Entertainment of leisure tourists in island destinations: evidence from the island of Mauritius

Limitations and future research

The study provided some interesting insights on the field of tourism entertainment; although, it encompasses some limitations. Its main limitation is related to the limited access of secondary data, which could have helped to develop a more comprehensive evolution of entertainment. Second limitation is the sample size. Analysis would have been more reliable if data could be collected from all Mauritian tourism regions. Future research might consider a larger sample and could adopt a comparative analysis of entertainment element in island destinations. Another limitation was the access to hotel entertainers and government officers. Public bodies / authorities were not too willing to disclose information. Also, there was a dearth of research available on the evolution of entertainment in Mauritius. Another interesting research pathway is to empirically investigate and test the applicability of the suggested entertainment database to other tourism destinations having similar resources and facing same challenges.

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