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Tourism is increasingly seen as a potential lever towards high economic growth, measured both in terms of income and … employment. In recent years, interest in tourism has spread rapidly throughout many small and medium European cities, which … the economic assessment of tourism with the objectives of, firstly, identifying the main categories of impacts and …
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visitors than ex situ wildlife-based tourism in aquaria and zoos. …
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Considers the role that tourism-based sea turtle-hatcheries can play in conserving populations of sea turtles by … the impacts of turtle hatcheries on the conservation of sea turtles and enables ecological consequences of tourism, based …
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Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (PEO) is a unique captive elephant-based recreation facility in Sri Lanka. Over 35,000 visitors (both local and foreign) visit the PEO per month on average for a variety of reasons. However, little or no attempt has been made to examine their reaction to its...
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The paper examines the economic effects of tourism spending within the framework of a regional Input-Output table … augmented with a tourism satellite account. Two case studies from the Welsh economy illustrate the use of Input-Output tables to … analyse the effects of tourism spending. The cases examined are the 2000 Brecon Jazz Festival, and the 1999 Rugby World Cup …
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population to the tourism industry. In addition, there appears to have been a paucity of research on young tourists, especially …
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From 1974 through 1997 the Galapagos experienced very rapid population growth, around six per cent per year. Sustained at this level, the population would continue to double every 12 years. Increased population brings an increased risk of invasive introduced species, which endangers the fragile...
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On 28 August 1998 the Treasurer referred the impact of competition policy reforms on rural an regional Australia for inquiry and report within 12 months of receiving the reference. The Commission is to assess the impact (both transitional and ongoing) of the competition policy and related...
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In August 2002, the Commission was asked to look at the economic and social importance of the different industries in the Great Barrier Reef and its catchment. The Commission also would evaluate the costs and benefits of actions to address declining water quality which currently threatens the...
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