The main objective of this paper is to analyze the contribution of tourism to economic growth in Central American and … capita as a measure of economic growth. This will then be disaggregated into a growth component attributable to tourism and a … generating a performance measure of tourism’s past contribution to economic growth, will be applied to the period 1990-2007. We …

Cruise tourism generates an estimated $18 billion a year in passenger expenditure and has been the fastest growing … increased at almost twice the rate of growth of tourism overall and this growth is expected to continue in the future. The North … 2007. Cruise tourism can provide economic benefits to a local economy but the impacts of this activity are not well …

activities related with the tourism and the behavior of a local population. We answer two questions: 1) Suppose that the central … tourist activities? So we analyze the situation when it's possible to obtain a sustainable tourism in a country such that the … tourism is the main economic activity …

International tourism is an important foreign exchange earner and an export for many low income countries as well as … tourism as a potential strategic factor to development and economic growth. The tourism-led economic growth hypothesis (TLGH …) postulates that tourism expansion leads to economic growth. It derives directly from the export-led growth hypothesis (ELGH …

In this paper we describe the evolution of the cruise tourism industry and we analyze different impacts on tourism …

The purpose of this paper is to explore residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and how they affect attitudes towards … local tourism policies. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of community attachment and employment sector of …-cultural impacts affect their support to local tourism policies. Residents who perceive positively tourism impacts are more willing to …