This timely volume is a novel and important contribution to scholarly literature on gender and tourism entrepreneurship, utilising feminist and post-colonial frameworks to interrogate the role of social policies in facilitating inclusive tourism entrepreneurship.

Anna de Jong is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism in the College of Social Sciences, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. Anna is the Director of Research, within the School of Social & Environmental Sustainability. Anna is an interdisciplinary social scientist, with a background in human geography and tourism management. Her research takes focus with the relationships between tourism and place, guided by wider concerns of inequality and accessibility.

Michael Zisuh Ngoasong is a Professor of Entrepreneurship in the School for Business and Society at University of York, UK; Visiting Professor at The Open University, UK, where he is affiliated with the Centre for Social and Sustainable Enterprise; and a Senior Research Associate in the School of Hospitality and Tourism at University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Michael is the author of Women's Entrepreneurial Journeys in Sub-Saharan Africa (2023).

Albert Nsom Kimbu is a Reader and Head of the Tourism and Transport Department in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Surrey Guildford, UK. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Albert consults and has published widely on topics related to gender, entrepreneurship, and tourism for equitable and inclusive development. He is the co-editor of Routledge Handbook on Gender in Tourism: Views on Teaching, Research and Praxis (Routledge, 2024).

'1. Introduction to Gender, Tourism Entrepreneurship and Social Policy. 2. Tourism, Gender Entrepreneurship and Social Policy: A Case Study of Peru. 3. Legitimacy-Seeking in Women's Tourism Entrepreneurship Experience in Turkey. 4. Hotel House-keepreneurship: Case Study of "Las Kellys" in Spain. 5. Women-entrepreneurs Sense-making of Policy Supports in Context of Rural Tourism in Kazakhstan. 6. Social Policies for Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in the Tourism Industry in Kenya. 7. The Gendered Dynamics of Financing Tourism Entrepreneurship. 8. Ethnotourism and Buen Vivir: Gendered Pathways to Sustainable Tourism Development in Colombia. 9. Towards a Framework for Enabling Resilience for Sustainability in Women-Owned Tourism Businesses. 10. Conclusion: The Imperative of Gender and Social Policy in Tourism Entrepreneurship Research.