Impacts of Social Entrepreneurship in Tourism. A study on volunteer tourism: A study on volunteer tourism
Author
Jantes, Marina Andreea
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2016
Submitted on
2016-11-29
Pages
69
Abstract
This thesis examines how social entrepreneurship in tourism affects local host communities, focusing on volunteer tourism in Ubud, Bali. Guided by the research question on the impacts of social entrepreneurship on communities, it adopts a qualitative, exploratory, constructivist case study design. Data were gathered through ethnographic fieldwork, including participant observation, unstructured and semi-structured interviews, and field notes, complemented by secondary sources. VP Bali, a nonprofit that places volunteer English teachers, serves as the case to explore the role of the social entrepreneur, how the organization mediates relationships between volunteers and communities, and potential economic, psychological (including women’s), and social empowerment outcomes alongside cross-cultural exchange. The thesis critically assesses the outcomes of volunteer work and the personal changes volunteers experience. VP Bali is presented as an example of how social entrepreneurship may foster positive social change, while the study primarily maps possible impacts rather than offering definitive conclusions.
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan socialt iværksætteri i turismen påvirker lokale værtsamfund, med særlig fokus på frivillig turisme i Ubud, Bali. Udgangspunktet er forskningsspørgsmålet om, hvilke virkninger socialt iværksætteri i turisme har for lokalsamfund, og studiet anvender en kvalitativ, eksplorativ og konstruktivistisk case-tilgang. Empirien blev indsamlet gennem etnografisk feltarbejde, herunder deltagende observation, ustrukturerede og semistrukturerede interviews samt feltoptegnelser, suppleret af sekundære kilder. VP Bali, en nonprofit-organisation der formidler frivillige som engelsklærere, fungerer som case til at belyse den sociale entreprenørs rolle, organisationens betydning for relationen mellem frivillige og lokalsamfund, og de mulige økonomiske, psykologiske (herunder kvinders) og sociale empowerment-effekter samt interkulturel udveksling. Specialet foretager en kritisk vurdering af resultaterne af frivilliges arbejde og de personlige forandringer, de gennemgår. VP Bali præsenteres som et eksempel på, hvordan socialt iværksætteri kan fremme positiv social forandring, men undersøgelsen søger primært at udforske mulige påvirkninger frem for at levere endegyldige konklusioner.
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