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Social Entrepreneurship as a tool for promoting Global Citizenship in Island Tourism Destination Management Dr. Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar Mauritius Institute of Education, School of Art and Humanities, Reduit, Mauritius Drs. Jos van der Sterren NTHV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda, The Netherlands Dr. Hugues Séraphin The University of Winchester, Faculty of Business, Law and Sport, Winchester, England Submitted: 17th July 2014; Resubmitted: 15th November 2014; Accepted: 2nd December 2014. e-ISSN: 2014-4458 Abstract Resumen While on one hand, social entrepreneurship, as a new Mientras que por un lado, el emprendimiento social como movement, is being spearheaded by individuals to make the un nuevo movimiento, es impulsada por los individuos para world a better place, on the other hand, small islands, domi- hacer del mundo un lugar mejor, por otro lado, las peque- nated by Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) seem to have ñas islas, con predominio de las micro y pequeñas empresas overlooked this emerging concept in their tourism manage- (MYPE) parecen haber pasado por alto las nuevas iniciativas ment initiatives. The work of Séraphin (2012) highlighted de concepto en la gestión del turismo. El trabajo de Séraphin two important social entrepreneurship schemes in Haiti, but (2012) hizo sobresalir dos importantes planes de emprendi- failed to shed light on its relevance and implications for is- miento social en Haití, pero olvidó aclararnos sobre la impor- land tourism. Similarly, in Mauritius, the Ministry of Tourism tancia y las implicaciones para el turismo insular. Del mismo and Leisure is engaged in various tourism management initia- modo, en la Isla Mauricio, el Ministerio de Turismo y Ocio tives aligned with the governmental vision called ‘Maurice Ile participa en varias iniciativas de gestión turística alineados Durable’ (MID), but, social entrepreneurship is not conside- con la visión gubernamental llamada ‘Maurice Ile Durable’ red in the tourism plan.
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