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Integrating a gender perspective additionally into the discussion of tourism is critical as this industry is a major employer of women who make up 46% of its workforce. The sexual division of labour operates at all aspect of tourism and travel related industries. Like all other forms of employment in some Southern countries men are predominantly employed in the formal sector of tourism. Indian women share 2.98% while Sri Lankan women occupy 14.9% share of those employed. In the Caribbean and Latin America the percentage is 35% Women, perceived as cheaper labour than man, are segregated due to gender stereotyping and sex segregation into different occupation. Even in mainstream tourism they predominate in menial, semi-skilled, domestic and service type occupations. In the food sector women employed as restaurant helpers, cooks and waitress occupy the bottom of the hierarchy. In the travel sector, women normally hold seasonal, part-time or minimum wage jobs and dominate as small travel agents. It offers various opportunities for independent income generating activities. It simultaneously affects women's lives in destination income. Success stories can be sourced and tried in a different milieu. The issue of tourism, tourism development and gender equality is multidimensional. Apart from sex tourism it encompasses the persistent issue of women shouldering and unequal burden of unpaid reproductive work. Despite the pervasive reliance of the hospitality sector on women's labour ironically their work remains invisible and they continue to suffer gender discrimination due to poor access to socio-economic resources.