TY - CHAP
T1 - Tourism microentrepreneurship knowledge cogeneration
AU - Morais, Duarte B.
AU - Ferreira, Bruno S.
AU - Nazariadli, Shahab
AU - Ghahramani, Ladan
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Rural subaltern people are generally relegated to the role of passive tourees, allowed to informally glean bits of income not worthwhile to the formal tourism industry. However, under some circumstances, microentrepreneurs find ways to take advantage of opportunities afforded by tourism to improve their livelihoods and gain human agency. The People-First Tourism Lab employs a participatory action research methodology to investigate tourism microen-trepreneurship and its effect on participating individuals and communities. In this chapter, the authors provide a background of the project implemented in the State of North Carolina, USA, explain the research methodology, and outline current and forthcoming efforts.
AB - Rural subaltern people are generally relegated to the role of passive tourees, allowed to informally glean bits of income not worthwhile to the formal tourism industry. However, under some circumstances, microentrepreneurs find ways to take advantage of opportunities afforded by tourism to improve their livelihoods and gain human agency. The People-First Tourism Lab employs a participatory action research methodology to investigate tourism microen-trepreneurship and its effect on participating individuals and communities. In this chapter, the authors provide a background of the project implemented in the State of North Carolina, USA, explain the research methodology, and outline current and forthcoming efforts.
KW - Microentrepreneurship
KW - Participatory action research
KW - People-First tourism
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U2 - 10.1108/S2042-144320170000008006
DO - 10.1108/S2042-144320170000008006
M3 - Chapter
T3 - Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice
SP - 73
EP - 95
BT - Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice
PB - Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
ER -