Tourism has a wide range of impacts on the economy, the natural environment and the people living in a destination. In … the context of poor, rural societies, many scholars have emphasized the positive impacts of tourism on local economic … growth. Concern has been voiced, however, about the social and cultural impacts of tourism due to observed changes in local …

This study empirically examines the effect of tourism and ICT on inclusive development. Inclusive development is …, internet penetration and fixed broadband subscription and a composite indicator of these, while tourism is approached as a the … regression. The results of the linear model show that, tourism enhances sustainable development and ICT has a negative …

We analyze whether biodiversity is increasing the receipts of tourism and beneficial for Least Developed Countries … have a comparative advantage in (sustainable) tourism, that second incidence of birds as the probably best explored … taxonomic group has a positive impact on inbound tourism receipts per capita, and that third the rate of endangered to total …

tourism receipts in a trade based endogenous growth framework. The underlying assumption is that a rich biodiversity - only if … used sustainably - provides a comparative advantage in tourism for most DCs. The main empirical findings are that … biodiversity while being significantly and positively correlated with inbound tourism receipts in DCs, has no significant relation …

When tourism's impressive potential for poverty alleviation is considered, the lack of attention is even more striking …. Reasons for the apparent neglect are complex, and include a lack of awareness of tourism as an export sector, the fragmented … alleviation and tourism, and the "poker playing" characteristic of trade negotiations. The evident results are missed …

Tourism has a wide range of impacts on the economy, the natural environment and the people living in a destination. In … the context of poor, rural societies, many scholars have emphasized the positive impacts of tourism on local economic … growth. Concern has been voiced, however, about the social and cultural impacts of tourism due to observed changes in local …