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In recent decades, more women around the world have taken the opportunity to enter the market, join the workforce, and start their own entrepreneurial ventures. These changes have had a strong impact on market demographics. Particularly within the tourism industry, it is important to investigate the behavior, motivations, experiences, and needs of women as travelers, employees, and entrepreneurs. Women's Empowerment Within the Tourism Industry offers a conversant and comprehensive overview of the themes and concepts of women as tourists, employees, and entrepreneurs in tourism. Providing interdisciplinary insights from leading international researchers and academicians, this book makes a critical contribution to the knowledge of women's participation within the tourism industry. It discusses the nature of their work and ways in which tourism creates tension between the attitudes and conduct of tourists and the beliefs and behavior of local women. Covering topics such as consumer experience, gender studies, and women's employment, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for business leaders and managers, entrepreneurs, marketers, government officials, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

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Gül Erkol Bayram received is PhD in Tourism Management from “Sakarya University (Turkey). She is Associate Professor in Tourism Management (Bachelor and Master Degree), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Sinop University, Turkey. She’s teaching and consultancy areas include tourism management, organizational behavior, women empowerment, entrepreneurship, cultural tourism, hotel/lodging management, cross-cultural management. Her research areas include women empowerment, sustainability and green practices, strategy implementation, knowledge management, hotel/lodging management, crisis, management, destination marketing, information technology and developing countries, network analysis. She chaired/co-chaired and served on numerous Master and PhD dissertation and master thesis committees. Erkol Bayram has also worked as a professional tour guide in the tourism sector. She has many book chapters and articles in the international arena and published her books as an editor in the national arena from Emerald, IGI Global, Apple Academic Press. She has been invited for more than 100+ many talks/lectures/ panel discussions by different Universities and countries as Indıa, Pakistan, Indonesia, Romania, Crotia, Philippines, UK, USA etc. She is member of several editorial board of international tourism journals. She is Associate Editor of Journal of Tourismology (E-ISSN: 2459-1939). She is a member of Journal of Journal of EuroMED Business and Family Business Management and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal as Editorial Review Boar Journal of Family Business Management. She is a member of Journal of Small Business and Entreprise Development as Editorial Advisory Board. She is also in Editorial Review Board of the Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal in Springer Nature. She is a member of Economy and Contemporary Society Journal as Advisory Board of, (ISSN is: 2529-1947). She is also in Advisory Board of International Journal of Business and Globalisation. She is also handling editor of EuroMed Journal of Management, International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, International Journal of Work Innovation, She has more than 17 years tourism experience and worked with different positions as professional tour guide, Hotel agent, guest relations manager, travel agency consultant in Turkey and Restaurant Guest Relations in Spain. She is also the member of International Federation for Information Technologies in Travel and Tourism and Şanliurfa Culture Education Art and Research Foundation . She has ongoing project related ecotourism, cultural tourism, women entrepreneurship. Syed Haider Ali Shah is associated with Bahria Business School as an Associate Professor/ Research Cell Coordinator at Business Studies Department of Bahria Business School since, 2017 right after his PhD completion. Before joining the BBS, Bahria University, he earned his PhD from University of Malaya (UM), (AACSB Accredited) and also worked there as research assistant for three years during his PhD. He also worked with International medical college and carried out multiple internships in telecom and banking sector. Dr. Haider received his BBA (Hon’s) Degree and MS Degree from Hazara University with CPGA 3.78 and 3.85 CGPA respectively. He completed his Ph.D. Degree from Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia. His doctoral thesis was based on Bundle of HR practices and employee retention in Malaysian Hotel Industry. Dr. Haider’s teaching interests include Human Resource Management: Concepts and Applications, Peoples and Organizations, Principles of Management, Human Resource Research Methods, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Behavior and Theory, Leadership and Change Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, Business Ethics, Conflict Management. Dr. Haider has supervised many undergraduate and graduate- level students. His primary research interest is in the field of HR Practices, Leadership and Management with special research interest in HR Practices, Green HR Practices, Talent Management, Green HR Practices, Leadership Styles, CSR Practices, OCB, Innovation and Pro-Environmental Behavior. He has a good command of primary datasets along with the handling of various statistical tools such as AMOS, Smart PLS and SPSS etc. Dr. Haider has published several research articles on Leadership Styles, Green HR Practices, CSR Practices, Talent Management, and Pro-Environmental Behavior in quality peered review and impact factor journals like Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (Impact Factor 8.46). He has presented several research articles at international conferences and organized many international conferences and workshop programs. Dr. Haider has completed one research project awarded by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. He is an editor for three a Calls for Book Chapters One in IGI Global Publisher and one in Emerald Publisher title: Women’s empowerment with in the tourism industry in IGI Global Publisher. Muhammad Nawaz Tunio is an accomplished scholar in Business, Management, and Policy, brings much experience and expertise to the academic arena. With a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development from Alpen Adria University, Klagenfurt, Austria, Dr. Tunio has established himself as a leading authority in his field. Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Business Administration, University of Sufism and Modern Sciences, Bhitshah, Pakistan, he has also held positions at esteemed institutions such as Greenwich University and Mohammad Ali Jinnah University. Dr. Tunio's research interests include Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Economic Development, Youth Development, CSR, and Qualitative Methods. His scholarly contributions extend far beyond the confines of academia, with numerous research articles published in top-tier journals and prestigious book chapters with reputable publishers. With an impressive research profile boasting over 1000 citations, an H-Index of 18, and an i10-index of 31, Dr. Tunio's work has significantly impacted the academic community. His consultancy experience includes projects with organizations such as the National Rural Support Program and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority, where he has provided invaluable expertise on issues related to small business restoration and brand management for women entrepreneurs. Dr. Tunio's dedication to academic excellence is further evidenced by his teaching and administrative roles at various universities, where he has mentored students, organized international conferences, and contributed to developing curricula in Business Administration and Management.

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