investigate a new channel of efficiency - enhancing information spillovers - tourism flows. The idea is that tourists, in general … tourism destinations, thus transmitting relevant information to the local firms. The latter, in turn, exploit this new … impact of tourism flows on regional efficiency levels together with the positive role played by intangible assets …

This paper analyses the linkage between tourism and crime with particular focus on the distortions generated onto ….e. urban, mountain, marine etc- alters the impact of tourism on crime. Finally, we measure the social cost of crime associated …

The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive literature review on the temporal relationship between tourism and … investigated by assessing the so-called Tourism Led Growth Hypothesis (TLGH). To this aim, various methodological approaches have … from the existing literature, provide evidence that indeed tourism activity drives economic development in all the …

positive relationship between tourism and crime in destinations. When using the level rather than the rate of total crime and … tourist population. Therefore, the main explanation for the impact of tourism on crime seems to be agglomeration effects. …

microeconomic perspective of cultural tourism is provided, where the interest is to analyse the attitude of visitors regarding …. These findings provide an essential tool to manage heritage resources and plan the future tourism development around the …

This paper analyses residents’ perception toward cruise tourism development and its externalities. The research … on the local residents’ perceptions shows that residents have an overall positive attitude towards cruise tourism …, also exist in the perception and attitude towards cruise tourism development. Implications for policy makers are discussed …