integration between seaports and dry ports to address drastic vessel size acceleration in the Malaysian seaport system. Therefore …, this paper aims to reveal the seaport/dry port dyadic relationship to improve seaport competitiveness in light of the … problems in seaports including reduction in operational efficiency, congestion, limited capacity and infrastructure support …

We investigate how port privatization affects port charges, firm profits, and welfare. Our model consists of an … prices for port usage, although neither government has an incentive to privatize its port. The equilibrium governmental …'s government is more likely to privatize its port, although the larger country's government is more likely to nationalize its port …

; Systems and tools to measure the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of rural tourism; Integration between … public tourism policies and private strategies in the promotion and implementation of sustainable practices; Policies for … promoting public participation in the planning and development of sustainable rural tourism; The impacts of tourism on …

partnership undertook initiatives to stimulate the regional economy by creating a tourism infrastructure. This paper presents a …. In 2004, the regional partnership also applied for the pilot measure to implement the EU Initiative Leader+. The tourism …

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 …

Tourism has been regarded as a major source of economic growth and a good source of foreign exchange earnings. Tourism … is the general equilibrium effects of tourism on the other sectors in the economy. These effects can be quite substantial … and should be taken into account when assessing the net benefits of a tourism boom on an economy. This paper presents a …

We consider the relationship between tourism and economic growth for Latin American countries since 1985 until 1998 … variables. We show that the tourism sector is adequate for the economic growth of medium or low-income countries, though not … growth, we try to explain tourism arrivals conditional on GDP and other covariates such as safety, prices and education level …

This paper studies the economic implications of climate-change-induced variations in tourism demand, using a world CGE … subsequently perturbed by shocks, simulating the effects of climate change. We portray the impact of climate change on tourism by …

Environmental resources constitute the 'raw materials' for tourism. This sector represents the driving force behind the …. This work systematically examines the effects and the feedbacks that the economy of tourism may generate in small areas …