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 … servicing a destination, are also found to be significant determinants of tourism demand. …

Handbook of Tourism Economics: Analysis, New Applications and Case Studies provides an up-to-date, concise and readable … coverage of the most important topics in tourism economics. It pays attention to relevant traditional topics in tourism … applications of economic analysis to tourism policy and constructive assessment of contemporary thought about tourism economics …

as ecologically responsible ('gentle') tourism and the perception of Austria and Japan as destinations for sustainable …This report approaches Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Japan and Austria. It was elaborated by students in the … tourism. The seminar was organised in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. …

Trotz der großen Bedeutung des Tourismus für die regionale Entwicklung durch seine Rolle als Wirtschaftsfaktor und … Arbeitgeber gerade in ländlichen, strukturschwächeren Räumen wird der Tourismus im neuen Bayerischen Landesentwicklungsprogramm … behandelt. Für Bayern als Ganzes kann eben nicht von einer flächendeckenden "Leitökonomie Tourismus" gesprochen werden, da weite …

ihre natürliche Umgebung bezeichnen. Mit der vorliegenden Arbeit untersuchen wir, ob der Tourismus auf Kreta zum Schutz der … Gegenden mit besonderem natürlichen Wert beitragen kann (Tourismus, Ecotourismus und Naturschutzgebiete).Ebenso untersuchen wir …

, examination of the rewards local populations can expect to derive from ecotourism and the harvesting of nontimber forest products … to capture more of the net returns from ecotourism, genetic prospecting, and so forth would probably not benefit them …

“sustainable” are numerous: ecological tourism (ecotourism), green tourism, soft, rural tourism and agrotourism, community tourism …Tourism development must be based on sustainability criteria, be long term bearable economically and ethically and … socially equitable for the local populations of the destinations. Tourism forms identified by the literature as being …