We Can and Must Empower Women to Thrive Through Destination Crisis: A Study of Women’s Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Tourism Sector

Anusara Sawangchai, Rimsha Khalid (), Larisa Ivascu (), Mohsin Raza and Alin Artene
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Anusara Sawangchai: Business Administration in Entrepreneurship Program, Faculty of Management Sciences, Phuket Rajabhat University, Phuket 83000, Thailand
Rimsha Khalid: Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket 83120, Thailand
Larisa Ivascu: Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania
Mohsin Raza: Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Phuket 83120, Thailand
Alin Artene: Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: This study examines the impacts of women’s social, political, and psychological empowerment on their participation in civil societies and further its impacts on their entrepreneurial resilience. This study employed the quantitative approach, and data were collected through surveys, which were later analyzed with Smart PLS 4. This study’s findings revealed mixed results. The impacts of psychological and social empowerment on women’s participation in civil societies and their entrepreneurial resilience were significant. The impacts of political empowerment on women’s participation in civil societies and their entrepreneurial resilience were insignificant. The occurrence of disasters is common in tourist destinations, and several studies have investigated it. However, the study on the ripple impacts of disasters on women has not been thoroughly investigated, specifically in the Asian context.

Keywords: women empowerment; civil societies; entrepreneurial resilience; Thailand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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