Quick Hit: Women Find Jobs in Guide and Trekking Industries During Nepal’s Tourism Year
Today, I’m over at Gender Across Borders talking about women working in Nepal’s tourism industry.
Employing women as tour guides has so many wonderful implications for women, the economy, the tourism industry, and the tourists themselves. Women working in the tourism industry in Nepal will have steady jobs that give them money to be self-sufficient as well as money to put back into the economy. Also, and I think equally importantly, think of the different stories and histories tourists hear from a woman’s perspective rather than a man’s. When histories take a woman-centric view, people can learn so much more about a country than just about wars and architecture. By offering tourists a different perspective, they can learn about what it truly means to be a citizen of Nepal – something they probably wouldn’t find in textbooks or brochures.
Go check out the whole article!
