Professor of the University School of Tourism of Lanzarote (EUTL) Pedro Calero and his counterpart from the Department of Economics and Business Management of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Desiderio García, have received the XXIII FITUR-Jorge Vila Fradera Tribune Award for the work 'Analysis and impact of knowledge and innovation in immigrant entrepreneurship in the tourism sector'.
This award, granted by the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in collaboration with the Spanish Association of Tourism Experts (AECIT), was announced during the celebration of the fair last January and presented on September 30, and recognizes each year the best academic research work related to the tourism sector.
An analysis of immigrant entrepreneurs
The work presented by Calero and García has focused on describing the sources and origin of knowledge of immigrant entrepreneurs in the tourism sector, depending on the needs to start, operate and manage their new tourism companies in the destinations.
It also studies the level of innovation of new immigrant companies and analyzes the impact of this entrepreneurship on the business performance of the tourism sector, as well as the influence of the sources of knowledge of immigrants on the innovation of their new ventures in the tourism sector.
After receiving this award, the study will be edited and disseminated in the academic and training world.
FITUR 2022
For its part, the jury that has decided the XXIII FITUR-Jorge Vila Fradera Tribune Award has been composed of Felio José Bauza, from the Universitat de les Illes Balears and President of AECIT; Francisco Javier Melgosa, from the University of Salamanca and Vice President of AECIT; Libertad Troitiño, from the Complutense University of Madrid; Berta Ferrer, from the Universitat de Lleida; and María Valcarce, director of FITUR.
During the same day of delivery of this award, FITUR has given other recognitions such as the XLII Awards to the Best Stands, the III Sustainable Stand Awards, the XXVII Active Tourism Awards and, for the first time, the Special Award for Lifetime Achievement.
All these recognitions seek to honor the effort of companies, professionals and researchers to enhance the image of the sector, the creation of new products that diversify the offer and contribute to sustainable development and research to promote the evolution of the tourism market.
