A Woman's Love for Wanderlust

Unconventional, alluring and underrated, these destinations should be on the radar of every female traveller.

- Angela Low

Here’s a baffling thought from the past: people used to think that travelling at 80km/hr on a steam train would cause the uteruses of female passengers to shoot out of their bodies. This was about 220 years ago. Today, (thankfully) we know that having a uterus isn’t a liability and femininity isn’t a weakness.

Breaking down social stigmas and gender prejudices, women have made great strides in not just being equal to men, but also carving a name for themselves for working hard and playing hard as well.

Whether roaming in a pack or flying solo, the number of female globetrotters has been growing steadily in recent years. According to the 2018 ba global solo Travel study by british airways, about half of all female travellers surveyed had gone on a solo vacation.

Scott Tay, founder of Singapore-based adventure travel agency, beyond expeditions, shares that there have been many solo female travellers signing up for its trips.

In 2019, 95 per cent of his clients were female. Tay says: “I was initially very surprised. These ladies told us that they would like to visit off-the-beaten-path places that haven’t really been explored. What’s stopping them is the fear that if they were to go there alone, it would be dangerous.”

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