Female entrepreneurship in the tourism sector: a bibliometric analysis

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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-653

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female entrepreneurship, tourism, women, gender, economic development, bibliometric analysis, entrepreneurship, innovation

Abstract

Introduction: Female entrepreneurship in the tourism sector drives economic development, fosters gender equality and promotes innovation. Women entrepreneurs diversify tourism offerings, create jobs and revitalise local communities. Methodology: This study analyses research on tourism and female entrepreneurship using the Web of Science database, covering the last two decades. Its objectives are to identify trends, publication patterns, and geographical areas with the highest research activity, and to determine the most influential journals, authors, and keywords in this field. Results: The bibliometric analysis reveals how research has evolved and highlights the regions with the highest activity. Discussion: Female entrepreneurship is crucial for economic development and gender equality in tourism, although challenges remain such as lack of research in some regions and barriers to female participation. Conclusions: The study highlights the growing importance of women's role in tourism and provides a basis for future research and policies to promote gender equality and sustainable economic growth.

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Ainhoa Rodríguez Vera, University of Malaga

She currently holds a FPI (Personal Investigador en Formación) grant from the Spanish Government. Graduate in Tourism from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and graduated in the Master E-Tourism: Applying Technology to Tourism Management and Sales from the University of Malaga. She is currently a PhD student of Tourism at the University of Malaga. She has worked in a technology company specialising in tourism, as an account of hotels and hotel chains on a pricing intelligence tool, as well as in the development of smart reports to tourist destinations.

Dolores Rando Cueto, University of Malaga

PhD in Communication (Inter-University Programme of the universities of Cadiz, Huelva, Malaga and Seville), accredited as a contracted lecturer and private university lecturer by ANECA; degree in Journalism and degree in Publicity and Public Relations. She is currently contracted by the University of Malaga and is the recipient of a Margarita Salas grant from the Spanish Ministry of Universities, with a stay at the University of Seville. She has a Master's Degree in Journalism Research and is a University Expert in Communication, Protocol and Organisation of Institutional and Corporate Events (UMA).

Carlos De Las Heras Pedrosa, University of Malaga

PhD in Publicity and Public Relations. He is Professor of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the University of Malaga. For eight years he has held the position of Vice-Rector of Institutional Relations and Cabinet of the Rector of the University of Malaga. His research production focuses on three areas: Startups and Entrepreneurship Communication, Health and Wellbeing Communication and Tourism and Institutional Communication. He has been a visiting researcher at the University of Miami (USA), the University of Sheffield, Cardiff University, the University of Leeds (UK) and the University of Furtwangen (GER). He has also been visiting professor of PhD programmes at the University of Guadalajara (Mexico) and at the Universities of Oriente, Unellez and Zulia (Venezuela).

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2024-09-16

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Rodríguez Vera, A., Rando Cueto, D., & De Las Heras Pedrosa, C. (2024). Female entrepreneurship in the tourism sector: a bibliometric analysis. European Public & Social Innovation Review, 9, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2024-653

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