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in: Handbook of Research on Applied Social Psychology in Multiculturalism, IGI Global yayınevi, pp.253-276, 2021
Cultural conditioning aligns with gendered preconceptions permeating all aspects of life, including the tourists' experiences. However, the literature on gendered gazes to destinations is limited. The purpose of this research is to find the gendered characteristics of the destinations. The theoretical context that the research is set within the context of the sense of place and the gender conceptions attributed to a certain destination. The qualitative method was adopted to identify the part of the participants' experience of Bangkok destination as the search area via interviews. The content analysis was used for the data analysis and codes were grouped into themes according to the masculine, feminine, and/or neutral categories. Elucidating the relevant literature in tourism on gendered experiences, the findings have given ideas for the gendered characteristic of a destination within the classification of masculine, feminine, and neutral. Furthermore, three dimensions have been determined within the context of the sense of place, namely "visual, psychological, and spiritual."