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emprendimiento turístico

English translation: tourism enterprise


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Spanish term or phrase:emprendimiento turístico
English translation:tourism enterprise
Entered by: Deborah Lockett
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14:01 Mar 23, 2010
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Marketing - Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: emprendimiento turístico
Emprendimientos turísticos a ser apoyados por un proyecto de desarrollo.
Virginia 171717
tourism enterprises
Explanation:
emprendedores = entrepreneurs
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Deborah Lockett
Local time: 20:16
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4tourism enterprises
Deborah Lockett
5Touristic entrepreneurship
Joel Pina Diaz
5tourism efforts/endeavors
Rick Henry
4tourism initiative/projectcgowar
3tourism startups
Kevin Melody


Discussion entries: 2





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
tourism enterprises


Explanation:
emprendedores = entrepreneurs

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 20:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 155
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenni Lukac: This is dreadful Spanish but I have had a number of bosses enthralled by this word. You've hit it on the head, Deborah.
6 mins
  -> many thanks Jenni, all the best! - Deborah
agree  baligh
12 mins
  -> muchas gracias, ¡saludos! - Deborah
agree  Remy Arce
49 mins
  -> many thanks Remy, all the best! - Deborah
agree  Carla_am
10 days
  -> thanks again Carla, all the best! - Deborah
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tourism startups


Explanation:
I get the impression this is some sort of support/development program/system for new companies entering the field of tourism. In the U.S. a new company would be called a "startup"

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The immediate cause of death in a startup is always running out of money. So the cheaper your company is to operate, the harder it is to kill. ...
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Small Business - Set Up a Company - Startups - Starting a Business ...
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Kevin Melody
Argentina
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tourism efforts/endeavors


Explanation:
Deborah's suggestion is a good one... this is just another option.

R.
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Rick Henry
United States
Local time: 14:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tourism initiative/project


Explanation:
Another option.
http://www.unctadxi.org/templates/Startpage____1195.aspx
http://www.nric.net/tourism/database.htm

cgowar
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rick Henry: I wouldn't use "project" since it's already used in the same sentence.
2 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Touristic entrepreneurship


Explanation:
Wrong terms: Turistic Entrepreneurship (but some may accepted) also, Tourism Entrepreneurship... (different meaning)...

See also: Tourism engineering
http://www.tourism-eng.co.il/english.html

And next level (correct word) touristic enterprises...
http://www.kuwaittourism.com/

http://www.pucpr.edu/catalogo/english/bussiness/tourismum.ht...



    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneurship
    Reference: http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=2461770
Joel Pina Diaz
Argentina
Local time: 16:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rick Larg: Personally, I always try to avoid the” word” "touristic”
6 hrs
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Changes made by editors
Apr 6, 2010 - Changes made by Deborah Lockett:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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