. Using a standard gravity model of bilateral tourism flows between 200 countries from 1995 to 2006, this paper measures a … that mega-events promote tourism but the gain varies depending on the type of mega-event, the participating countries, the …

The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive literature review on the temporal relationship between tourism and … investigated by assessing the so-called Tourism Led Growth Hypothesis (TLGH). To this aim, various methodological approaches have … from the existing literature, provide evidence that indeed tourism activity drives economic development in all the …

Tourism plays a crucial role for national economies throughout the world. In Europe, international tourism receipts … were almost three times higher in the late 1990s than they were in the late 1980s. Tourism has great potential as regards … economic and social cohesion. The importance of innovation was long underestimated in service and tourism activities …

Many studies have shown the importance of tourism industry in enhancing trade performance and economic development …. This study examines the hypothesis of ‘economic-driven’ tourism growth in Malaysia by using econometric modelling. To … generate the empirical analysis, this study used data from 1980-2007 to analyze the economic-driven tourism growth by using …

The radical tourism development and its adverse environmental impacts have revived the discussion about Environmental … environmental ethics, the current Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism Development policy-making, and the tourism industry. More … of caretta caretta case in Greece, the EU Habitats Directive and the tourism development at the area, it is concluded …

Tourism, because of its peculiar nature, depends much on security and safety at the destination. Likewise, Korea needs … to assure concrete security and safety to develop tourism in particular. In new millennium, however, Korea has a major … of the peninsula. In this context, the peace festival tourism project should be placed in the first priority since this …

Tourism and related recreation activities play a significant role in the generation of income / foreign exchange and … provision of employment opportunities. Against this backdrop, this paper aims at ascertaining empirically the impact of tourism … variables, it recommends that the role of tourism cannot be over-emphasized in the sustainable economic development in West …

indicators as to whether this particular form of tourism activity holds potential as a market for promotion and development in … specific and complementary advantages over other more general forms of tourism which Scotland should be seeking to develop. …