Entrepreneurship of population living in selected tourist regions of Cuba
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https://doi.org/10.24917/20833296.10.12Keywords:
casas particulares, Cuba, entrepreneurship, tourismAbstract
Cuba is one of the most important regions for leisure travel in the world; it is characterized bya large level of attractiveness, both natural and man-made. It has a very good tourist management, which mostly include high-class all-inclusive hotels economically controlled by Cuban companies with a mixture of foreign and home capital. After the dissolution of USSR, Cuba was faced witha severe economical crisis which led to changes in the country's economy and governing system. Themost important of which was the approval of business activity (self employment) in the field of tourism.The main goal of the study is to attempt to specify the conditions influencing the development of the basic entrepreneurship in local communities in the areas where tourist functions advance ddifferently; the analysis was further expanded by adding classification of different forms of business activity.
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