Circular Migration and Tourism Entrepreneurialship In Tanzania
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This paper explores circular migrants’ skills,
remittances and investments and tourism
entrepreneurialship, drawing on data of 324
respondents out of which 113 are circular
migrants from Tanzania. The paper reviews
existing evidence on the role of circular
migrants and the diaspora in promoting
development in Sub-Saharan Africa, before
computing odds ratios to binary data that
influence whether circular migrants
contribute to tourism entrepreneurialship.
Factors tested for their association with
tourism entrepreneurialship include a range
of individual characteristics, reasons for
visiting regularly, and the acquisition of
financial, human and social capital while
abroad. The analysis suggests that exposure,
work experience abroad, remittance and
regular visits are the most significant
predictors of tourism entrepreneurial
ventures among the circular migrants and the
diaspora in Tanzania.
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circular migrants