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Dominica; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The Growth and Social Protection Strategy (GSPS) provides the framework for Dominica’s economic and social policies over the next five years and sets out the macroeconomic framework; the growth strategy, including the enabling environment for private enterprise and sectoral strategies;...
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The Economic Role of Tourism and the Dimension of the Touristic Phenomenon on a National and Global Scale
Isac, Florin Lucian; Cureteanu, Radu; Rusu, Sergiu - In: Studies and Scientific Researches. Economics Edition (2010) 15
Nowadays tourism represents a quite distinct field of human activity, a component of highest importance of the economic … and social life for an ever larger number of countries on the globe. Tourism evolves constantly due to the changes …
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Vacation Over; Implications for the Caribbean of Opening U.S.-Cuba tourism
Romeu, Rafael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
An opening of Cuba to U.S. tourism would represent a seismic shift in the Caribbean's tourism industry. This study … on tourism between the two countries. After controlling for natural disasters, trade agreements, and other factors, the … results show that a hypothetical liberalization of Cuba-U.S. tourism would increase long-term regional arrivals. Neighboring …
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Recession and Policy Transmission to Latin American tourism; Does Expanded Travel to Cuba offset Crisis Spillovers?
Wolfe, Andrew M.; Romeu, Rafael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
home, and consumption of tourism services across monopolistically competitive destinations abroad is presented. The model … tourist destinations. Estimates suggest median tourism arrivals decline by at least three to five percent in response to a one …. Estimates of the elasticity of substitution suggest that tourism demand is highly price sensitive, and that a variety of costs …
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Image of the museum between visitor's needs and management commitment. Museums of Gran Canaria (Spain)
Angelo, Presenza; Sergio, Gil Moreno - In: Micro & Macro Marketing (2009) 3, pp. 403-416
This contribution is part of the debate on the study of tourism experience by focusing the analysis on museums. The …
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Deutschlands Bevölkerung bis 2060: Das Geburtendefizit steigt dramatisch – Modellrechnungen auf der Basis der Bevölkerungsdaten von 2011
Bomsdorf, Eckart; Winkelhausen, Jörg - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 65 (2012) 19, pp. 26-41
Eckart Bomsdorf, Universität zu Köln, und Jörg Winkelhausen untersuchen die Bevölkerungsentwicklung in Deutschland bis zum Jahr 2060 und bauen auf den Daten der Bevölkerung zum 31. Dezember 2011 auf. Ihre Ergebnisse weisen dar­auf hin, dass – selbst bei einem langfristig deutlichen...
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Wirkung kommunaler Investitionen in die Tourismusinfrastruktur am Beispiel Sachsens
Kauffmann, Albrecht - In: Review of Regional Research 31 (2011) 1, pp. 57-73
The mass of investments into infrastructure for tourism in the so-called “New States” (Neue Länder) of the Federal … effects of local public investment into infrastructure for tourism supported by investment grants on the local employment in …
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Tourismus als eine Möglichkeit zur Erhöhung des ländlichen Einkommens? Ergebnisse einer Fallstudie in Bałtów, Südostpolen
Gramzow, Andreas - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2006
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 …
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Evaluating the Regional Impact of a New Road on Tourism
Ferri, Javier - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 4, pp. 409-418
Ferri J. (2004) Evaluating the regional impact of a new road on tourism, Reg. Studies 38, 409-418. The aim of this work … contributed to expanding hotel tourism in the Valencia region. Some of the most important tourist destinations in Spain, both … that the impact on tourism of the motorway has been varied and depends on three factors: (1) the origin of the tourism; (2 …
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Economic Change and the Labour Market in Britain's Seaside Towns
Beatty, Christina; Fothergill, Stephen - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 5, pp. 459-478
even the sectors of the local economy most closely linked to tourism show growth in employment. …
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