Women Entrepreneurs and Tourism: An Investıgation on the Current Situation and Problems in Sinop Province

Authors

  • Gül Erkol Bayram Sinop Üniversitesi Turizm İşletmeciliği ve Otelcilik Yüksekokulu Turizm Rehberliği Bölümü, Sinop, Türkiye

Keywords:

Women Entrepreneurship, Women Employment on Tourism, Women Entrepreneurship on Tourism, Sinop

Abstract

It will be determined to the current situation of women contributing to the tourism as an entrepreneur; the analysis from the gender perspective and the effects on region tourism in research. Sinop province was determined as a research area; a semistructured interview was conducted as a data collection technique within the qualitative approach as a research method. Content analysis method was used as data analysis method. Interviews were performed with women entrepreneurship who has been resided in Sinop province and prepared, presented touristic product like local products, boutique restaurants, and handicrafts. Data shows that women entrepreneurs who have been resided in Sinop faced to some sociological problems such as role conflict, time limitation or role discrimination but the obstacles in front of women's work as entrepreneur and tourism professional decrease over time and the society contribute to creating a positive perception.

Published

2021-06-13

How to Cite

Erkol Bayram, G. (2021). Women Entrepreneurs and Tourism: An Investıgation on the Current Situation and Problems in Sinop Province. Journal of Business Research - Turk, 10(2), 56–88. Retrieved from https://isarder.org/index.php/isarder/article/view/560

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