The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a collapse in international tourism, severely impacting the tourism-dependent economies … in the Asia and Pacific region. Once countries start reopening, tourism diversion effects could accelerate the recovery … of previous shocks in tourism competitor countries on visitor inflows, with a particular focus on tourism …

Tourism has become the main driver of economic growth and employment and the most important source of income in the … ECCU. Preserving and, possibly, enhancing the competitiveness of the tourism product is key for these countries …. Unfortunately, the evidence shows that tourism arrivals to the ECCU have been declining slightly while global demand for tourism is …

Belize's tourism sector has witnessed impressive growth in recent years with overnight tourist arrivals registering … double digit annual growth rates since 2016. To guide the development of the tourism sector from 2012 to 2030, the government … endorsed a National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan in 2011, setting various initiatives and targets for the immediate and …

While the world's attention is on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change remains a greater existential … threat to vulnerable countries that are highly dependent on a weather-sensitive sector like tourism. Using a novel … multidimensional index, this study investigates the long-term impact of climate change vulnerability on international tourism in a …

We estimate a variety of exchange rate elasticities of international tourism. We show that, in addition to the … bilateral exchange rate between the tourism origin and destination countries, the exchange rate vis-a-vis the US dollar is also … an important driver of tourism flows and pricing. The effect of US dollar pricing is stronger for tourism destination …

This paper develops a gravity model framework to estimate the impact of infectious diseases on bilateral tourism flows … among 38,184 pairs of countries over the period 1995-2017. The results confirm that international tourism is adversely … tourism flows to advanced economies, the magnitude and statistical significance of the impact of infectious diseases are much …

UNESCO World Heritage List. We find that there is a positive relationship between the extent of tourism specialization and …The present paper investigates whether tourism specialization is a viable strategy for development. We estimate … standard growth equations augmented with a variable measuring tourism specialization using instrumental variables techniques …

is explained more by a decline in productivity rather than a lack of investment. Second, tourism has been a significant …

This paper studies the role of airlift supply on the tourism sector in the Caribbean. The paper examines the relative …