Tourism: Findings from Focus Groups in Austria. Industry Perspectives. 'Industry Highlight': Fear and Loathing: Women Travelers and Safety in India. 'Industry Highlight': The Role of a Female-Only Online Hospitality Network in the Changing World of Women's Independent Travel.