Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Industry: A Bibliometric Study
Women’s entrepreneurship in the tourism industry plays a vital role in promoting economic growth, advancing gender equality, and encouraging innovation. Female entrepreneurs contribute to the diversification of tourism services, job generation, and the revitalization of local economies. This study e...
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| author | Ainhoa del Pino Rodríguez-Vera Dolores Rando-Cueto Carlos de las Heras Pedrosa |
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| description | Women’s entrepreneurship in the tourism industry plays a vital role in promoting economic growth, advancing gender equality, and encouraging innovation. Female entrepreneurs contribute to the diversification of tourism services, job generation, and the revitalization of local economies. This study employs data from the Web of Science database to examine research on tourism and female entrepreneurship over the past two decades. The primary goals are to explore emerging trends, publishing patterns, and the geographical regions most active in this area of research, as well as to identify the key journals, authors, and keywords shaping the field. The bibliometric analysis uncovers the progression of academic studies and highlights regions with significant research activity. While female entrepreneurship is a driving force for economic development and gender equity in tourism, persistent obstacles, such as limited research in certain areas and barriers to women’s participation, remain. This work underscores the increasing significance of women’s contributions to tourism and offers a framework for future studies and policies aimed at fostering gender equality and sustainable economic development. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6525d550b2ec4155a3ec302f228f0cbf2025-08-20T02:17:14ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872025-04-0115413010.3390/admsci15040130Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Industry: A Bibliometric StudyAinhoa del Pino Rodríguez-Vera0Dolores Rando-Cueto1Carlos de las Heras Pedrosa2Faculty of Communication Sciences, Malaga University, 29010 Malaga, SpainFaculty of Marketing and Management, Malaga University, 29010 Malaga, SpainFaculty of Communication Sciences, Malaga University, 29010 Malaga, SpainWomen’s entrepreneurship in the tourism industry plays a vital role in promoting economic growth, advancing gender equality, and encouraging innovation. Female entrepreneurs contribute to the diversification of tourism services, job generation, and the revitalization of local economies. This study employs data from the Web of Science database to examine research on tourism and female entrepreneurship over the past two decades. The primary goals are to explore emerging trends, publishing patterns, and the geographical regions most active in this area of research, as well as to identify the key journals, authors, and keywords shaping the field. The bibliometric analysis uncovers the progression of academic studies and highlights regions with significant research activity. While female entrepreneurship is a driving force for economic development and gender equity in tourism, persistent obstacles, such as limited research in certain areas and barriers to women’s participation, remain. This work underscores the increasing significance of women’s contributions to tourism and offers a framework for future studies and policies aimed at fostering gender equality and sustainable economic development.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/15/4/130gendertourism sectorgender equalityfemale innovatorslocal economic growthhospitality |
| spellingShingle | Ainhoa del Pino Rodríguez-Vera Dolores Rando-Cueto Carlos de las Heras Pedrosa Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Industry: A Bibliometric Study Administrative Sciences gender tourism sector gender equality female innovators local economic growth hospitality |
| title | Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Industry: A Bibliometric Study |
| title_full | Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Industry: A Bibliometric Study |
| title_fullStr | Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Industry: A Bibliometric Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Industry: A Bibliometric Study |
| title_short | Women’s Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Industry: A Bibliometric Study |
| title_sort | women s entrepreneurship in the tourism industry a bibliometric study |
| topic | gender tourism sector gender equality female innovators local economic growth hospitality |
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