Is homestay service an ideal business opportunity for women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4388749 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Millo Yaja (0000-0003-4590-4970, Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management Mizoram University Aizawl India), Anuj Kumar (0000-0002-1205-2794, Department of Management Apeejay School of Management Delhi India, corresponding author), G Anjaneya Swamy (Department of Tourism and Travel Management Central University of Andhra Pradesh Anantapur India), Himanshu Bhusan Rout (0000-0002-9091-3465, Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management Mizoram University Aizawl India) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 248 |
| Pages | 463-477 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/issj.12409 |
| OpenAlex | W4362699224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 32 |
Homestay services are one of the booming concepts for local community participation in the tourism industry. Participation of women in community-based tourism activities is getting attention from academic stakeholders, but the women in the homestay services section need special focus. Hence, this study explores the opinions of female homestay service providers about their experiences in running homestays. In this study, 62 women were interviewed in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The study extracted women's perceptions of homestay service in tourism. A semi-structured questionnaire, interviews and participant observations were used to collect primary data. Homestay service is found to be an ideal profession for married women as it gives them the opportunity to fulfil other family duties, though it is not a compulsion in all cases. Women were also found to feel a sense of recognition through such participation in tourism. Participating in homestay services was found to be a source of meeting peers, building social networks and a sense of exposure to the outside world. The findings of the study will be insightful for implementing schemes related to women's empowerment and rural development. These findings confirm the mass migration of the rural population towards metro cities can also be curved by engaging more people in tourism and allied businesses locally
Business · Economic growth · Empowerment · Focus group · Political science · Population · Public relations · Service (business) · Service provider · Sociology · Tourism · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Marketing · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |