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The Influence of Tourism on Local Women's Social Roles in Xishuangbanna
The Influence of Tourism on Local Women's Social Roles in Xishuangbanna
Research Questions
Does employment opportunities provided by tourism empower local women or enhance their traditional roles?
How local women perceive employment opportunities provided by tourism?
Economic growth?
Confidence improvement?
Experience enrichment?
Knowledge increase?
Self achievement?
language Learning?
Traditional role enhance?
Does employment opportunities provided by tourism change social roles of local women?
If changes, what changes and how changes?
How tourism can sustainably benefit or empower local women?
What employment opportunities are provided for local women by tourism?
Seller?
Reception in hotels?
Manager in hotels?
Cleaner in hotels?
Performer?
Tour guide?
Significance
Explore changes of women's social roles brought by employment opportunities in tourism
Identify issues or challenges of employment faced by local women in tourism
Define employment opportunities for local women in tourism industry
Explore how the development of tourism can benefit local women
Investigate how the development of tourism can make a contribution to positive changes of women's social role
Identify women's values and contributions in tourism
Potential Problems
No access to have an understanding of traditional gender roles in Xishuangbanna
Local women are not willing to participate in the reserach
Local women are not willing to share the real situation to the researcher
Language barriers in ethnic minority communities
Local women are not willing to be observed by reseracher
Background
History
The development of tourism in Xishuangbanna
How many types of tourist attractions in Xishuangbanna
When these areas are developed as tourist attractions?
lives of local women before the development of tourism
Traditional gender role
Women's role in family
Women's role in society
Policy in Xishuangbanna
Are there any policies supporting women's employment in tourism?
Are there any policies supporting the development of tourism?
Are there any policies supporting women's skill training in tourism?
Previous research
Focus on economic changes brought by tourism for women
Focus on gender imbalance of employment in tourism
Focus on employment opportunities brought by tourism for local people
Focus on western women's issues in tourism
Ethnic minority groups
How many ethnic minority groups in these tourist attractions of Xishuangbanna
Cultures of different ethnic minority groups
Suggestions
How the development of tourism can benefit local women
How the development of tourism can have a positive influence on changes of women's social roles
How combine the development of tourism with the empowerment of local women
What organizations can be supposed to positively support women's employment in tourism? ( government? women groups? local tourist administration? )
Theoretical Framework
Reference about characters of tourism
Reference about definitions of women's social role
Reference about women's employment in tourism
Reference about women's empowerment in tourism
Reference about traditional women's social roles in Xishuangbanna
Reference about the influence of tourism on lives of women
Reference about current issues or challenges faced by women in tourism