The goal of this report is to predict what might be the negative effects on the Balearic tourist economy caused by mining oil fields off its coasts. To that end, it evaluates the destructive potential of different types of pedictable spills using data from well-documented spills. The second part...

This study attempts to pinpoint the factors that play a decisive role in the decision process of Balearic hotel chains when choosing a growth strategy for expansion into the Caribbean in order to ascertain whether principles associated with the transaction-cost, agency and the strategic theories...

This paper focuses on earnings benchmarks using a sample of Spanish hotel firms. In particular, we examine two earnings benchmarks: loss avoidance and earnings decreases avoidance. First, we use frequency histograms to detect a discontinuity around zero. Second, we use discretionary accruals and...

This article collects and analyzes the results of a research project1 that deals with possible synergies between the tourism sector and the audiovisual sector in Spain. Through the qualitative technique of in-depth interview, experts and representatives of those sectors were interviewed. The...

There is unanimous acknowledgement in the literature in that information and communication technologies (ICT) can improve the effectiveness of cooperation between tour operators and help in the development of the tourism industry. However, there is no empirical research that supports the reduced...

This paper analyzes national and regional efficiency and total factor productivity of Spanish hotels. The nonparametric frontier DEA methodology has been used to assess the levels of efficiency of the hotel firms and Malmquist indices to estimate the productive change in the period 2001-2008....

This paper introduces the use of graphs in the analysis of the determinants of tourists' expenditure, providing an alternative approach to the methods usually employed. Graph-based analysis is applied to study the behavior of cruise passengers arriving at the ports of Montevideo and Punta del...

En el presente trabajo se analiza la demanda de turismo en el extranjero, canalizada a través de los denominados vuelos de bajo coste. En el marco conceptual microeconómico de demanda del consumidor, y mediante un modelo econométrico de duración, se mide la importancia de diversos factores...

This is a critical - hermeneutic and historical - comparative study of Political Economy on the evolution of the tourism sector in Europe, with special attention to the Spanish case. Despite t he economic importance of tourism and the deep changes stimulated by globalization and digitization,...

Hotel rankings exert great influence on tourists when choosing a hotel. The hoteliers also strive to appear at the top of the ranking. However, the evolution over time of these rankings has been little studied, so it is necessary due to the important implications for entrepreneurs to deepen the...