Can Tourism Social Entrepreneurship Organizations Contribute to the Development of Ecotourism and Local Communities: Understanding the Perception of Local Communities
| Autor: | András Jancsik, Zsófia Csilla Szalók, Harshavardhan Reddy Kummitha, Naveen Kolloju |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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local communities
Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Social entrepreneurship Rationality Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Renewable energy sources tourism-based social entrepreneurship GE1-350 Sociology Community development Research question Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Building and Construction Public relations ecosystem sustainability Environmental sciences ecotourism Social exchange theory Ecotourism Sustainability business Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11031, p 11031 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 19 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su131911031 |
| Popis: | The literature emphasizes that tourism social entrepreneurs play an important role in the adoption of sustainable strategies to achieve social, environmental, and community development. Yet, there is limited research that aims to understand the relationship between local communities and tourism social entrepreneurship empirically. Building around social exchange theory and Weber’s theory of substantive and formal rationality, this study addresses the following research question: how do local communities perceive the role of tourism social entrepreneurship (TSE) in the development of ecotourism destinations? A total of 362 community employees of two ecotourism organizations in India participated in the survey. Analytically, this study validated the measurement model and tested hypotheses using structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings reveal that the economic benefits and environmental sustainability are the main influencing factors that are appreciated by the communities. However, we found variance in the community perceptions with regard to several factors being studied in the two TSEs we studied. This study recommends that in order to contribute to the development of ecotourism and local communities there is an urge to build strong ties among different stakeholders at the local level. |
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