evolution and impact of mass tourism on its western islands (Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta and the Balearic Islands …) throughout the final decade of the 20th century. Firstly a general overview of world tourism is given, followed by an analysis of … tourism in the Mediterranean. In continuation, an in-depth study is made of the evolution and impact of tourism on the …

This paper analyses the foundations, possible applications and the effects of tourism taxation in Spain. The article … begins with an analysis of the economic and environmental reasons for taxing tourism, which would seem to call for taxes … tourism taxation in Spain, with special mention being given to the now repealed Balearic ecotasa. Finally, the effects of two …

sustainable tourism policies. Multinomial logit estimations reveal the strong negative effects resulting from the congestion of …

Tourism is increasingly seen as a potential lever towards high economic growth, measured both in terms of income and … employment. In recent years, interest in tourism has spread rapidly throughout many small and medium European cities, which … the economic assessment of tourism with the objectives of, firstly, identifying the main categories of impacts and …

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 …

This paper examines the impact of marine ecosystem quality on inbound coastal tourism in the Baltic, North Sea, and … findings of this paper suggest that MPAs have a negative direct effect on tourism. However, this effect is reversed when the … coastal tourism. The short-term (current) impact of this index on tourism constitutes less than half of the long-term impact …

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 …

latter can be used to assess the influence of the biodiversity profile of a region on the tourism flows towards it. Previous … studies have considered environmental amenities as one of the determinants of tourism destination choice. The central … appear to have a positive impact on the revenue of regional tourism …

This study analyses the potential impact of climate change on EU tourism demand and provides long-term (2100) scenarios … accounting for adaptation in terms of holiday duration. Our long-term projections for tourism demand are based on hedonic … hypotheses regarding the time dimension of tourism demand. We derive alternative scenarios for adaptation of holiday in terms of …

, even for tourism purposes, natural, historical and cultural resources subject to restrictions in the territory. This … contribution describes the research process activated for the definition of a tourism development strategy in the youngest Italian … been developed from a tourism point of view and it has an "eclectic" naturalist value characterised by flora on one hand …