.Candidates’ overall performance was very poor. The question was unpopular and only a few candidates attempted it. Most of these candidates were unable to state the required answer to earn the marks allocated to the question. They were expected to respond to the question in the following manner

• Meaning of an entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is one who takes the responsibility and the risk for a business operation with the hope of making a profit.

• Tourism and recreation retail businesses
• Tour operation
• Travel agency
• Interior decoration
• Souvenir shops
• Arts and craft galleries
• Fashion design/boutique
• Antique shops
• Food and beverages centre
• Grocery store
• Recreation centres
• Entertainment centres
• Event management
• Photography
• Tour guiding
• Hair dressing
• Barbing salon

• Role of entrepreneur in tourism business
• A risk taker
• Identifies opportunities
• Engages in planning towards achieving goals
• Designs the organizational structure of business
• Generates fresh ideas for the enterprises
• Co-ordinates all the factors of production needed in business
• Solicit participation of other persons in the business
• Mobilizes resources/capital for production
• Implements identified business ideas
• Creates a new business
• Forecasts business changes
• Create jobs
• Digitalizes business operations