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This paper studies the economic implications of climate-change-induced variations in tourism demand, using a world CGE … subsequently perturbed by shocks, simulating the effects of climate change. We portray the impact of climate change on tourism by …
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We present a new, global data base on tourist destinations. The data base differs from other data bases in that it includes both domestic and international tourists; and it contains data, for the most important destinations, data at national level as well as at lower administrative levels....
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on the economic assessment of two specific climate change impacts: sea-level rise and changes in tourism flows. By using … impact category to the final result. In the case under scrutiny demand shocks induced by changes in tourism flows outweigh …
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Tourism is an industry of primary importance for the world economy. For some countries, tourism is the first source of … income and foreign currency, and many local economies heavily depend on tourism. Tourists are sensitive to climate and to … to leave their country of origin. Yet, until recently, the attention devoted by the tourism literature to climate change …
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We use an updated and extended version of the Hamburg Tourism Model to simulate the effect of development and climate … change on tourism. Model extensions are the explicit modelling of domestic tourism and the inclusion of tourist expenditures …. We also use the model to examine the impact of sea level rise on tourism demand. Climate change would shift patterns of …
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Despite an array of debates on the definitional and operational aspects of sustainable tourism, the concept has … remained as the buzzword of the tourism development discourse since its inception in the early 90s. Many theoretical inputs and … past and present to drive the idea of sustainable tourism towards a transparent and well-¬defined future. While the …
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Event tourism has emerged as one of the most influential and rapidly growing forms of international tourism in the face … of its recent history. Considered as an intersection of event management and tourism management, event tourism has been … applauded for influencing both tourism demand and supply. However, in the recent past, the concept of event tourism has seen its …
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enthralling natural resources and cultural embodiments. These assets are promoted as tourism products which in turn would fetch … foreign as well as domestic earnings. The tourism industry is experiencing sustained and substantial growth, contributing a … total of 9.8% to the world GDP and 9.5% to global employment. Despite possessing incredible facets of tourism, South Asian …
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Tourism industry has been applauded for being the sunrise industry for its continuous growth and potential to alleviate … poverty. India is a country with diverse untapped tourism resources and also, a country that has suffered from persistent … poverty. Henceforth, the tourism sector can act as a panacea to the problem of poverty especially in a developing country like …
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Over the past few decades, the concerns relating to the social and environmental impacts of tourism have intensified … significantly giving birth to an array of path-breaking forms of tourism such as community-based tourism, ecotourism, rural tourism …, and sustainable tourism. Notwithstanding the divergence in the operational definitions associated with these types, gender …
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