Is tourism an opportunity for lagging countries in the elusive quest for growth (Easterly, 2002)‘ Recent empirical … evidence suggests that the answer is a cautious yes. Aggregate cross-country data show that tourism specialization is likely to … fundamental determinants of economic growth (Acemoglu et al., 2001) and ask whether previous positive results of tourism on growth …

of the 6th FP project PICTURE (Pro-active management of the Impact of Cultural Tourism upon Urban Resources and Economies …), in order to quantify the monetary impact of cultural tourism upon urban economies. The analysis was carried out in two … understanding how different sectors of local economy and society can benefit from tourism and in determining how to maximise, or …

In recent years, interest in tourism has spread rapidly throughout many small and medium European cities, which … previously have not necessarily considered themselves as tourist destinations. Tourism is increasingly seen as a potential lever … exercise to statistically assess the impacts of cultural tourism upon European municipalities. More precisely the analysis aims …

Tourism and environmental preservation are often conflicting activities, mainly in areas such as coastal lagoons, where … seaside mass-tourism comes into contact with a very sensitive ecological system. In this paper we deal with a classical … problem of both environmental and tourism economics, the internalization of environmental costs of tourism, focusing on the …

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 …

, 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 …

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 …

International tourism is increasingly viewed as one of the best opportunities for a sustainable economic and social … development of developing countries. There is also an increasing concern from public policy makers as to whether mass tourism … developing countries (e.g. coastal tourism, dual labour market, unemployment, migrations, competition between agriculture and …