Here is disclosed an open-type disposable wearing article composed of a
front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region extending
between these waist regions wherein tape fasteners used to connect the
front and rear waist to each other are attached to side flaps in the rear
waist region and each of the side flaps has a first zone adapted to cover
a surface facing a wearer's body of the fixed end portion of the
associated tape fastener and a second zone defined by the side flap
except for the first zone and wherein the first zone has a basis weight
higher than that of the second zone.