The module explores the importance of entrepreneurial strategies for the tourism and hospitality sector. Topics covered will include: Understanding the Conceptual basis of Tourism; Introduction and Overview to the Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurial Process; Sustaining Creative Entrepreneurship: the Role of Innovation Systems; Women Empowerment Entrepreneurship Nexus in Tourism; Entrepreneurs, Institutions and Institutional Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Tourism; Entrepreneurial Crafts and Tourism Industry; Tourism Entrepreneurship and Regional Development; Entrepreneurial Wildlife Exploitation; Bridging the Global local divide; Building institutional, economic and social capacities; The public policy context of Tourism Entrepreneurship; ICT for Entrepreneurship and SMTEs; Access to Finance; Tourism Distribution from Structure to Strategy; Understanding and Influencing the Entrepreneurial intention of Tourism Students.
