La participación laboral de la mujer en el turismo aventura. El caso de estudio de la región de Valparaíso, Chile

Abstract

This research analyses the roles as assigned by gender and adventure tourism workers’ perceptions of the same in Valparaíso, Chile. This qualitative research attempts to decipher the processes involved in labour exclusion based on gender, using three techniques: interviews, non-participant observation and surveys. It was found that women’s participation in general is far inferior to men’s. Women are seen to be associated with housework, being perceived as careful and detailed, and men participating to a greater extent in activities that require strength and physical fitness. This is perceived negatively by women and not at all by men. This research then sustains that there is labour segregation in adventure tourism and that this is mainly perceived by women