Communities depicted by lack of opportunities for development often look to tourism initiatives as a means to combine economic growth and community building. Such activity highlights a nexus between tourism, social entrepreneurship and community development. This nexus has been investigated somewhat in tourism literature, but lacks empirical backing, as well as theoretical refinement. We argue that a collective perspective on social entrepreneurship in the tourism context is needed, and introduce a concept and framework for ‘Collective Tourism Social Entrepreneurship’ (CTSE). We investigate how CTSE principles are utilized by local communities to combat depopulation and deterioration in two Danish destinations, and find that the CTSE process can create (social) value even if the expected result is never reached.

缺乏发展机会所描绘的社区经常将旅游业举措视为将经济增长与社区建设相结合的一种手段。这种活动突出了旅游业，社会企业家精神和社区发展之间的联系。这种联系在旅游文献中已有所研究，但缺乏经验支持和理论上的完善。我们认为，需要在旅游背景下对社会企业家精神有一个集体的看法，并介绍“集体旅游社会企业家精神”（CTSE）的概念和框架。我们调查了当地社区如何利用CTSE原则来应对两个丹麦目的地的人口减少和恶化，并且发现CTSE流程可以创造（社会）价值，即使从未达到预期的结果。