Purpose – Sal Island has been the object of strong tourism development in the last decades, to the point that Cape … Verde is now the African country with the highest relative weight of tourism in employment and economy. This study aims at … knowing: the perceptions of Sal residents towards the environmental, cultural, social and economic impacts of tourism activity …

family tourism business, and the extent to which owner‐managers and their enterprises can be classified as entrepreneurial … organisational context within which entrepreneurs are embedded. Originality/value – The tourism industry has been deliberately … family tourism businesses as a manifestation of entrepreneurship as broadly conceived.  …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the entrepreneurial behaviour of small tourism businesses and their … recently seen a large expansion in the tourism sector. Findings – The paper identifies a number of important criteria for the … effective interaction of private‐public sectors as well as illustrating how small tourism firm owners are facing challenges in …

analyze their tourism appeal. This study considers three elements of SC which play a role in event planning (motivation …, internal network creation, and leadership) and analyzes their impact on the local tourism industry. Design … with tourism appeal and impact data obtained from the same survey, and the statistical significance of the differences …

of affective destination image have a great influence on the image of rural sport event tourism destinations. Research …

Purpose – Researchers studying festivals have overlooked exhibitors as a population within tourism research. Instead …

tourism/sports authorities, and representatives from the private sector. The data was further enhanced by an extensive review … diversification plans and tourism‐related policies as well as social development strategies. Another identified driver is linked to … foundation for much needed future evaluation studies on the country's tourism strategies and trends as well as events' impacts …

impacts research at a variety of sport tourism events and locations. Additional analysis was performed on a number of socio … social impacts of sport tourism events in transition countries. It also extends social exchange theory and reports validity …

, generic tourism, and urban restructuring, there has not been given to date attention on the prospects for sport tourism … for the development of sport tourism. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach was employed by conducting nine … semi‐structured interviews with Athens’ tourism/administrative officials and analyzing them in line with pertinent …