The rapidly developing relationship between tourism and creativity, arguably heralds a
'creative turn'in tourism studies. Creativity has been employed to transform traditional …

Purpose The aim of this paper is to verify whether, in the tourism sector, the “family business
model” is an important development opportunity and, in particular, if it is an innovation driver …

Rural territories may benefit from the entrepreneurial dynamics created by small tourism
businesses, especially if associated to lifestyle motivations of respective entrepreneurs …

Sustainable tourism can be the motivation to manage resources to satisfy environmental,
social and economic needs through cultural integrity, biological diversity, ecological …

This study explores the essence of 'creativity'in 'creative tourism'from a tourist perspective.
Creative tourism is receiving an increasing amount of attention, although the concept …

Innovation and entrepreneurship provide essential value to the advancement and quality of
the international tourism industry. For Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs) …

Although cultural tourists increasingly seek to experience cultural events actively and to
directly engage in creative activities, empirical knowledge about the creative tourist remains …

The present study takes issue with the uniform conceptualization of lifestyle entrepreneurs in
previous research by drawing on identity theory and life-story interviews with lifestyle …

Research increasingly shows interest in the motives and characteristics of entrepreneurs in
the tourism and hospitality industry. Small and medium-sized family firms dominate this …

The complex nature of tourism, its strong inter-sectoral relationships and regional dimension
challenge innovation. The advent of smart specialisation, which focuses on regional …