 Adarsh Bhavish Dayal

 S11159560
Ll,ml,  Lautoka Campus

Research Project: Draft of introduction

 Topic:
Tourism micro-businesses as a vehicle for self-determination.
 Question:
Why are tourism micro-businesses considered as ones vehicle for self- determination?
 Objectives:
1) The main objective of this research project is to find out that how does tourism micro-
businesses act as a vehicle for self-determination for those who are involved in the
micro-businesses in the tourism industry.
2) Furthermore, it will also focus on determining the challenges that are faced by the
micro-businesses in the tourism industry.

Tourism Micro-businesses as a Vehicle for Self-determination.

In the less developed countries, the tourism industry plays a major role in the economy whereby it
gives turn to new developments and also allows entry for micro-businesses in the market. Micro-
businesses in the tourism industry are mostly ventured by the host community, thus, it helps to
generate income from the tourism activities for the host community, (Morais, Ferreira, Nazariadli,
2017). Moreover, the tourism micro-businesses are considered as a vehicle for self-determination
for the host communities. The involvement of the host communities in the tourism micro-business
helps to improve the economic betterments of the people in the less developed countries and also
leads to self-determination.

Furthermore, as mentioned, tourism micro-businesses are considered as a vehicle for self-

determination because it gives the sense of self ownership and decision making. Micro-businesses
usually require lower capital investment and deals with employing less than fifteen employees and
this gives a direct control to the owners of the business to make self- decisions on capital
investments. In addition, the host communities (micro-businesses) get a chance to showcase their
talents (such as handicrafts, local food displays and other local confectionaries) to the tourists,
(Morais, Ferreira, Nazariadli, 2017). With this, the micro-businesses in the tourism industry, helps to
generate income (revenue sources) and it also helps in improving ones living standard. Therefore,
due to the economic benefits created through operating micro-businesses in the tourism industry, it
acts as one’s vehicle for self-determination and economic development takes place.

Moving on, despite the greater economic benefits of micro-businesses in the tourism industry, the
micro-businesses have to face some challengers (both internal and external risks) while operating in
the tourism industry. Firstly, the micro-businesses in the host community have to face a lot of
competition from the international, (Thiagarajan, 2019). Mostly the tourism businesses in the less
developed countries consists of international tourism companies and investors. Thus, due to rigid
competitions and standards set by the international tourism businesses, the micro-businesses are
not able to survive for a longer period of time, (Thiagarajan, 2019). The second challenge faced by
the tourism micro-businesses in the less developed countries deals with improper management
policies. Most of the micro-businesses in the less developed countries are managed by family
members and are not always aware of the management policies and principles. Thus, due to
improper management policies and strategies by the members, the micro-businesses fail to continue
with the management operations, (Thiagarajan, 2019).

The concept of micro-businesses in the less developed countries around the world are very much
relevant to the Pacific islands. It is whereby even the micro-businesses in the Pacific countries are
also facing stiff competition from the international tourism businesses. Most of the micro-businesses
in the Pacific are closing operations because the micro-businesses are not able to meet the
international standards. Therefore, due to the adverse competitions from the global markets, the
micro-businesses in the host communities are not able to perform well. Moreover, as mentioned
most of the micro-businesses are managed by family members, therefore, due to improper
management of the business, the micro-businesses fail to operate and later on ceases operation.
References

Thiagarajan, D. (2019). Challenges Faced by Micro and Small Businesses in Belize. International

Journal of Business and Applied Social Science, [online] 5(3), pp.1-5. Available at:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332102752_Challenges_Faced_by_Micro_and_Small_Busin
esses_in_Belize/citation/download. [Accessed 18 Feb. 2020]

Morais, D. B., Ferreira, B. S., Nazariadli, S., & Ghahramani, L. (2017). Tourism
microentrepreneurship knowledge cogeneration. In Knowledge Transfer to and
within Tourism: Academic, Industry and Government Bridges (pp. 73–95).
Emerald Publishing Limited.