Hi! I’m doing a paper on female backpackers and what affects them when they choose destinations. I hope it is ok to ask some questions here. Both men and women are welcome to answer them. I hope someone has the time to help me. You can e-mail me the answers or post them here. The paper is based on geographical theories that women are limited in the public room because of fear of sexual violence or harassment. I want to see if this can be applied to tourism as well.

Thanks in advance!


1. Are you a man or women?
2. What country are you from?
3. Why to did/do you want to travel around the world?

4. Which destinations were/are included in your trip (if you have done more than one trip, please specify destinations for each trip)? I would also like to know what year you did each trip and how old you were and also if you travelled alone or with someone, and if so their gender.

5. Who/What influenced you when choosing destinations?

6. How would your dream trip around the world look like, if you did not have to think about money or political climate in different countries? What countries or destinations would you include in your trip?

7. Are there countries you avoid to visit because of fear, countries you otherwise would like to visit? If yes, which countries?

8. Do you think there is any difference in how and where women and men travel? If yes, in what way?

9. Do you think women are more limited in where they can travel?

10. Which countries to you think is especially hard for young women to travel in?


Questions to female travellers

11. Does different countries look on women influence you choice of destinations?
12. Have fear of being exposed to sexual violence or harassment hindered you from going to a country you would otherwise have liked to visit?

1. girl
2. italy
3. makes feel "alive"
4. - a few european cities (paris, london, budapest, dublin) 2002-2004 alone or with male/female friends
- canada (ontario+quebec) 2003 alone
- camino de santiago (spain) 2004 alone
- wanto to go to new zealand and south america in 2006 - will be alone
i ws born in 1981 so work out how old i was...

5. books, travel guides...

6. my trip would be life long including just abut everything... but top ten (in no particular order)would be: new zealand - australia - thailand - nepal - south america - turkey - canada - central america - northern europe - central africa

7. would like to go to turkey or middle east

8. yes, there are differences, but it really depends n your attitude

9. just have to be more careful

10. middle east

11. sometimes

12. not very much

1. Man
2. UK
3. Fun, Dream & Charity

4. France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan & India all overland using public transport in Dec 2000 with a group of 5 at the age of 43, all men roughly same age and many other countries in Europe, America and Asia

5. A childhood dream to make the to India overland, route chosen by me

6UK to Fareast to Australia to South America to North America to Alaska to Iceland

7. No
8. No
9. Matter of choice

10. Muslim countries

Many thanks Ramesh