This paper investigates the impact of tourism policy on employment, using the Tourism Development Policy (TDP … evaluated policy -one specific sector in one province- we also construct a synthetic control for the tourism sector using a … tourism employment in Salta by an average of 11 percent per year, for an overall impact of around 112 percent between 2003 and …

The growth of cultural tourism globally has presented an important opportunity for public investment in tourism to …-regional economy-wide model for Bolivia and apply it to the economic analysis of a US$26 million investment in tourism to diversify …

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 …

tourism industry as part of their regional development policies. The main objective of these programs is to increase local … investment and employment, as tourism activities are labor intensive. Little evidence is available, however, to assess the effect … introduced in 2002 to develop the tourism industry in the undeveloped region of Northeast Brazil. It provides evidence that …

Environmental resources constitute the 'raw materials' for tourism. This sector represents the driving force behind the …. This work systematically examines the effects and the feedbacks that the economy of tourism may generate in small areas … like the minor islands of Sicily (Italy). The development of a dynamic model is proposed to supply a key to interpret the …

has been successfully applied in three case studies Bergen (Norway), Elche (Spain), Syracuse (Italy) , in the framework 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 …