This study assesses the importance of military expenditure in moderating the role of insecurity dynamics on tourist arrivals or international tourism in 163 countries. It is framed to assess how the future of international tourism can be improved when military expenditure is used as a tool to...

We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on participants' expenditures in sports events. Specifically, we analyze survey data collected from participants of a major amateur cycling race, capturing information about both utilitarian and hedonic expenses. Our investigation covers three waves...

This paper investigates the tourism-led growth hypothesis in the case of Korea considering a possible structural break from exogenous shocks, such as the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and the controlling policy of outbound travel in the latter half of the mid-1980s. To examine the possible...

This study examines the effect of terrorism and peace on tourist destination arrivals using a panel of 163 countries with data for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments and Negative Binomial (NB) regressions. Our best estimators are from NB...

This study uses data covering the 2008-2014 period to analyse the qualitative developments in Greek tourism. We conclude that the growth of Greek tourism is attributed, to a great extent, to qualitative changes, including: (1) development of new markets; (2) better promotion of cultural tourism;...

The exponential growth of tourism has brought new challenges to destinations; how to plan themselves to avoid overtourism and this new form of intolerance, the so-called tourismphobia. In order to address the negative impacts of tourism and enhance the positive ones Barcelona has developed and...

Income from tourism is one of the most important factor to generate revenue for a country. An extant study employs GDP as a measure of income. However, based on financial theory our study finds that market value is a better proxy for tourism income. Using macro-level data from African countries...

In the tourism and hospitality industry, Responsible Tourism has now become a catchphrase. It focuses on maximizing the positive aspects of tourism by raising knowledge about environmental protection and cultivating a deep feeling of responsibility among tourism stakeholders in order to...

Tourism represents an aggressive and growing industry which is gaining fast impact and importance in national and local economies. This new shape that the touristic product and touristic sector is gaining makes necessary a deep understanding of influencing factor and the range of impact this...

This contribution suggests that community-based tourism (CBT) can create commercial and social value to destinations, local businesses as well as to residents. At the same time, it clarifies that CBT offers rich, immersive cultural experiences that can enhance the tourists’ experiences when...