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The holiday destination choice is analysed for tourists from 45 countries, representing all continents and all climates. Tourists are deterred by distance, political instability and poverty, and attracted to coasts. Tourists prefer countries with a sunny yet mild climate, shun climes that are...
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We use an updated and extended version of the Hamburg Tourism Model to simulate the effect of development and climate … change on tourism. Model extensions are the explicit modelling of domestic tourism and the inclusion of tourist expenditures …. We also use the model to examine the impact of sea level rise on tourism demand. Climate change would shift patterns of …
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positive relationship between tourism and crime in destinations. When using the level rather than the rate of total crime and … tourist population. Therefore, the main explanation for the impact of tourism on crime seems to be agglomeration effects. … greater amount of crime than non-tourist ones in the short and long run. Following the literature of the economics of crime à …
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We present a new, global data base on tourist destinations. The data base differs from other data bases in that it includes both domestic and international tourists; and it contains data, for the most important destinations, data at national level as well as at lower administrative levels....
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, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey) have recorded the highest growth rate in inbound world tourism. In the same time, domestic … tourism in these countries was growing very fast. MED 11 tourism performances have been astonishing in light of the security … consequences on this development, which confirmed the resilience of tourism and the huge potential of the MED 11 countries in this …
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continents, such as Ireland) or on intercontinental flights (e.g., Africa) will see a decline in international tourism numbers … would stay closer to home so that EU tourism would grow at the expense of other destinations. Sensitivity analyses reveal … that the qualitative insights are robust. A carbon tax on aviation fuel would have little effect on international tourism …
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continents, such as Ireland) or on intercontinental flights (e.g., Africa) will see a decline in international tourism numbers … would stay closer to home so that EU tourism would grow at the expense of other destinations. Sensitivity analyses reveal … that the qualitative insights are robust. A carbon tax on aviation fuel would have little effect on international tourism …
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international tourism out to 2100. We find that between 2005 and 2100 international tourism grows by a factor of 12. Not only do … people take more trips but these also increase in length. We find that the growth in tourism is mainly fuelled by an increase …
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This paper uses newly available data to describe the distribution of crime victimization and other criminal activities … (including drug trafficking and corruption) around the world. The paper then documents a negative (positive) correlation between … correlation between ideological beliefs and criminal activity, finding that crime victims are more likely to believe that hard …
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livelihood of islands with small populations and territory which are present in each of the world's great oceans. The Small … Island Tourism Economies analysed in this paper vary profoundly in their size, land area, and location. Moreover, they have … their prospects for self reliance in economic development, and their overwhelming reliance on tourism as a source of exports …
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