The impact of entrepreneurship education on tourism students’ entrepreneurial intention in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorNtshangase, Sibusiso David
dc.contributor.authorEzeuduji, Ikechukwu
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dc.date.accessioned2026-03-17T06:57:05Z
dc.date.available2026-03-17T06:57:05Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentNameRecreation and Tourism
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the impact of entrepreneurship education on tourism students’ entrepreneurial intention, and insights of the desirability and feasibility of starting a tourism-related business upon graduation. A structured questionnaire survey was used to collect data from 154 randomly selected tourism students in a comprehensive University in South Africa. Data analyses included descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses to address research objectives. The results indicate that entrepreneurship education influences tourism students’ entrepreneurial intentions, including students’ perceptions of the desirability and feasibility of starting tourism-related businesses. The findings further suggest that some respondent profile variables have influences on how tourism students perceive entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial behaviour. The study recommends that the university that is stu-died implement a variety of reform programmes aimed at increasing employability or self-employment among university tourism graduates. Among them is the addition of a new entrepreneurship track to the undergraduate curriculum. Students, as from their first year of study should be invited to apply for the entrepreneur-ship education track, which includes business training as well as individualised coaching sessions with industry mentors. This will aid in the formation of professional networks, increased entrepreneur-ship process knowledge base, and self-efficacy among tourism students who want to become tourism entrepreneurs.
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
dc.identifier.citationNtshangase, S.D. and Ezeuduji, I.O. 2023. The impact of entrepreneurship education on tourism students’ entrepreneurial intention in South Africa. Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 23(3), pp.287-305.
dc.identifier.issn1531-3239 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1531-3220 (print)
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2022.2132343
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10530/58962
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dc.issuenumber23 / 3
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dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.pages287 - 305
dc.peerreviewedYes
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.subjectTourism entrepreneurship
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship education
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial intention
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial desirability
dc.subjectEntrepreneurial feasibility
dc.titleThe impact of entrepreneurship education on tourism students’ entrepreneurial intention in South Africa
dc.title.journalJournal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism
dc.typeJournal Article
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