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Travel Weekly
2 days ago
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Solos introduces women-only tours
Tour operator Solos has launched women-only itineraries this week with plans to unveil more tours soon. The itineraries will be led by women and include experiences with women-focused nonprofits, advocacy groups, businesses and artists. Solo said it created the itineraries after seeing a demand for solo travel from women ages 50 and up. The tours will not have a single supplement fee. The tours follow a trend toward women-only or women-focused tours, especially those with a solo component. The "Women-only India- The Golden Triangle & Rajasthan" itinerary will explore India's Golden Triangle, Jodhpur and Udaipur on a 12-night tour. It includes sunrise yoga at the Taj Mahal, a safari to the Bishnoi Villages and a visit to Sheroes Hangout, an initiative operated by women who have survived acid attacks. Participants will also ride through Jaipur in a rickshaw through Access Development Services, which trains low-income women to become drivers. Travelers on the 12-night "Women-only Morocco: Medinas, Mountains & Coast" itinerary will visit Casablanca, Rabat, Fes, Marrakesh and Essaouira. They will meet with women entrepreneurs in Fes and artisans in Essaouira, and they will visit with Berber women in the Atlas Mountains. They will also visit a rural women's cooperative that produces embroidery, pottery and argan oil. The 10-night "Women-only Greece: Ancient Wonders & Island Hopping" itinerary will take travelers to the archaeological highlights of Athens, the Cycladic islands and historic sites like Mycenae, Epidaurus and Olympia. Travelers will take a pottery class led by a woman at her Paros studio. "These unique experiences allow travelers to interact directly with women's groups in destinations across the globe and to give back to local women's initiatives," said Kendra Guild, the vice president of North America for Solos.
South China Morning Post
19-02-2025
- South China Morning Post
‘My beauty is my smile' the message at cafes hiring acid attack victims
The Taj Mahal, an ivory-white marble mausoleum in Agra, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, sees tens of thousands of visitors every day, many drawn by the enduring tale of a husband's love for his favourite wife. Just a few kilometres away from the site built to immortalise the couple's romance, a cafe established to help women whose lives were marred by tragedy and violence, many at the hands of their husbands, stands in stark contrast. The women, who are victims of acid attacks, are hired as waitresses to help them reintegrate into society. At the spacious Sheroes Hangout in northern Agra, which offers Indian and Western foods and beverages, the profits are used to fund the treatment and rehabilitation of the survivors of acid attacks, an unfortunately common occurrence in Indian society. Sheroes Hangout employees join members of Agra's police force outside the Taj Mahal as part of an awareness campaign. Photo: Facebook/Sheroes Hangout On an afternoon in autumn 2024, a large group of tourists visiting for lunch snapped photos of the smiling staff who wore T-shirts saying: 'My beauty is my smile.'
