Tourism Entrepreneurs Research Articles

Effects of entrepreneur passion on persuasion: Study of venture capitalist funding decisions toward hospitality and tourism business plan presentation

This study investigates the effects of entrepreneurs' passion on persuasion by focusing on venture capitalist funding decisions toward hospitality and tourism business plan presentation. To this end, we conducted two studies. In study 1, we collected evidence from 13 hospitality and tourism start-up financing projects broadcasted on China Central Television Channel 2 by utilizing a Linguistic csQCA. In study 2, we conducted an experimental analysis of entrepreneur passion and venture capitalists'(VCs') funding decisions via the causality test of 277 participants. Our findings indicate that both cognitive and affective passion have significantly positive effects on VCs' funding decisions and that VCs' involvement moderates the effects of cognitive passion and affective passion on VCs' funding decisions. The established integrative model has important implications for research on entrepreneur passion and investment decisions in entrepreneurial pitches from an involvement perspective, and the impact of entrepreneur passion on persuasion in hospitality and tourism entrepreneurship.

The Impact of Social Tourism Entrepreneurship on Tourism Sustainability—A Systematic Review

Purpose: Social tourism entrepreneurship is an important topic as it can resolve several social issues and generate sustainable community development. This research aims to examine the impact of social tourism entrepreneurship on sustainable tourism. Design/methodology/approach: The research used a systematic literature review analysis on 20 publications. The PICO framework was adopted to identify the publications on specific criteria, mainly the relativity with the subject. Findings: The findings indicated that social tourism entrepreneurship can have a high value for the tourist industry and a positive outcome for society and its sustainability. Three gaps were identified that need to be taken into consideration for future research. Original/value of the paper: There is a need to examine the existing knowledge on social tourism entrepreneurship and to indicate how new knowledge can be created. The value of this research is that it can be used as grounds for future research.

The Relationship between Tourism Development, Satisfaction, Support to Tourism and Tourism Entrepreneurship in Emerging Tourism Destination: Residents’ Perspective

The purpose of this study is to research the relationship between tourism development in the province of Burdur, satisfaction, support to tourism development and tourism entrepreneurship. The research model developed was based upon the theory of social change and was tested by using PLS-SEM. The data were obtained from 390 persons residing in the province of Burdur by using the survey method. The findings have revealed significant relationships between positive economic and sociocultural effect in tourism development and satisfaction by tourism development, support for tourism development and tourism entrepreneurship. No relationship between positive environmental effect, negative economic, sociocultural and environmental effect, and satisfaction by tourism development was confirmed. The results are coherent with the theory of social change in terms of indicating that the residents of Burdur perceive much the benefits in tourism development, but not yet the costs. Moreover, the findings of this study reveal the tourism entrepreneurship role of the residents, although the tourism development studies neglect the tourism entrepreneurship of the residents on a large scale.

Entrepreneur-led Landscape Changes During the Amenity Transition

Rural tourism is often regarded as a catalyst to stimulate economic growth in amenity rich but underdeveloped regions. Much research to date has focused on developing a robust rural tourism industry separate from the social-spatial evolution of the exurban community. Tourism entrepreneurs extend the market mechanisms to the traditionally nonmonetary environmental and social contexts of the rural community by commodifying the physical landscape and the social heritages. Moreover, an increasingly commodified rural landscape can co-produce both the tourism industry and the rural community simultaneously. Therefore, using Hocking Hills, Ohio, as an example to analyze tourism entrepreneurs’ business strategies and corresponding ways of capitalizing on environmental resources, this research connects the long-standing paradigms of tourism development and community evolution and forges a new direction for interdisciplinary theoretical and empirical studies.

Determinants of returnees’ entrepreneurship in rural marginal China

Returnee entrepreneurship represents a new direction in entrepreneurial migration and a distinct mode of geographical mobility among entrepreneurs. This study focuses on the Tibetan region of Sichuan, China, in researching young adults who have returned to rural marginal areas from cities to engage in tourism entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurial ecosystem is taken as a theoretical basis to evaluate critical determinants of returnee entrepreneurs' business development from two perspectives: macro (the entrepreneurial environment) and micro (entrepreneurs themselves). The authors conducted four narrative interviews with local bed and breakfast entrepreneurs in the Ganzi prefecture. Findings reveal that local embeddedness and non-local connections are vital to returnee entrepreneurs’ business development. Numerous determinants related to local embeddedness and non-local connections are also tied to entrepreneurial ecosystem elements, such as infrastructure, institutions, market conditions, and capital.

