... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Kazakhstan Young entrepreneurship Tourism sector Digital transformation and innovation Start-ups Kazakhstan views the tourism sector as a key tool for economic diversification and sustainable development. With its cultural heritage...

...Alfonso Vargas-Sanchez Purpose This paper contributes to addressing the research gap relating to the absence of a systematic analysis as to how new technologies can support the application of circular economic principles in the tourism industry through the promotion and articulation of a start-up...