مجلة المقدمة للدراسات الانسانية و الاجتماعية
Volume 10, Numéro 1, Pages 689-704
2025-06-30

Digital Social Entrepreneurship As A Tool For Developing The Ecotourism Sector - Presenting Successful International Experiences

Authors : Mabrouk Khalil Oussama . Boussad Nait Ibrahim .

Abstract

This study aims to throw light on Digital Social Entrepreneurship as a modern concept that combines two concepts that have received wide attention from researchers and decision makers recently, namely Digital Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship. The study delved into the contribution of this form of entrepreneurship in the development of ecotourism while concurrently presenting successful international experiences in this domain in order to derive insights that can be applied in Algeria. The study found that Digital Social Entrepreneurship contributes significantly to the development of ecotourism sector through digital platforms for sustainable hotel reservations and raising consumer environmental awareness, in addition to digital crowd funding for sustainable tourism projects and developing Apps and guides that promotes ecotourism destinations. Finally, a set of recommendations were produced for the benefit of decision makers in order to optimize the use of digital social entrepreneurship in developing the eco-tourism sector in Algeria.

Keywords

Digital Entrepreneurship ; Social Entrepreneurship ; Digital Social Entrepreneurship ; Ecotourism