The Impact of Tourism Industry Development In Relation to Violations of Utilisation of Cliff Borders by Tourism Entrepreneurs

It is undeniable that the development of the tourism industry can have both positive and negative impacts on the economic, socio-cultural and environmental sectors. In the context of Bali, development of tourism industry will certainly have impacts towards the development of tourism supporting facilities in the form of hotels, restaurants, entertainment and recreation and so on. The aims of this research are to examine the impacts of the development of the tourism industry in relation to violations of the utilisation of cliff borders by tourism entrepreneurs and the one that involves reconstruction of legal norms in accordance with the concept of sustainable tourism development. The research takes the type of empirical legal research. The results show that the existence of tourism supporting facilities on the cliff borders in turn brings about negative impacts on the environment. As a consequence, legal reconstruction is urgently needed by adding more detailed justifications related to the regulations regarding the cliff border areas. The legal reconstruction in question can be done by adding the provisions of Articles in Provincial and Regencial or Municipal Regulations, or can be executed through preparation or reconstruction of additional provisions of Articles in the Regencial or Municipal Spatial Detail Plan or through zoning regulations based on sustainable tourism development.

Effective Resources to Mobilize Women Entrepreneurship: A Success Case Study of Family Tourism Businesses in Tioman Island, Malaysia

Family-owned tourism businesses have unique resources to empower women in remote island destinations. There is limited literature that postulates the resource acquisition to mobilize women entrepreneurs within the family business study. Hence, this paper provided empirical knowledge on family tourism businesses methods to mobilize women entrepreneurs in rural Tioman Island in Malaysia. This study employed a qualitative case study approach by applying in-depth interviews for data collection. A successful case study was carried out in Tioman Island with 11 women entrepreneurs who have been actively involved in family tourism business operations since the 1980s. The resulting opportunities from the family organization setting, familiness nature and tourism industry as a setting modifier have greatly mobilized women into family tourism entrepreneurship. Thus, this case study provided comprehensive information on family tourism businesses’ implications on women entrepreneurs’ competitiveness in Tioman Island.

“Going out to get in”—Roles of forest conflicts in bottom‐linked environmental governance progressing toward socio‐political innovations

AbstractSocial innovation literature focuses commonly on roles of cooperation in addressing co‐evolution of civil society initiatives and state‐based governance toward sustainable solutions. However, roles of conflicts in driving social change are scarcely addressed in social innovation literature. We elaborated a concept of bottom‐linked environmental governance, which can take place either via collaboration, or by conflict, and which can progress toward socio‐political innovations. We show this progression by examining two longitudinal cases on forest controversies in Northern Finland. These are the cases of Inari and Muonio. They are characterized by dynamic processes of conflicts and collaboration between state‐based organizations (e.g., Finnish forestry enterprise of Metsähallitus), civil society actors (e.g., reindeer herders, nature‐based tourism entrepreneurs and environmental nongovernmental organizations). We conducted a qualitative deductive‐inductive content analysis on the study cases and uncovered a set of “going out to get in” strategies by civil society actors, emerging from frustration on state‐based participatory processes, and consisting of open disputes and pressure strategies outside the participatory processes to gain a seat and power at negotiation tables. Metsähallitus often responded by seeking to maintain its control over forest decisions. The interplay between these strategies led to continuous open disputes and finally to socio‐political innovations (e.g., comanagement arrangement). The findings lead us to discuss reasons for prolonged disputes, the question of whether sociopolitical innovations can benefit all, considerations on power relations, strategies, and counter responses, all being relevant more broadly, for both, social innovation research and decision‐making enabling socio‐political innovations.

