Women in Tourism in Asian Muslim Countries

Nataša Slak Valek, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the College of Business at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She has teaching experiences from Asia (Taiwan) and Europe (Slovenia), and practical experiences working for 10 years at the Slovenian Tourism Board.Hamed Almuhrzi, PhD is an Assistant Professor, at College of Arts and Social Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman. His research interests focus on visitors’ behaviour and experience, heritage tourism, and Arab/Muslim tourism. Prior to his academic career, Hamed worked as a freelance tour-guide for more than five years.

• Introduction.-Part 1: Muslim women travelling.- Chapter 1: Disempowered Hosts? A literature Review of Muslim Women and Tourism.- Chapter 2: Muslim Women Travellers’ Constraints: A Critical Review.- Chapter 3: The Female Muslim Tourist Perceived Value in non-OIC countries: A case of Indonesian Outbound Market.- Part 2: Muslim women working in tourism.- Chapter 4: Women’s Footprint in Traditional Muslim Ethnic Communities: The Case of a World Pottery Village in Iran.- Chapter 5: Are Women empowered producers of tourism in Pakistan?.- Chapter 6: Lived Experiences of Omani Women Working in the Tourism Industry: A Phenomenological Study.- Chapter 7: Is it really culture or religion?  Challenges surrounding women participation and empowerment in Kelantan, Malaysia.- Part 3: Non-Muslim women travelling to a Muslim destination.- Chapter 8: The perceived risks of Western women towards traveling to Oman.- Chapter 9: Women in tourism in Muslim contexts: The impact of cultural background on customer behaviour.- Chapter 10: Frayer Stark’s Tales of Travel on the Coast of Incense.- Conclusion.