In this paper, the authors write about what the future of tourism after the fall of the American Empire. The authors describe the forces at work undermining the American empire and explain its likely trajectory. Then, the authors turn to the implications of this political event for tourism...

The paper reviews the various methods and tourism development proxy variables used to measure the impact of tourism on economic growth. The growth decomposition methodology is employed with data for 174 countries for the years 2000-2010 to measure the impact of tourism on a country-by-country...

The authors explore the likely trajectories of the tourism industry in the next 20-50 years. To do so, the authors explore the general economic, social, and political conditions the global population will face. Many of the important questions of the future of tourism deals with the issue of...

The technological advances in artificial intelligence and robotics allow the massive introduction of service robots by travel, tourism and hospitality companies. While research on service robots in tourism is gaining momentum, the economic aspects of robots' adoption have been quite neglected....

Purpose. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how demographic changes in developed countries will continue to drive the tourism and hospitality industries to adopt automation in business operations. Design/methodology/approach. The approach is an analysis of the trends in human reproduction...

This research investigates the ways in which customers of tourism and hospitality facilities view the appropriateness of robots in tourism-related industries. From a global sample with over 87 countries and territories represented and over 1,000 respondents, the findings illustrate that the most...

Previous research has not adequately measured the effectiveness of a state's promotion of its tourism product. In this research, the authors use an econometric model to measure the impact of the Croatian, Czech, and Slovak states' attempts to promote their tourism products abroad. The findings...

The paper presents a methodology for measuring the contribution of tourism to an economy's growth, which is tested with data for Cyprus, Greece and Spain. We use the growth of real GDP per capita as a measure of economic growth and disaggregate it into economic growth generated by tourism and...

The purpose of this research paper is to learn about how the tourism industry in Ukraine has been hit by the political instability in the country and how it has reacted to mitigate its negative consequences. The data were collected via a self-administered questionnaire completed by 102 hotel...

Purpose: The paper aims to identify the link between political ideology and the management of tourism in countries. We stipulate that the predominant political ideology in the country influences the nature and logic of state interventions in the tourism industry.Design/Methodology/Approach: The...