Digital Entrepreneurship and Creative Industries in Tourism: A Research Agenda

Recently, digital entrepreneurship and creative industries in tourism have been emerging strongly, possibly as a result of the global pandemic of the last two years. Their growth in the last decade has been due to the penetration of technology into the daily life of the tourist and the desire for tours that combine intangible value and a differentiated experience. This paper presents the findings of a research agenda that aims to identify key factors and research dimensions in the adoption of digital entrepreneurship and the creative industries in tourism. The study includes a critical analysis based on a literature review through a filtered search method of statistical information from 20 relevant scientific publications listed in the Scopus and Google Scholar databases. Additionally, this research addresses research gaps and recommends directions for future research. Finally, the conclusions are presented.

Local habitus and temporal overtourism in Yogyakarta

PurposeThis paper aims to unpack personal narratives of local residents in relation to the effects of overtourism in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The paper uses Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus to understand how local residents cope with temporal overtourism.Design/methodology/approachFindings were gathered from observations and interviews. Interviews were conducted with 12 informants, consisting of local small-to-medium enterprise tourism entrepreneurs, local informal tourism workers and a group of locals uninvolved in tourism.FindingsThe paper has two key findings. First, locals uninvolved in tourism show empathetic behavior toward the locals involved in tourism despite their experiencing negative effects of tourism. The involved locals, for their part, were aware of the importance of resolving issues with the uninvolved locals through regular communication so as to secure the sustained future of tourism. Second, the use of social capital by involved and uninvolved locals reflects the local Javanese culture and value system in which social harmony and integration are paramount.Research limitations/implicationsLocal habitus forms and informs locals’ perceptions on temporal overtourism issues. It enables an understanding on how locals manage the effects of overtourism in Yogyakarta. The habitus, which is greatly influenced by Javanese values, creates attitudes and behaviors which are empathetic and tolerant.Practical implicationsTo avoid the potential conflict when overtourism explicitly or implicitly frustrates locals, policy should be formulated by taking into account the findings of this paper on the local habitus. The study contributes to the overtourism debate by looking at the inter-relationship of local social structures and cultural context with local responses to temporal overtourism.Originality/valueUsing the concept of habitus, this research deepens existing understanding on the local responses toward overtourism. This research expects to theoretically enrich and complexify debates on tourism–habitus nexus in tourism studies.

Ecolodge Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: A New Typology of Entrepreneurs; The Case of IRAN

This study aims to clarify how ecolodge entrepreneurship evolves from idea formation to ecolodge establishment in emerging markets. The related process affects authentic ecolodge development. The research employed grounded theory to explore this process and its implications to examine for the first time how individuals enter the ecolodge industry in an emerging market. The interaction of four constructs (namely drivers, motives, context, and idea sources) explains the costs and benefits that ecolodge entrepreneurs perceive in entering this industry. Moreover, we develop a new typology of tourism entrepreneurs in an ecolodge context based on the combined approach. Entrepreneurs are classified into three segments, including ecolodge lovers, cool job seekers, and young detached entrepreneurs. Although the ecolodge lovers were most in line with the principles of sustainable tourism and most likely to set up authentic ecolodges, most of the entrepreneurs belonged to the other two clusters. The explored process and typology highlight coordinated action in the development of ecolodges.

Business perception of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on tourism: A qualitative analysis of the destination Extrema-dura, Spain

<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to the tourism industry. This situation has forced industry players to take important steps, but it has also created new business opportunities. Using qualitative analysis tools, this study analyzes the perceptions of entrepreneurs in the sector on the COVID-19 pandemic and Outlines measures that should be taken to help the sector recover in Extremadura, an emerging inland tourist destination in southwestern Spain. The purpose of this study was to assess the main concerns of Mexican tourism entrepreneurs about the economic impact of the crisis on their businesses and the main measures they requested to overcome the crisis.</p>

Restoring the balance between humanity and nature through tourism entrepreneurship: a conceptual framework

