While tourism does provide an opportunity for women, it is worthwhile to examine whether the achievements are initiated by women as agents of their lives and future in an aspirational way, or imposed on them because they are forced to embrace them as survival strategies. Also creating opportunity is not enough to achieve empowerment in its true spirit unless it also entails breaking gendered power structures and enabling participation as equal partners. Therefore, it becomes imperative to examine the nature of women’s participation, their role in influencing decisions around tourism, and the extent to which they have been able to break boundaries. With this view, the dossier examines a range of issues from tourism process to its outcome. The dossier is in three parts looking at women and tourism policy, tourism and gender relations and women’s engagement with tourism – issues and concerns. There is an annexure with additional documents.