Does tourism empower women working in and producing tourism? How are women using the transformations tourism brings to their advantage? How do women, despite prejudice and stereotypes, break free, resist and renegotiate gender norms at the personal and societal levels? When does tourism increase women's autonomy, agency and authority? The first of its kind, this book questions the extent to which tourism brings women empowerment. With global coverage, it includes stories of individual women working in many aspects of tourism. It provides a critical gendered analysis that questions the extent to which tourism brings women empowerment.