The paper explores what should be understood under
the term single tourism. It is certainly a new form
of travel, but not obvious to everyone what it
means, since it is not clearly defined. Two
different understandings of single tourism were
found, one of which is that people who travel alone
are forming part of the single tourism market. The
other approach is of singles travelling together as
being part of their lifestyle. The latter is often
misunderstood as giving singles the possibility to
flirt or date. The paper tries to explain that this
is not the main objective, but that this way of
travel should give singles the opportunity to travel
with like-minded without feeling the odd one out.
the term single tourism. It is certainly a new form
of travel, but not obvious to everyone what it
means, since it is not clearly defined. Two
different understandings of single tourism were
found, one of which is that people who travel alone
are forming part of the single tourism market. The
other approach is of singles travelling together as
being part of their lifestyle. The latter is often
misunderstood as giving singles the possibility to
flirt or date. The paper tries to explain that this
is not the main objective, but that this way of
travel should give singles the opportunity to travel
with like-minded without feeling the odd one out.