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This paper discusses a methodology to assess the performances of tourism management of local governments when economic … correlated to the tourism industry. Further, potential managerial improvements for those areas resulting far from the efficiency …
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Exploring the main determinants of tourism participation at national and international level, the paper investigates if … there are differences in tourism consumption behavior among Italian families which reflect disparities in their standard of …-2007. Results show that participation in the tourism market is strongly affected by the personal characteristics of individuals and …
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This paper investigates the empirical magnitude of climate conditions on tourist flows in Tuscany, exploring the use of a fine spatial scale analysis. In fact, we explore the use of an 8-year panel dataset of Tuscany's 254 municipalities, examining how tourist inflows respond to variation in...
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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. -- Species Diversity ; Habitat Fragmentation ; Landscape …
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observations from an on-line survey on bike tourism in 2020 in Italy, we develop a bivariate probit model, considering socio … (GHG) emissions could reduce the sustainability of those tourism experiences. In this paper we study the bike tourists …
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Kenya is predominantly a nature-based tourism destination with wildlife (concentrated in the southern part of the … potential of culture-based attractions has not been exploited. The over-concentration of tourism activities in wildlife … diversify tourism activities and spread them to other parts of the country by putting more emphasis on non-traditional ones such …
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Theory predicts that the majoritarian electoral system should produce more targeted redistribution and lower politicians' rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House of Representatives, which allow us to sidestep the...
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Motivated by anecdotal as well as econometric evidence from Italy, we ask whether private schools can provide lower … offering at a positive price lower quality than the public school can be an equilibrium. The calibrated parameters for Italy …
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