, even for tourism purposes, natural, historical and cultural resources subject to restrictions in the territory. This … contribution describes the research process activated for the definition of a tourism development strategy in the youngest Italian … been developed from a tourism point of view and it has an "eclectic" naturalist value characterised by flora on one hand …

Tourism and environmental preservation are often conflicting activities, mainly in areas such as coastal lagoons, where … seaside mass-tourism comes into contact with a very sensitive ecological system. In this paper we deal with a classical … problem of both environmental and tourism economics, the internalization of environmental costs of tourism, focusing on the …

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 …

Is tourism an opportunity for lagging countries in the elusive quest for growth (Easterly, 2002)? Recent empirical … evidence suggests that the answer is a cautious yes. Aggregate cross-country data show that tourism specialization is likely to … fundamental determinants of economic growth (Acemoglu et al., 2001) and ask whether previous positive results of tourism on growth …

regional economy-wide and poverty impacts of a US$36 million investment in tourism in the south of Haiti. The first social … key gaps identified in the tourism impact assessment literature. First, a destination-specific tourism demand and value … representative household configuration to enable more robust analysis of tourism investment impacts on poverty and income inequality …