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 … segmentation and by monopolistic competition reflected in product differentiation. This paper argues that tourism becomes a …

recent years become a new challenge for economics research in the tourism sector. There is a clear need to develop solid … methodologies through which the socio-economic impacts of tourism can be assessed. Tourism impact assessment – as a systematic … approach to the estimation of socio-economic effects of tourism on relevant parts of the economy – has become a timely response …

Tourism has over the past decades turned into a core activity for accelerated growth. The purpose of this study is to … determine the role of tourism in the economy of Aruba. More specifically, this investigation attempts to answer the following … questions: (1) Is there is a long-run equilibrium relation between tourism development (TD) and economic growth in Aruba; and (2 …

tourism services, promotion, or distribution. We apply a Structural Equations Model (SEM) to analyse the relationships between … available on the Internet, and the actual performance of the city as a tourism destination, measured by the expenditures and the …

This book presents a series of studies on the socio-economic impacts of tourism, with a special focus on the … determinants of tourism competitiveness at the destination level. The authors offer a systematic overview of this important issue … and assessment of quantitative tourism impacts on local economies, while the second part focuses on non-material aspects …