Growth of Small Scale Industries
The issues and challenges faced by the small scale tourism industries are the main aim of this essay in the essay it is critically analysed the difficulties and problems faced by the small scale industry and a lot of research is done on the small scale industries and it is discussed and argued in the essay. It is said that small scale industry is a very vital part of the tourism industry and economically it contributes a lot to the economy which is being talked about. Issues like innovative way of planning should be used by the small scale industries and also the effect of government policies on the small scale tourism is being discussed in the study.
The aim of this essay is to critically explore the challenges and issues faced by the small tourism business. As we all know that tourism industry has a very significant percussion upon societies, environment and economies (Cooper 2005). According to Cooper (2005) “tourism directly or indirectly generates and supports 195 million jobs globally. This is equivalent to 7.6% of the world’s workforce and is forecast to raise over 250 million jobs in 2010. At the same time half of these jobs are in small or medium – sized enterprises (SMEs), the lifeblood of tourism”. According to Page and Conell (2006) the tourism industry generates more and more employees every year for the developing countries especially. Moreover it is defined as “Small and medium tourism enterprises comprise all businesses, which by their own definition, operate in the tourism industry and employ up to 100 employees and include sole operators not employing any staff. Specifically, micro businesses are those that employ between one and four workers, small businesses employ between five and 19 employees and medium businesses employ between 20 and 100 employees”(Breen, Seers, Jago and Carlsen 2005). It is a business in which there is no proper management structure and the services,
The aim of this essay is to critically explore the challenges and issues faced by the small tourism business. As we all know that tourism industry has a very significant percussion upon societies, environment and economies (Cooper 2005). According to Cooper (2005) “tourism directly or indirectly generates and supports 195 million jobs globally. This is equivalent to 7.6% of the world’s workforce and is forecast to raise over 250 million jobs in 2010. At the same time half of these jobs are in small or medium – sized enterprises (SMEs), the lifeblood of tourism”. According to Page and Conell (2006) the tourism industry generates more and more employees every year for the developing countries especially. Moreover it is defined as “Small and medium tourism enterprises comprise all businesses, which by their own definition, operate in the tourism industry and employ up to 100 employees and include sole operators not employing any staff. Specifically, micro businesses are those that employ between one and four workers, small businesses employ between five and 19 employees and medium businesses employ between 20 and 100 employees”(Breen, Seers, Jago and Carlsen 2005). It is a business in which there is no proper management structure and the services,
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