中文摘要：

文章搜索了国内外女性旅游研究的相关文献,总结了女性旅游的研究进展,指出国内外研究的成果主要集中在女性旅游者行为、女性旅游市场两方面.文章对比分析国内外女性旅游在研究方法和研究内容上的异同.研究方法上,国外主要运用社会学、旅游学研究的方法,通过问卷调查、面对面的访谈、电话访谈等获取资料,侧重于定量分析,国内多以统计年鉴作为研究的基础资料,习惯于从宏观视角进行定性分析.通过对国外、国内女性旅游的研究方法及内容的对比分析,作者认为目前女性旅游研究的文献偏少,女性旅游研究尚处于起步阶段,内容欠系统,成果欠丰富.

英文摘要：

Female tourist is the important part in tourism industry. With the development of economy, the increasing of women＇s stage and the ameliorating of their schooling degree, more and more women start to make holiday. The authors search the thesis on female tourist from the famous journals abroad-Tourism Management and Annals of Tourism Research, and get eleven about it finally. Then the authors also search the articles about it from the journals at home, and get six in the end. This paper is presented on the basis of research works of female tourism both in and abroad. Its content focuses on two aspects. On one hand is female tourist＇s behaviour. The foreign researchers have studied three sides on it. They are firstly the female tourist＇s motivation, secondly the young female tourist＇s perception of danger, and thirdly the behaviour of woman tourist＇s buying souvenir. Scholars at home believe that gender affects the tourist＇s behaviour. Woman tourist prefers to buying souvenir and visiting history and culture scenic spot etc. On the other hand is female tourist market. Researchers abroad deem that women especially businesswomen are the fastest growing segment of the travel market. Based on the telephone interviews, in-depth interviews and focus groups, they argue that although the number of women travellers has increased dramatically in the 1990s, their needs are not being met adequately. As competition of tourist market becoming fiercer, female tourist market develops into the new favorite of tourist industry gradually. Besides these, the foreign researchers have also studied three other sides. The authors compare the study about female tourism from research methods and contents in and abroad, and from them come to some conclusions. Through comparison of the study methods and contents in and abroad, the authors point out that the number of literatures about female tourism is far from enough, the stage of female tourism is on elementary one, the content about it lacks of system, and the achievements are