PurposeFor years, there has been an appalling crisis developing – that of the state of our planet. Humanity has become disconnected from nature, with devastating consequences. We are in an emergency state: a crisis of perception (HRH et al., 2010, p. 6). This paper puts forward a conceptual model for harmony restoration through tourism entrepreneurship.Design/methodology/approachIn developing the proposed framework, the authors have adopted the seven core principles of Richard Dunne of the Harmony Project, inspired by HRH The Prince of Wales’s vision set out in his book “Harmony: A new way of looking at our world”. The authors propose that developing entrepreneurial tourism in respect of the harmony principles would enhance the industry and act as a platform to educate those that engage with it.FindingsIn this conceptual viewpoint paper, the authors draw upon the harmony principles to provide a cohesive framework for restoring harmony through entrepreneurship in tourism. The premise of our framework is that for the tourism industry to become more regenerative and transformative, it requires the continuing contributions of the entrepreneurs involved (De Lange and Dodds, 2017; Kirby, 2020).Originality/valueThe suggested framework builds on the work of David Kirby (2020) and epitomises a step toward harmony restoration through tourism and entrepreneurship, thus contributing to future research seeking to explore a novel and encircling approach to regeneration and tourism entrepreneurship. The paper provides a foundation for policy making to promote harmonious entrepreneurship practices in the tourism field.

Equality Model for Developing Community Tourism (A Case Study of Kadingeh Tourism Village in Enrekang Regency, South Sulawesi)

The considerable discussion of the issues of cultural diver-sity and biodiversity in the context of community-based tourism development. A variety of solutions have been proposed in the sustainable tourism literature to protect a local culture and the natural environment from change. Kadingeh is a village in Enrekang Regency, South Sulawe-si. The area has a number of geological resources and is a developing tourism destination which is implementing sustainable community-based tourism. The culture and natural conditions are undeveloped but recent plans to develop the area as a tourist destination has caused conflict between residents. If this conflict continues it will lead to ”damage” to the culture and nature due to a lack of lack of coordinated management control. A qualitative research approach was used to collect in-depth interviews with 54 informants from 33 local communities, as well as six gov-ernment representatives, eight academics, and four tourism entrepreneurs. The results of this study were used to create a model to guide future development. This model was called EQUALITY (Environment awareness, Quality of resources, Uniformity of action, Aligned programs, Link-age stakeholders, Integrity of leaders, Timeline of planning and implementation, and Youth and woman involvement). The model is useful for development of community-based tourism in Indonesia.
 Keywords: Equality Model; Geotourism; Rural Tourism; Kadingeh Tourism Village

The Western immigrant as tourism entrepreneur in Morocco

Taking into consideration the increasing phenomenon of Western migration toward developing countries and its potential for developing the local tourism industry, this study analyses the institutional challenges faced by tourism entrepreneurs when managing a small and medium-sized lodging in a developing economy. Moreover, it focuses on Western immigrants entrepreneurs to explore how effective are two processes for acquiring institutional knowledge – congenital and vicarious learning – in reducing the degree to which Western immigrants face institutional challenges when managing their lodgings. Evidence gathered from a sample of entrepreneurs with lodgings in Morocco suggests that congenital and vicarious learning are effective in helping Western immigrant entrepreneurs to face Poor policies, Corruption, and Cultural problems in Morocco.

Impact of Community-Based Tourism Projects’ Empowerment on the Adoption of Sustainability Practices by Community Tourism Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka

<p class="Default">Community-Based Tourism (CBT) has emerged in many countries as a tool for poverty reduction and sustainability enhancement. Even though sustainability practices are essential for promoting community-level tourism, due to lack of capacity and know-how, poor attitudes, reluctance to change, etc. cause to lower the application of sustainability practices by community tourism entrepreneurs. Therefore, CBT projects were initiated and greater efforts were taken to indoctrinate the sustainability practices among the micro and small scale tourism entrepreneurs (MSSTEs). However, several past researchers argued that those efforts were unable to build fruitful results. This was reported in several community tourism villages, especially in the Sri Lankan context. Therefore, this research endeavors to study the impact of empowerment efforts of CBT projects on the adoption of sustainability practices by the MSSTEs. The structured questionnaire survey was applied for data collection from a sample of 200 MSSTEs in six villages of Sri Lanka who were empowered by two selected CBT projects. Empowerment efforts were the independent variable, and capacity building, financial assistance, education and training, network building, monitoring and evaluation were the five sub-constructs of it. Sustainability practices were the dependent variable and economic, social and cultural, and environmental sustainability were the three sub-constructs of it. Findings revealed that CBT empowerment efforts affect significantly on the adoption of the three facets of sustainability practices by the MSSTEs. Economic sustainability was the highest achieved practice and it implies that CBT project empowerments were able to eliminate poverty in the rural community and strengthen their economic status.

