We present a theoretical model in tourism economics, assuming that the market for tourism is an oligopoly with … capacity that can be interpreted as the stock of physical, natural or cultural resources. Tourism flows yield current revenues … questions, like the choice between mass- vs. elite-tourism development strategies; the effect of the number of competing …

The choice of centralizing tourism policies at the national level or, on the contrary, of decentralizing them at the … role of originator and attractor of tourism of each spatial unit may imply a range of complex and competing interests at … promoting tourism destinations in order to attract tourists. Nevertheless, potential competition/complementarity between regions …

Culture is more and more considered as an important driver of tourism. However, it is critical, for policymakers, to … tourist's origin and destination regions) in mediating the tourism impact of cultural offer. This research question is … investigated by means of a spatial interaction model, applied to the case of Italian domestic tourism. We find that distance indeed …