Tourism is a socio-economic phenomenon exerting considerable economic, social and political impact, thus securing … was the year when one of the surveyed countries initiated EU accession negotiations, and tourism sector contribution to …. EU integration process has had a positive bearing on tourism movements in the surveyed countries. The panel regression …

We consider the relationship between tourism and economic growth for Latin American countries since 1985 until 1998 … variables. We show that the tourism sector is adequate for the economic growth of medium or low-income countries, though not … growth, we try to explain tourism arrivals conditional on GDP and other covariates such as safety, prices and education level …

Is tourism an opportunity for lagging countries in the elusive quest for growth (Easterly, 2002)‘ Recent empirical … evidence suggests that the answer is a cautious yes. Aggregate cross-country data show that tourism specialization is likely to … fundamental determinants of economic growth (Acemoglu et al., 2001) and ask whether previous positive results of tourism on growth …

We provide an empirical assessment of the relationship between tourism specialisation and economic growth by updating … spans between 1980 and 2005. Contrary to previous findings (e.g., Brau et al., 2004 and 2007), tourism-based countries did … not grow at a higher rate than non-tourism based countries, except for the 1980-1990 period for which, however, the data …

In a recent work, Ivanov and Webster (2007) present a methodology for measuring the contribution of tourism to economic … as a measure of economic growth and disaggregates it into economic growth generated by tourism and economic growth … American countries). Whilst Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay present a profile where tourism industry has a smaller weight on GDP …

In recent years, interest in tourism has spread rapidly throughout many small and medium European cities, which … previously have not necessarily considered themselves as tourist destinations. Tourism is increasingly seen as a potential lever … exercise to statistically assess the impacts of cultural tourism upon European municipalities. More precisely the analysis aims …

The paper is an analysis based on statistical indicators for three European economies with highly developed tourism … sectors. France, Italy and Spain are models of growth and development through tourism, which is possible due to their cultural … tourism sector, to adapt themselves to their clients' needs and to offer diversified high quality products …

This study explores the direction of causality between tourism revenues and economic growth in the selected … and Turkey cases was found. A bi-directional causality for Greece and a unidirectional causality from tourism revenues to …

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out tourism has a positive impact on economic growth, thus …