Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Tourism

Determinants of the Propensity for Innovation among Entrepreneurs in the Tourism Industry

“…For this reason, a greater understanding of the determinants of innovation within tourism would be useful for the pertinent literature and for enhancing business practices [140]. The results of this study have diverse theoretical implications that can reduce the current gap in the literature on innovative entrepreneurship in the tourism industry [22,141]. On the one hand, the results of this study prove that being a woman is a determining factor in entrepreneurial innovation in the tourism industry, despite the existence of results to the contrary in the literature [68,69,76,77,133,142].…”

“…A fundamental aspect in the study of the development of the tourism industry is the analysis of tourism entrepreneurs. Although entrepreneurship and innovation are central to the success and development of the tourism industry, there is scant literature on innovative entrepreneurship within the sector [22] and insufficient research on tourism innovation [23,24]. The literature on entrepreneurship in the tourism sector [25][26][27] has analysed such topics as tourism entrepreneurship [28][29][30], sustainable tourism entrepreneurship [31][32][33][34][35], innovation in restaurants [36,37] and the relationship between tourism entrepreneurship and innovation [38], but the factors that motivate the more or less innovative behaviour of the entrepreneur in tourism have not yet been studied, hence innovative behaviour remains subject to debate.…”

“…The value of this research is two-fold: (1) it will fill the gap in the literature on innovative touristic entrepreneurship [22,23]; (2) it will produce a profile of the entrepreneur, upon which governments could focus their aid, thus potentially affecting the industry with the greatest potential for innovation, as claimed in the body of literature [60,61], and contributing, through the improvement of its financial results, to the growth and wealth of their country [62].…”

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“…Studies on the tourism sector overemphasized the economic contribution of the sector (Chen & Chiou-Wei, 2009;Dritsakis, 2004;Lee & Chang, 2008); the studies of tourism enterprises not covered ASEAN Journal on Hospitality and Tourism the promotional issues of tourism enterprises rather they linked with tourism development in general, for instance (Parra López, Buhalis, & Fyall, 2009;Rogerson, 2008;Samuel, Masaki, 2009). Hence the study on the promotional issues of tourism enterprises should be added to the tourism literature.…”

“…However, tourism development highly depended on frequent innovations in services, up-gradation of facilities. Thus enterprises have a significant role in shaping the tourism facilities, but the contribution of tourism entrepreneurs has never been given due credit, especially in the field of tourism, and yet their contribution to be discussed in the level of attracting tourists and exchanging cultural values (Parra López et al, 2009). The discussion of tourism entrepreneurs and their role in the development of tourist destinations came from Butler (1980) in his 'Destination Life Cycle model' (Shaw and Williams, 1998), he stated as "when visitors numbers begin to increase in a destination, locals see the need to provide businesses and services to cater for the visitor needs and the economic opportunities this presented".…”