Resilience of tourism entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Resilience is an important tourism research topic but it remains predominantly underexplored in the area of entrepreneurial resilience. In particular, the drivers and mechanisms underpinning how small tourism businesses develop resilience and whether they are capable of sustaining resilience through different adversity types remain unchartered. Additionally, linkages between the resilience of the entrepreneur and business resilience remain unclear. Thus, by adopting a qualitative methodology, this working paper explores how small tourism entrepreneurs develop resilience in Sri Lanka. Thus, the study uncovers the complex mechanisms that could transform personal resilience into business resilience in small tourism businesses. Findings will have implications for theory and practice. Show more