Informal tourism entrepreneurs’ capital usage and conversion

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ID23150174
AutoresErdinç Çakmak (0000-0002-2095-3234, Academy for Tourism, NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda, Netherlands, autor correspondente), Rico Lie (0000-0003-4228-5107, Knowledge, Technology and Innovation, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands), Tom Selwyn (SOAS University of London)
Ano2019
Volume22
Fascículo18
Páginas2250-2265
Data de publicação2019-11-08
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCurrent Issues in Tourism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1368-3500 • E-ISSN: 1747-7603
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13683500.2018.1448763
OpenAlexW2793225402
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas55

This article examines informal entrepreneurs’ capital usage and conversion in the Thai tourism sector. On the Bourdieusian assumption that people perpetually transform tangible and intangible forms of capital, this study seeks to answer how informal tourism entrepreneurs transform intangible capital into tangible capital, and vice versa, at different stages of their development process. A visual dataset of 78 filmed interviews and of 426 photographs of informal entrepreneurs in three tourist-island destinations in Thailand was compiled and analysed using thematic qualitative analysis. The results show the importance of diversification of capital mix at informal entrepreneurs’ different development stages. Whereas cultural and symbolic capital are more salient for freelancers and small-size entrepreneurs, economic and social capital are more important for mid-size and large informal entrepreneurs. Furthermore, this study introduces dream capital as a new form of capital. Developing countries are recommended to introduce a policy on profiling informal tourism entrepreneurs so that the appropriate level of regulation can be applied in order to maintain or increase their benefits to society.

Business · Capital (architecture) · Cultural capital · Diversification (marketing strategy) · Economic capital · Economic growth · Economics · Financial capital · Human capital · Individual capital · Informal sector · Political science · Social capital · Sociology · Tourism · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Marketing