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The role of tourism entrepreneurial ecosystems to support sales growth of European countries

Mohammed El Amine Abdelli (Université de Bretagne Occidentale, LEGO, Brest, France)
Jean Moussavou (Department of Finance, Economics and Management Laboratory of Western Brittany (LEGO), CERIIM – Research Center in Managerial Intelligence and Innovation, Excelia Business School, La Rochelle, France)
Adriana Perez-Encinas (Department of Business Organization, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
Ernesto Rodríguez-Crespo (Department of Economic Structure and Development Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
Ana Pinto Borges (ISAG-European Business School, Porto, Portugal) (Research Center in Business Sciences and Tourism (CICET-FCVC), Porto, Portugal) (Research Centre in Organizations, Markets and Industrial Management (COMEGI), Porto, Portugal)
Atilla Akbaba (Faculty of Tourism, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey)
Thierry Levy-Tadjine (Laboratoire d'Economie Dionysien, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France)
Didier Chabaud (IAE de Paris – Sorbonne Business School, Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris, France)

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

ISSN: 1755-4217

Article publication date: 24 September 2024

Issue publication date: 3 December 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

Our comprehensive study, which is highly relevant to the current state of the tourism industry, investigated the extensive impact of tourism entrepreneurial ecosystems (TEE) on sales growth in European countries based on a sample of 109 entrepreneurs.

Design/methodology/approach

We studied 109 entrepreneurs in the tourism sector in Germany and France and analyzed the data using quantitative methods.

Findings

The results showed that financing and funding, networks, technological and international trade affect the sales growth of the tourism entrepreneurs. In addition, the uneducated workforce, legal and political factors as well as TEE do not influence the sales growth.

Originality/value

These findings have significant and practical implications for entrepreneurs and policymakers in the tourism industry, providing them with valuable insights for decision-making.

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Acknowledgements

We are very grateful to the World Bank for providing the data for our study.

Citation

Abdelli, M.E.A., Moussavou, J., Perez-Encinas, A., Rodríguez-Crespo, E., Pinto Borges, A., Akbaba, A., Levy-Tadjine, T. and Chabaud, D. (2024), "The role of tourism entrepreneurial ecosystems to support sales growth of European countries", Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, Vol. 16 No. 6, pp. 859-872. https://doi.org/10.1108/WHATT-08-2024-0198

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