Employment in the tourism industry: A pathway to entrepreneurship for Ugandan youth

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dc.contributor.authorDawa, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorJeppesen, Søren
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-07T17:27:44Z
dc.date.available2023-01-07T17:27:44Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe world tourism industry has grown steadily as a result of the rising incomes of the global middle class and increased awareness of new travel destinations. Given that it is a services-based industry, tourism comprises labour-intensive growth sectors that employ a considerable (and growing) number of people. Accordingly, the industry also holds potential for young people in terms of providing entrepreneurial opportunities and/or employment. The sustained growth of the tourism industry has also meant that an increasing number of travellers now visit destinations in Africa, including Uganda. The country’s numerous tourist attractions have enabled it to benefit from the increased number of foreign tourists – which reached close to one million in 2010 (World Travel and Tourism Council, 2011) – as well as from the rapidly growing local demand for services. The industry comprises three main subsectors: hotels and lodging, tour operators, and suppliers of associated goods and services. While the activities of all three subsectors are closely intertwined, this chapter focuses on hotels and lodging and their suppliers. Although the hotels and lodging subsector offers a number of entrepreneurial opportunities, youth entrepreneurship is limited as most young people are unlikely to have the requisite financial resources to start even a small bed-andbreakfast. Accordingly, the most active participants in the hotels and lodging subsector in Uganda are foreign firms and local investors with substantial means. Still, young entrepreneurs have a wide range of options available in terms of supplying goods and services such as food, beverages, equipment, information and communication technology (ICT), and janitorial and transport services. This chapter seeks to contribute to the literature on youth employment and entrepreneurship by focusing on the nature of youth participation in the tourism industry in Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. In this study we seek to gain an insight into how and why young people engage in the sector and their aspirations for the future.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDawa, S., & Jeppesen, S. (2016). Employment in the tourism industry: A pathway to entrepreneurship for Ugandan youth. In Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 206-216). Routledge.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781315730257-21/employment-tourism-industry-samuel-dawa-s%C3%B8ren-jeppesen
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6845
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.subjectTourism industryen_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurshipen_US
dc.subjectUgandan youthen_US
dc.titleEmployment in the tourism industry: A pathway to entrepreneurship for Ugandan youthen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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