INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD

Abstract:    In tourism management programs, entrepreneurship education has emerged as a key component, with the goal of preparing students to be both employees and innovators in a changing global industry. This study investigates how entrepreneurial education fosters creativity, innovation, and self-employability in students studying tourism. The study looks at curriculum design, pedagogical strategies, and experiential learning techniques that encourage entrepreneurial thinking using qualitative observations and secondary data from Indian colleges and international tourism organizations. It also underlines problems such as lack of industry exposure, insufficient mentorship, and poor policy assistance that inhibit entrepreneurial goals. The findings highlight the need for dynamic, practice-oriented courses and greater academic–industry ties to produce a generation of tourism innovators aligned with the goal of “Viksit Bharat @ 2047.” The study finds that effective entrepreneurial education may change the tourism sector into a source of sustainable employment and equitable growth.