Women entrepreneurs in tourism in a time of a life event crisis

Female entrepreneurship drives tourism development in resource-scarce destinations but little is known about why local women engage in business and what determines their success in a time of a life event crisis. This knowledge is important as it can support policies on regional regeneration and poverty alleviation. This study draws upon the Bourdieu's model of practice with its notions of capital, agents, field, and habitus to examine the experiences of women running tourism enterprises in a destination with the legacy of an anthropogenic environmental disaster, the Aral Sea region. Semi-structured interviews with women entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan (n = 18) and Kazakhstan (n = 15) showcase prevalence of the necessity-based and extrinsic motivations in a time of crisis. Interviews also demonstrate the importance of social capital women entrepreneurs built with such agents of entrepreneurial practice as family, friends, policymakers, employees, and competitors. The original contribution of the study is in revealing how local cultural traditions reinforce various types of capital, strengthen the field of knowledge, and shape habitus of women entrepreneurs in critical times. Another original contribution is in highlighting how the experience of past life event crises has aided in psychological coping of women tourism entrepreneurs during COVID-19.

Economic empowerment and satisfaction of Kerala women through responsible tourism entrepreneurship

Responsible tourism has received great attention in recent years due to its positive impacts and its capability to contribute towards women’s empowerment. However, studies related to women empowerment and the outcome such as satisfaction are scant. This study aims to examine the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs involved in responsible tourism in Kerala. The study also tests the relationship between economic empowerment and satisfaction of women entrepreneurs. A quantitative method was employed and data was collected from 385 women entrepreneurs registered with Responsible Tourism Mission, Kerala, India. The study found that responsible tourism impacts in economic empowerment of women while having a weak positive relationship between the economic empowerment and their satisfaction.

The Role of Stakeholders in the Development of Mangrove Eco-Tourism at Blekok Tourism Village, Situbondo, East Java

The study was conducted to analyze the role of stakeholders in the development of mangrove ecotourism and emphasized on the role of relevant stakeholders are government, business, community, academia, and media, but not optimal in the media. This study uses a qualitative descriptive analysis method, the data obtained from observation, interviews, and literature study. The informants in this study were the Environmental Service of Situbondo Regency, the Village Head of Blekok Tourism Village, local communities, tourism entrepreneurs, and visitors. This study has a concept that is the role of ecotourism, tourism development, Tourism Village, and Pentahelix tourism stakeholders. The results of this study indicate that the development of ecotourism in the Tourism Village of Blekok Tourism Village is developing in a fluctuating manner. The number of visitors increased until 2019 and decreased in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, tourism attractions in Blekok Village are very diverse, from shell crafts which are supported by easy accessibility to mangroves, tourism facilities that attract visitors, and tourism institutions in Blekok Village taking part in making tourism development policies. The tourism management of Blekok Tourism Village is successful with collaboration from stakeholders, but there is one role that does not cooperate in the field of mass media, according to the Penta helix concept and there are also tourism problems, especially in the physical environment due to tourism activities. There are changes in physical conditions that occur in the mangrove area including garbage.

POTENTIAL OF NETWORKING HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOURISM ENTERPRISES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

This study aimed to study the potential of health and wellness tourism enterprise integration among entrepreneurs, stakeholders, and integration management that influence the sustainability of health and wellness tourism enterprise network integration in Thailand. This is descriptive research. The sample group consisted of 320 small, medium, and large health and wellness tourism entrepreneurs in Thailand. A questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. Statistics used included mean, frequency, percentage, standard deviation, and variance. The influence of variables based on the regression model equation was tested by multiple regression analysis with a statistical significance of 0.05. The findings revealed that entrepreneurs have a level of opinion about the potential of entrepreneurs' health and wellness tourism enterprise integration stakeholders management aspect and community participation are at a high level in all aspects. It was found that the integration potential of entrepreneurs, stakeholders, management and community participation influenced on sustainability of health and wellness tourism enterprise network integration of Thailand.