Local Entrepreneurship Through a Multistakeholders’ Tourism Living Lab in the Post-Violence/Peripheral Era in the Basque Country

Calzada, Igor

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Local Entrepreneurship Through a Multistakeholders’ Tourism Living Lab in the Post-Violence/Peripheral Era in the Basque Country

Regional Science, Policy & Practice, 10(2): 1-16. 2018. DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12130

34 Pages Posted: 26 Jul 2018 Last revised: 8 Aug 2018

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Igor Calzada

Cardiff University, WISERD (Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research and Data); Basque Government - Basque Foundation for Science (IKERBASQUE); Ikerbasque Foundation UPV/EHU; University of the Basque Country

Date Written: May 10, 2018

Abstract

This paper examines a transformative tourism case study driven by local entrepreneurship in the coastal and post-violence/peripheral village of Zumaia, in the Basque Country (Spain). This paper aims at addressing an innovative methodology called ‘Tourism Living Lab through Multistakeholders’ Penta Helix framework’ in response to a globalised trend of increasing visitors. The result shows democratic tourism policy-making practices at the local level, including (i) a participatory strategic formulation process (ii) by fostering a local entrepreneurial ecosystem to overcome ‘tourism-phobia’ (iii) while renewing local identity (iv) through bridging social capital for a new post-violence era in the Basque Country.

Keywords: Local Entrepreneurship, Tourism, Living Labs, Basque Country, Penta Helix

JEL Classification: C9, C92, C93, D02, D78, O35, R58, Z32

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Calzada, Igor and Calzada, Igor, Local Entrepreneurship Through a Multistakeholders’ Tourism Living Lab in the Post-Violence/Peripheral Era in the Basque Country (May 10, 2018). Regional Science, Policy & Practice, 10(2): 1-16. 2018. DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12130, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3176619