TY - JOUR T1 - Entrepreneurial Competencies and Sustainability of Tourism Entrepreneurs AU - Mohamad, Zaleha AU - Rashid, Noorhaslinda Kulub Abd JO - The Social Sciences VL - 11 IS - 31 SP - 7489 EP - 7493 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2016.7489.7493 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.7489.7493 KW - Entrepreneurial competencies KW -entrepreneurs KW -sustainability KW -tourism KW -industry AB - This study examining the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies towards sustainability of entrepreneurs in tourism industry. Eight variables of entrepreneurial competencies as independent variable will be tested to examine the importance of each variable in determining entrepreneur’s sustainability in business. Government support programme as moderating variables will be tested based on financial, non financial and infrastructure. Sustainability as the dependent variable will be defined based on economic, social and environmental aspects. The results of this study will be useful for the tourism entrepreneurs, academic purposes, government policy as well as entrepreneur’s development plan implementation. The result will also provide useful information to both government and private agencies in designing the most effective program for entrepreneurs in tourism industry. ER -