-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … positively linked to individual life satisfaction. This evidence supplements the scarce economic research on reference groups …

and private sector principals frequently and intensively use this institutional channel to lobby on trade and tourism … of Caribbean tourism, and suggests the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. Panel data are …

Malawi sits amid a vibrant Travel and Tourism (T&T) region that is growing rapidly and increasing its world market … important to view tourism as a national priority across sectors and ministries in Malawi. Thus, there is the need to better …

Commitment to structural reforms and to economic stabilization has enabled high rates of gross domestic product (GDP …

Tourism has become the leading economic sector of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) islands, thus … expanding linkages with the local economy seems crucial going forward. Tourism has replaced agriculture as the main economic … tourism sector of these islands accounted for an estimated 45 percent of GDP, and around 60 percent of foreign exchange …

This study estimates the contribution of nature-based tourism in Zambia to economic growth and poverty reduction as … well as to the sustainability of the management of the wildlife estate. The Zambian Government has identified tourism along … and three characterize the tourism industry and the economic impact of nature tourists. Using a variety of sources of …

The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has set in train an initiative to develop the tourism sector in Ethiopia. This study … identified that tourism generated approximately US$ 132 million in in country expenditure revenue from a base of about 150 … characteristics and based on this suggests a strategy of focusing on the development of leisure tourism, identifying this as the …