Authors : Kuldip Narayan Patil and V. B. Kakade
Page Nos : 153-157
Description :
Women empowerment is one major issue of todays. Various International organizations, and governments, are engaged for empowering women, economically, socially, and politically. United nation World Travel Organization implemented an action plan for empowering women through tourism. As far as Maharashtra state is concern, tourism is one of the main sector in the state and contributing in income and employment to people. In this context, the present study examines the contributions of tourism in women’s empowerment in Maharashtra. The study is based on secondary data. A statistical test shows there is difference in participation of male and female work-force in tourism in the state. Out of the total workforce in tourism, only 31 percent of the workforce is female, which it is less than that of the average female workforce of the state (34 percent). Further, there is wide scope for the women empowerment though tourism in Maharashtra. The steps should be taken by the government, banks, NGOs, Self-help Groups, and so on to encourage and facilitate women in tourism related activities.
