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Tourism and SME development: Performance of tourism SMEs in coastal tourist destinations in southern Sri Lanka
Deyshappriya, N. P. Ravindra; Nawarathna, A. M. D. B. - 2020
The current study investigated whether tourism-related small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) perform better than non-tourism-related SMEs in the four main coastal tourist destinations - Hikkaduwa, Galle, Mirissa, and Tangalle - in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. The authors used the...
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Econometric Models in Romanian Tourism under the Impact of Sustainable Development
Popescu, Delia; Saseanu, Andreea; Bulin, Daniel; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 16 (2014) Special No. 8, pp. 1063-1075
development principles. Sustainability, in general, and the tourism sustainability, especially, combine different aspects …
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Tourism and Sustainable Regional Development in Romania and France: an Approach from the Perspective of New Economic Geography
Pascariu, Gabriela Carmen; Tiganasu, Ramona - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 16 (2014) Special No. 8, pp. 1089-1109
The issue of sustainable tourism and its potential contribution to regional development and convergence within the EU has been, in recent years, one of the primary research themes and a constant concern in European policies. However, currently, the European tourism industry is facing a loss in...
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Social Carrying Capacity of Mass Tourist Sites: Theoretical and Practical Issues about its Measurement
Marzetti, Silvia; Mosetti, R. - 2005
(SCC) of a tourist site as indicator of residents' and visitors' perception of crowding, intended as the maximum number of … data available about the individual preferences on crowding. Assuming that individual preferences are known, a maximisation … wholly depends on the tourism sector, while the social costs due to crowding are borne by those residents who are partially …
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Rural tourism and territorial development in Romania
Sima, Elena - 2020
Rural tourism in Romania has significant potential. The Romanian effort to develop and promote tourism in the rural area has been completed by the support provided by the European Union funds. In this context, the objective of this paper is to highlight the territorial development of the rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519758
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Tourism as a driver of economic development : the Colombian experience
Benković, Andreja; Mejía, Juan Felipe - 2008
The current paper analyzes the importance and potentials of the tourism sector for economic development. It is divided into four major parts. After a short introduction, section two presents some theoretical insights into the topic of economic development. Commenting on the most relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003958838
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Key Factors Influencing Tourism Competitiveness Index - Romania vs. Greece
Fântânariu, Andra Maria - 2012
Competitiveness analysis is a topical issue that has aroused the interest of many scientists in the field of economics and won in each economic actor, from economic regions, to that of the organizations. Ensuring the competitiveness of tourist destinations is the core process of achieving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101579
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Tourism as a Driver of Economic Development : The Colombian Experience
Benkovic, Andreja - 2014
The current paper analyzes the importance and potentials of the tourism sector for economic development. It is divided into four major parts. After a short introduction, section two presents some theoretical insights into the topic of economic development. Commenting on the most relevant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049640
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Rural tourism and territorial development in Romania
Sima, Elena - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 238-243). 2020
Rural tourism in Romania has significant potential. The Romanian effort to develop and promote tourism in the rural area has been completed by the support provided by the European Union funds. In this context, the objective of this paper is to highlight the territorial development of the rural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518531
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Assessing the Tourism Sustainability of EU Regions at the Nuts-2 Level with a Composite and Regionalised Indicator
Bertocchi, Dario; Camatti, Nicola; Salmasi, Luca; van … - 2021
Sustainability in the tourism sector has become a principal goal for destination management and for the strengthening … spatial analysis for sustainability. In this paper, we propose regions as a unit of analysis. Our empirical approach aims to … regional sustainability indicators for the 281 NUTS-2 regions (territorial units for statistics) in Europe. The first …
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