1st Edition
Gender, Tourism Entrepreneurship and Social Policy
1 Introduction to Gender, Tourism Entrepreneurship and Social Policy
Anna De Jong, Michael Zisuh Ngoasong and Albert Nsom Kimbu
2 Tourism, Gender Entrepreneurship and Social Policy: A Case Study of Peru
Shyla Del‑Aguila‑Arcentales, Aldo Alvarez‑Risco and Jaime A. Yáñez
3 Legitimacy‑Seeking in Women’s Tourism Entrepreneurship Experience in Turkey
Gizem Kutlu
4 Hotel House‑Keepreneurship: Case Study of "Las Kellys" in Spain
Almudena Otegui Carles, José A. Fraiz‑Brea and Noelia Araújo Vila
5 Women Entrepreneurs Sense‑Making of Policy Supports in Context of Rural Tourism in Kazakhstan
Aliya Tankibayeva, Sandy Macdonald and Akbota Saduakassova
6 Social Policies for Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in the Tourism Industry in Kenya
Rehema Mugendi‑Kiarie
7 The Gendered Dynamics of Financing Tourism Entrepreneurship
Anna De Jong, Michael Zisuh Ngoasong and Albert Nsom Kimbu
8 Ethnotourism and Buen Vivir: Gendered Pathways to Sustainable Tourism Development in Colombia
Andrés Morales Pachón and Sara Calvo Martinez
9 Towards a Framework for Enabling Resilience for Sustainability in Women‑Owned Tourism Businesses
Michael Zisuh Ngoasong
10 Conclusion: The Imperative of Gender and Social Policy in Tourism Entrepreneurship Research
Anna De Jong and Albert Nsom Kimbu
Biography
Anna de Jong is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism in the College of Social Sciences in the School of Social and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. Anna is the Director of Research, within the School of Social & Environmental Sustainability. Anna is an interdisciplinary social scientist, with a background in human geography and tourism management. Her research takes focus with the relationships between tourism and place, guided by wider concerns of inequality and accessibility.
Michael Zisuh Ngoasong is a Professor of Entrepreneurship in the School for Business and Society at the University of York, UK; a Visiting Professor at The Open University, UK, where he is affiliated with the Centre for Social and Sustainable Enterprise; and a Senior Research Associate in the School of Hospitality and Tourism at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Michael is the author of Women’s Entrepreneurial Journeys in Sub‑Saharan Africa (2023).
Albert Nsom Kimbu is a Reader and Head of the Tourism and Transport Department in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Surrey Guildford, UK. He is also a Senior Research Associate in the School of Tourism and Hospitality at the University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Albert consults and has published widely on topics related to gender, entrepreneurship and tourism for equitable and inclusive development. He is the co‑editor of Routledge Handbook on Gender in Tourism: Views on Teaching, Research and Praxis (Routledge, 2024).
