As we approach International Women’s Day, a small collection of pioneering women explain what it’s like to break convention and play a role in their nations’ tourism stories, despite societal hurdles.

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Women are pivotal to shaping the travel industry. From deciding which destinations to visit to booking the trip, they make 82% of all ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — They wandered through the museum, listening attentively as their guide explained the antiquities in display cabinets. It could have been any tour group, anywhere in the world ...

From facing harassment to being passed over for jobs, Neha Agrawal and Shristi Shukla are overcoming extraordinary obstacles while changing the travel industry. Lydia Price is a senior engagement ...

Amidst the ancient artefacts of Afghanistan's National Museum, a seemingly ordinary tour group stood out for one extraordinary reason: every member, including their guide, was a woman. This all-female ...

Cinnamon-hued canyon walls tower over the trail that leads to the back door of Petra, a tunnel-like pathway whittled into the burnished landscape of Wadi Musa. When I emerge from the rocky cocoon of ...