Der vorliegende Beitrag „EU-Erweiterung im Kontext zunehmender Internationalisierung: Auswirkungen auf den Tourismus … dieser Untersuchung sind auch in den TAB-Bericht "Zukunftstrends im Tourismus" eingeflossen, welcher vom Bundestagsausschuss …

receipts of tourism as one of the world biggest and fastest growing industries. The intention of our examination is to present … that tourism may be an important chance for economic growth in developing countries. We assume that biodiversity is an … important factor influencing the demand for tourism. In other words: a rich biodiversity provides a comparative advantage for …

We investigate the relationship between tourism specialization and economic growth. We deviate from previous studies … - which have reported mixed evidence - by allowing the relationship to take a nonlinear form. We find that tourism … diminishing returns set in and tourism's contribution becomes minimal. The policy lesson is that there is promise for tourism …