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 …

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 …

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 …