introduced in 2002 to develop the tourism industry in the undeveloped region of Northeast Brazil. It provides evidence that … tourism industry as part of their regional development policies. The main objective of these programs is to increase local … investment and employment, as tourism activities are labor intensive. Little evidence is available, however, to assess the effect …

This study contributes to the rapidly growing literature on women in tourism. It focuses on a group of 13 Caribbean … - productivity, profitability and female employment. For this both a decomposition model and the Inverse Probability Weighted …

statistically and economically significant negative effect on international tourism revenues across the region. As extreme weather … threat to vulnerable countries that are highly dependent on a weather-sensitive sector like tourism. Using a novel … multidimensional index, this study investigates the long-term impact of climate change vulnerability on international tourism in a …