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 …

Being part of the South-East Region of the country, Tulcea County as well as Vrancea County are important tourism areas … the Danube Delta Biosphere Reservation, ranked on the third place by ecological importance in the world, is a tourism … increasing the capitalizing degree of existing tourism potential. It consists of 1 Municipality, 4 cities, 64 parishes and 331 …

This paper tests the visa-led tourism hypothesis (VTH) which contends that easing of visa restrictions increases … international tourism. Israel acts as a natural laboratory in this case with clear before and after junctures in visa restrictions …. We use panel data on tourism to Israel from 60 countries during 1994-2012. In contrast to previous work we take account …