The impact of crime on tourism to Barbados was examined using a transfer function approach. Results indicate that an …-percent shock to crime reduces arrivals to Barbados, but takes about 20 months for arrivals to return to normalcy. Impacts for the … increase in the overall crime rate has a negative and significant impact on arrivals to the island. However, the fall-off is …

Belize's tourism sector has witnessed impressive growth in recent years with overnight tourist arrivals registering … double digit annual growth rates since 2016. To guide the development of the tourism sector from 2012 to 2030, the government … endorsed a National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan in 2011, setting various initiatives and targets for the immediate and …

positive relationship between tourism and crime in destinations. When using the level rather than the rate of total crime and … tourist population. Therefore, the main explanation for the impact of tourism on crime seems to be agglomeration effects. … greater amount of crime than non-tourist ones in the short and long run. Following the literature of the economics of crime à …