Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Rural Tourism Development

The tourism industry is seen as capable of being an agent of change in the landscape of economic, social and environment of a tourist destination. Tourism activity has also generated employment and entrepreneurship opportunities to the local community as well as using available resources as touris...

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Main Authors: Sharif, Norhafiza Md, Lonik, Ku Azam Tuan
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2014
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description The tourism industry is seen as capable of being an agent of change in the landscape of economic, social and environment of a tourist destination. Tourism activity has also generated employment and entrepreneurship opportunities to the local community as well as using available resources as tourist attractions. The tourism sector has the potential to be a catalyst for the development of entrepreneurship and small business performance. Through the development of tourism, the rural community has the opportunity to offer services or sell products to the both local and foreign tourists. To fulfill this purpose, local community participation in entrepreneurship is very important in order to develope the economic potential and to determine the direction of a development in rural areas. In the context of entrepreneurship, local participation is important not only as an entrepreneur and labor in this sector as well as complementary sectors of the others, but they can serve to encourage the involvement of other residents to join together to develop this entrepreneurial. This article aims to discuss the extent of entrepreneurship as a catalyst to the development of tourism in rural areas. Through active participation among community members, rural entrepreneurship will hopefully move towards prosperity and success of rural development.
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spelling usm-389792018-02-20T03:21:50Z http://eprints.usm.my/38979/ Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Rural Tourism Development Sharif, Norhafiza Md Lonik, Ku Azam Tuan LC5800-5808 Distance education. The tourism industry is seen as capable of being an agent of change in the landscape of economic, social and environment of a tourist destination. Tourism activity has also generated employment and entrepreneurship opportunities to the local community as well as using available resources as tourist attractions. The tourism sector has the potential to be a catalyst for the development of entrepreneurship and small business performance. Through the development of tourism, the rural community has the opportunity to offer services or sell products to the both local and foreign tourists. To fulfill this purpose, local community participation in entrepreneurship is very important in order to develope the economic potential and to determine the direction of a development in rural areas. In the context of entrepreneurship, local participation is important not only as an entrepreneur and labor in this sector as well as complementary sectors of the others, but they can serve to encourage the involvement of other residents to join together to develop this entrepreneurial. This article aims to discuss the extent of entrepreneurship as a catalyst to the development of tourism in rural areas. Through active participation among community members, rural entrepreneurship will hopefully move towards prosperity and success of rural development. EDP Sciences 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/38979/1/Entrepreneurship_as_a_Catalyst_for_Rural_Tourism_Development.pdf Sharif, Norhafiza Md and Lonik, Ku Azam Tuan (2014) Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Rural Tourism Development. SHS Web of Conferences, 12 (01087). p. 2014. ISSN 2261-2424 https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20141201087
spellingShingle LC5800-5808 Distance education.
Sharif, Norhafiza Md
Lonik, Ku Azam Tuan
Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Rural Tourism Development
title Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Rural Tourism Development
title_full Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Rural Tourism Development
title_fullStr Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Rural Tourism Development
title_full_unstemmed Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Rural Tourism Development
title_short Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Rural Tourism Development
title_sort entrepreneurship as a catalyst for rural tourism development
topic LC5800-5808 Distance education.
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