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Abstract : In Islamic destinations female tourists face the added challenge of negotiating their way through male constructed local norms. This paper fills the gap in gender and tourism research with a focus on female tourists\u2019 experiences in Egypt as an Islamic destination, outlining the diverse ways in which gender shapes and influences their experiences. A qualitative approach was taken to explore women\u2019s coping strategies with the male sexualised gaze that they encountered during their holiday in Egypt, and sheds light on measures taken towards safeguarding themselves. Their experiences were highly influenced and often involuntarily altered by unwanted male attention and sexual harassment, as the women felt the need to fit into local female norms of behaviour in order to safeguard themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Keywords <\/span>Female tourists<\/span>;\u00a0Gender<\/span>;\u00a0Egypt<\/span>;\u00a0Islam<\/span>;\u00a0Sexual harassment<\/span>;\u00a0Coping<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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- \u2022 Offers a gender-aware focus on the experiences of female tourists in Egypt.<\/dt>\n
- \u2022 Considers challenges women face holidaying in male-dominated cultures.<\/dt>\n
- \u2022Reports on strategies used by women to avoid male harassment in the destination.<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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Dr. Lorraine Brown<\/strong> teaches qualitative research methods to Masters and doctoral students. Her research interests include international education, identity and travel, literary tourism and culture contact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Dr. Hanaa Osman<\/strong> is senior lecturer in Hospitality Management in the Faculty of Management, Bournemouth University. Her research interests include travel experiences affected by global hospitality organisations, and Muslim women’s experiences in the hospitality industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New article: Brown, L., Osman, H., 2017,\u00a0The female tourist experience in Egypt as an Islamic destination,\u00a0Annals of Tourism Research,\u00a0Volume 63, pp.12\u201322 access for free until 26th February on\u00a0http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0160738316301736 Abstract : In Islamic destinations female tourists face the added challenge of negotiating their way through male constructed local norms. This paper fills the gap in gender… Read more » about New article: The female tourist experience in Egypt as an Islamic destination<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,7],"tags":[481,483,482,387,484],"class_list":["post-4025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-research","tag-egypt","tag-female","tag-islamic-destination","tag-tourism","tag-tourist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4026,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4025\/revisions\/4026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}