Over the last two decades, world trade and production have become increasingly organized around global value chains …

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 …

advantage. Financial globalization then induces more specialization and more trade. The present framework yields explicit closed …