Reframing informal tourism entrepreneurial practices: capital and field relations structuring the informal tourism economy of Chiang Mai
This article examines the types of capitals possessed by informal tourism entrepreneurs and locates their value within the field relations that orders their contribution to the tourism system. Bourdieu’s theory on fields and capitals was applied to ethnographic narrative accounts of stakeholders in...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2018
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52383/ |
| _version_ | 1848798713394233344 |
|---|---|
| author | Çakmak, Erdinç Lie, Rico McCabe, Scott |
| author_facet | Çakmak, Erdinç Lie, Rico McCabe, Scott |
| author_sort | Çakmak, Erdinç |
| building | Nottingham Research Data Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | This article examines the types of capitals possessed by informal tourism entrepreneurs and locates their value within the field relations that orders their contribution to the tourism system. Bourdieu’s theory on fields and capitals was applied to ethnographic narrative accounts of stakeholders in tourism in Chiang Mai, Thailand to assess these roles. Informal entrepreneurs have limited access to resources and their perspectives are excluded from academic debates and policy initiatives. The paper identifies the dynamism, positive social capital, flexibility, and symbolic capital of informal entrepreneurs. These are related to the field conditions that determine and structure their contribution to tourism destinations. The analysis reveals the importance of collaboration between informal entrepreneurs and other stakeholders, concluding with recommendations for policy makers. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T20:24:09Z |
| format | Article |
| id | nottingham-52383 |
| institution | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T20:24:09Z |
| publishDate | 2018 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | nottingham-523832020-05-04T19:50:25Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52383/ Reframing informal tourism entrepreneurial practices: capital and field relations structuring the informal tourism economy of Chiang Mai Çakmak, Erdinç Lie, Rico McCabe, Scott This article examines the types of capitals possessed by informal tourism entrepreneurs and locates their value within the field relations that orders their contribution to the tourism system. Bourdieu’s theory on fields and capitals was applied to ethnographic narrative accounts of stakeholders in tourism in Chiang Mai, Thailand to assess these roles. Informal entrepreneurs have limited access to resources and their perspectives are excluded from academic debates and policy initiatives. The paper identifies the dynamism, positive social capital, flexibility, and symbolic capital of informal entrepreneurs. These are related to the field conditions that determine and structure their contribution to tourism destinations. The analysis reveals the importance of collaboration between informal entrepreneurs and other stakeholders, concluding with recommendations for policy makers. Elsevier 2018-09 Article PeerReviewed Çakmak, Erdinç, Lie, Rico and McCabe, Scott (2018) Reframing informal tourism entrepreneurial practices: capital and field relations structuring the informal tourism economy of Chiang Mai. Annals of Tourism Research, 72 . pp. 37-47. ISSN 0160-7383 Informal tourism economy; entrepreneurship; fields; capitals; Bourdieu; Thailand https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160738318300628 doi:10.1016/j.annals.2018.06.003 doi:10.1016/j.annals.2018.06.003 |
| spellingShingle | Informal tourism economy; entrepreneurship; fields; capitals; Bourdieu; Thailand Çakmak, Erdinç Lie, Rico McCabe, Scott Reframing informal tourism entrepreneurial practices: capital and field relations structuring the informal tourism economy of Chiang Mai |
| title | Reframing informal tourism entrepreneurial practices: capital and field relations structuring the informal tourism economy of Chiang Mai |
| title_full | Reframing informal tourism entrepreneurial practices: capital and field relations structuring the informal tourism economy of Chiang Mai |
| title_fullStr | Reframing informal tourism entrepreneurial practices: capital and field relations structuring the informal tourism economy of Chiang Mai |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reframing informal tourism entrepreneurial practices: capital and field relations structuring the informal tourism economy of Chiang Mai |
| title_short | Reframing informal tourism entrepreneurial practices: capital and field relations structuring the informal tourism economy of Chiang Mai |
| title_sort | reframing informal tourism entrepreneurial practices: capital and field relations structuring the informal tourism economy of chiang mai |
| topic | Informal tourism economy; entrepreneurship; fields; capitals; Bourdieu; Thailand |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52383/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52383/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52383/ |