Die Tourismusstrategie Sachsen 2020 legte im Jahr 2011 wichtige Quellmärkte für den Tourismus in Sachsen fest. Dabei wurde sich vorwiegend auf diejenigen Länder konzentriert, welche die größten absoluten Ankünfte in Sachsen besitzen. Allerdings wäre es ebenfalls möglich, diese Strategie...

This paper investigates the determinants of tourism demand in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. We estimate the demand function in a panel setting using annual data from 1979 to 2005. Results show that tourism arrivals are significantly affected by economic developments in the source...

An opening of Cuba to U.S. tourism would represent a seismic shift in the Caribbean's tourism industry. This study models the impact of such a potential opening by estimating a counterfactual that captures the current bilateral restriction on tourism between the two countries. After controlling...

By analysing Annals of Tourism Research subject index, this study aims to draw conclusions about the evolution/trends of tourism research. Because of Annals’s reputation as the leading international scholarly journal in the field, and also because of its consistent and comprehensive subject...

The aim of the paper is to provide a clear overview of existing research in the field of the meetings industry in international space and to open an academic discussion on the issues of this field in Slovenia. Through the method of literature analysis, we determine the position of the meetings...

2001 war ein schwieriges Jahr für die Reisebranche. Bis Juni 2001 stagnierte der Umsatz der Reisebüros, und im September mussten gravierende Einbrüche verkraftet werden. Auch für das Jahr 2002 sind die Vorzeichen nicht günstig. Das Winterhalbjahr 2001/2002, das etwa 20% zum Jahresgeschäft...

In a two sectors dynamic model we analyze the process of tourism development based on the accumulation of capital (building of tourism facilities) and the reallocation of land from traditional activities to the tourism sector. The model incorporates the conflict between occupation of the...

This paper explores whether websites that offer a global audience virtual access to watering holes in game parks afford African nations opportunities to diminish their international isolation as tourism destinations. The present analysis examines a sample of almost 450 tourism websites...

Tourism is an increasingly popular global activity and contributes significantly to the GDP and employment of an economy. However, its contribution to an economy is difficult to quantify as it does not fall in the system of national accounts (SNA) due to the demand-driven nature of activity....