Research trying to explain tourism flows and expenditures for different destinations has so far adopted either a tourism-demand or a tourism-supply approach. Whereas on the one hand the former ignores the product specificities (Papatheodorou, 2001), the latter, on the other, fails to take into...

Introduction on tourism in Europe and in the cross-border Italy-France -- Objectives and methodology of the ART Project for the Tourism Competitiveness -- Map of the scientific competences on tourism and in the priority sectors in the Italy-France cross-border area -- European funds and...

This article investigates whether the distance between origin and destination has played an increased role in shaping Italy’s domestic tourism flows during the recent years of economic recession. Indeed, the occurrence of closer tourism destinations, as a consequence of the economic crisis,...