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Although numerous studies have evaluated the performance of small tourism businesses (STBs), most of them have neglected to take into account the unique characteristics of various sectors within the industry and limited the study within a specific type of location. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the knowledge pool on STBs through an analysis of differences in performance among three subsectors of the industry in an urban setting. The study attempts to understand the unique characteristics of each of these types of STBs and differences in their operation patterns by comparing their performance. The findings revealed that food and beverage ventures and tourist attraction ventures performed better than accommodation businesses on a considerable part of the variables while food and beverage ventures had the highest mean scores. The study indicates the significance of dividing the industry into subsectors for evaluating the business performance.

Recently, Halal tourism has been emerging as lucrative tourism niche both in Muslim and non-Muslim Countries' destinations. For a long time, tourism industry had been exclusive against Muslims for it was fenced by the so called "Haram" activities. However, nowadays, this problem is being solved through Halal tourism so that more Muslims are now engaging in tourism without need of sacrificing their religion. Countries such as Malaysia, Turkey, Indonesia and Singapore have already entered into Halal tourism. Though Halal tourism is open for both Muslim and non-Muslim customers, stakeholders including scholars in the field have developed a misconception that Halal tourism is only for Muslims. However, in practice, it is compliant with Sharia but open for all. No doubting, Ethiopia can be among the top beneficiaries of Halal tourism developments. Its history as a land of the first Hijra and her geopolitical position for Islamic world enable her to capture the halal tourists' demand of the Islamic world. In this paper, literatures and previous researches in the area have been analyzed. Both opportunities and challenges that Ethiopia will be facing while implementing halal tourism have also been inventoried and analyzed. Accordingly, the applicability of Halal tourism in Ethiopian context has been well appraised. The finding of this study reveals that there are misconception and misunderstandings among stakeholders and scholars on the concept of Halal tourism. Neither a clear definition is given for Halal tourism. Moreover, the study also approved that Ethiopia has both potentials opportunities and challenges to develop Halal tourism.

Çalışmada 2010-2017 yılları arasında sürdürülebilir turizm konusu ile ilgili uluslararası alan yazınında yayınlanan makalelerin belirli parametreler kapsamında incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmada, makalenin yayınlandığı dergi, yayınlanma yılı, sayfa ve yazar sayıları gibi parametreler kullanılmıştır. Bu parametreler doğrultusunda Social Science Citation Index'den yararlanılmış; Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Sustainability gibi dergiler taranarak 288 adet makale değerlendirilmiştir. Makalelere ait parametreler SPSS 21 istatistik programında frekans ve yüzde değerleri analizleri ile açıklanmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda en fazla makalenin Journal of Sustainable Tourism dergisinde, konu ile ilgili en çok makalenin 2017 yılında yazıldığı, yıllar itibari ile makale sayısının arttığı, iki yazarlı makalelerin çoğunlukta olduğu ve çalışmaların altı ile on sayfa aralıklarında yazıldığı tespit edilmiştir. Araştırma, yer ve süre açısından belirli parametrelerle sınırlı tutulmuştur. Gelecekte yapılacak benzer çalışmalar, araştırma yaklaşımları, atıf sayısı veri toplama yöntemleri, örneklem grubu, yazarların ünvanları gibi parametrelerle genişletilebilir. Ayrıca çalışmaya makaleler yanında lisansüstü tezler, kitap bölümleri ve bildirilerde eklenerek gelecekteki ilgili yazına olan katkının arttırılabileceği düşünülmektedir.