In this paper we try to build a bridge between the traditional analysis of the evolution of tourism destinations and … economic growth theory. With such an aim we develop an environmental growth model for an economy specialized in tourism and we … derive the pattern of tourism development with numerical calculations. The results of our simulations do not contradict the …

Tourism plays a major part in the development strategies of both developing and developed countries because of the … tourism sector in a hope of reaping more economic benefits. However, it is still debatable whether tourism is beneficial for … al., 1998; Blake, 2000; Blake et. al., 2003; Dwyer et al., 2003), argue that tourism expansion is beneficial to the …

On average, tourism-specialized countries grow more than others. This fact is inconsistent with economic theory as, in … problem. In general and contrary to previous works, we conclude that tourism, on its own, cannot explain the higher growth …

Nowadays many developing countries focus on economic policies for promoting international tourism and exports expansion … and economic growth is still ongoing. When treating the relationship between tourism and economic growth, considering … tourism as a non-traditional export few studies have been published to date. This paper has the objective to assess if exports …

We consider the relationship between tourism and economic growth for Latin American countries since 1985 until 1998 … variables. We show that the tourism sector is adequate for the economic growth of medium or low-income countries, though not … growth, we try to explain tourism arrivals conditional on GDP and other covariates such as safety, prices and education level …

affecting the fishing and the tourism sectors in two different IPCC SRES scenarios, the A2 and B1, varying in the future trends … through increases in fishing effort, due to lower availability of commercial fish species, and decrease in tourism demand … larger when the tourism sector is affected. This is explained by the much higher contribution of tourism than fishery in the …

Island Tourism Economies analysed in this paper vary profoundly in their size, land area, and location. Moreover, they have … their prospects for self reliance in economic development, and their overwhelming reliance on tourism as a source of exports … analyses the geographical, historical, economic, tourism-oriented and institutional characteristics, as well as vulnerability …

In this paper an alternative Tourism oriented Data Warehousing architecture is proposed which makes use of the most … decision making process and giving an integrated view of the whole Tourism reality in an established context (local, regional …

Tourism has been regarded as a major source of economic growth and a good source of foreign exchange earnings. Tourism … is the general equilibrium effects of tourism on the other sectors in the economy. These effects can be quite substantial … and should be taken into account when assessing the net benefits of a tourism boom on an economy. This paper presents a …

SAM has been constructed considering three sectors: agriculture, tourism and a third aggregate sector including all the …