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Tourism microentrepreneurship / edited by Duarte B. Morais.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bridging tourism theory and practice ; Volume 12.
- Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice ; Volume 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tourism--Management.
- Tourism.
- Small business--Management.
- Small business.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2021]
- Summary:
- Tourism Microentrepreneurshipshares scholarship and best practices to educate practitioners and to encourage more research on the development of microentrepreneurship and its impact on destination communities.
- Contents:
- Cover
- TOURISM MICROENTREPRENEURSHIP
- BRIDGING TOURISM THEORY AND PRACTICE
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF TABLES
- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- Introduction: Hence Tourism Microentrepreneurship
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Tourism Microentrepreneurship
- Understanding Tourism Microentrepreneurs
- Microentrepreneurial Knowledge
- Integrated Destination Stewardship
- Conclusion
- Part I. Understanding Tourism Microentrepreneurs
- Opportunities and Challenges at the Margins of Seaborne Tourism
- The Belizean Cruise Tourism Context
- The Cruise Ship Industry in Belize
- Study Methods
- Tour Packages
- Community Perspectives
- Local Microenterprises
- Public Policy Implications
- Microentrepreneurial Motivations and Perceived Benefits in Laos
- Motivations and Perceived Benefits
- The Benefits of International Tourism
- Laos, People's Democratic Republic
- Case Studies
- Perspectives of People Directly Affected
- Tourism Microentrepreneurship in Family Farms
- Microentrepreneurship in Family Farming
- Microentrepreneurial Motivations
- Success and Barriers to Success
- Farmers' Motivations
- What to Share with Visitors
- Defining Success
- Barriers to Success
- Gender and Benefit-Sharing in Indigenous Tourism Microentrepreneurship
- Indigenous Entrepreneurship
- Tourism Context in Fiji
- Tourism and Customary Land
- Engagement through Student Fieldtrips and Research
- Tourism and Indigenous Microentrepreneurship in Practice
- Part II. Microentrepreneurial Knowledge
- Local Knowledge in Tourism Microentrepreneurship*
- Abstract.
- Introduction
- Resilience through Local Knowledge
- Domestic and International Preferences
- Building Rapport with Neighbors
- Local Labor, Ingredients, and Culture as Key to Business Model
- Finding Bridges across Religions
- Creative Tourism Microentrepreneurs in Portugal
- Microentrepreneurship and Small City Contexts
- Participatory Place-making
- Case Study 1: VIC//Aveiro Arts House
- Case Study 2: VAGAR Walking Tours
- Acknowledgments
- ICT Innovation Diffusion by Tourism Microentrepreneurs
- ICT Innovation Diffusion among Microentrepreneurs
- Constraints to Success and Innovation Adoption
- Reactions to the Sharing Economy by Tourism Stakeholders
- Tourism Sharing Economy Business Models
- Tourism Industry Reactions to the Sharing Economy
- Study Results
- Value Creation
- Value Delivery
- Value Capture
- Part III. Integrated Destination Stewardship
- Place-based Rural Tourism Microentrepreneurship in Vojvodina
- Neo-endogenous Development in Rural Tourism
- Study Area
- Method and Data Sources
- Characteristics of Microenterprises in Vojvodina
- Challenges for Microentrepreneurship
- Motivation for Starting a Business
- Knowledge and Innovation
- Effects of Rural Tourism Microentrepreneurship on Rural Development
- Cultural Representation by Local Food Microenterprises
- Food, Place, and Tourism
- Contrasting Local Food Tourism Systems
- Examining Cultural Meanings of Local Foods
- Study Findings
- A Destination's Embrace of Tourism Microentrepreneurship
- Introduction.
- DMOs' Focus on Internet Communication
- DMOs' Focus on Brand Strategy and Destination Management
- Online Gig Economy and Tourism Microentrepreneurship
- Refocus to Support Microentrepreneurship
- Findings from Destination Brand Research
- People-First Tourism Inc. and P1tLab
- Raleigh's Destination Strategic Plan
- Lessons from GRCVB's Present Refocus
- Other Implications for Embracing Microentrepreneurship
- Conceptualizing Permatourism
- The Conceptual Framework of Permatourism
- Adapting Permaculture to the Context of Tourism
- Guiding Ethics
- Guiding Principles
- Permatourism Zones
- Implications for Practice
- Implications for Theory
- Conclusion: Principled Engagement with Tourism Microentrepreneurs
- Roadmap for Principled Engagement
- What Motivates Tourism Microentrepreneurs
- Combining Multiple Types of Knowledge
- Pursuing a Scholarship of Consequence
- Bibliography
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781838674632
- 1838674632
- OCLC:
- 1268206288
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