McNamara, Karen Elizabeth, and Prideaux, Bruce (2010) A typology of solo independent women travellers. International Journal of Tourism Research, 12 (3). pp. 253-264.

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This paper aims to profile solo independent women travellers in Tropical North Queensland, describe their key motivations for travel and behaviours, and locate this group on a typology of solo independent travellers in Australia. Previous research has painted solo independent women at one end of a travel spectrum as fearful and risk-adverse and at another end, as risk-takers who have few concerns about safety within the destination. This analysis is based on visitor surveys completed over 21 months at Cairns Airport (n=2,618). The results indicated that solo independent women travellers (n=228) felt safe in the destination and participated in a wide variety of activities including those with some degree of risk.

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