It's mostly women I hear talking about going traveling or going "backpacking". Of course some men go traveling too, but no where near as much as women it seems.

I don't think men are as into it as women are. I guess for women it means near unlimited access to sex with exotic foreign men without the shame of anyone they know judging them for it, that's why travel is so appealing to women I think.

The whole culture surrounding travel is so focused on women these days. It seems in every major tourist and "backpacker" spot around the world it's mostly just huge numbers of women "finding themselves".