This paper examines the hypothesis that a greater stock of migrants and flows of tourists in the United Kingdom from a particular country increases bilateral trade between the United Kingdom and country of origin. The literature and empirical findings show that migrants and tourists can...

Recently the notion and the measurement of destination competitiveness have received increasing attention in the economics literature on tourism. The reason for this interest emerges from both the increasing economic importance of the tourist sector and the increasing competition on the tourist...

The tourism sector is evolving into an advanced industrial sector. Modern tourism presupposes an attractive portfolio of tourist services for a varied set of visitors. Meanwhile, tourism destinations have turned into multifaceted tourist complexes comprising a broad package of amenities that...