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How women are challenging stereotypes, breaking boundaries through travel

Women have become a powerful and influential force in the tourism industry. (Unsplash+)

Traveling knows know gender.

This fact  was ther highlight at Airbnb’s inaugural #WomenInTravel industry dialogue that celebrated the power of Filipino women in late February, a few days before International Women’s Month.

It featured five speakers who discussed how traveling challenged stereotypes and broke boundaries, as more women take action to uplift and empower new generations of Filipinas in the travel and tourism industry.

Among the guest speakers were Mich Goh, Airbnb’s head of Public Policy for Southeast Asia, India, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte; Anne Jeaneth Casalme, Philippine Commission on Women Gender and Development representative; Noelle Wenceslao,…


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