The purpose of this Special Issue is to show progress regarding current research and literature on the theme of "Current Trends in Tourism under COVID-19 and Future Implications for Sustainability". In particular, this Special Issue of the peer-reviewed international journal Sustainability...

Die Landesregierung von Tirol erteilte der ETH Zürich, KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle den Auftrag, die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Tirols im Lichte der Ergebnisse des RCI (Regional Competitiveness Index) 2013 zu untersuchen. Dabei soll vor allem der RCI als Wettbewerbsmass und dessen Ergebnisse für...

In rural areas, cultural tourism is usually considered a driving force of socio-economic improvement. But what potential does cultural tourism unlock in a tourism-saturated alpine destination - apart from folklore-related offerings? What roles do mass tourism as well as the culture and politics...

It is still an ongoing discussion whether benefits resulting from reduced mortality risk should be valuated differently, depending on the age of the beneficiaries. Theory suggests that the influence of age on the value of statistical life (VSL), which is a monetary measure for reduced/prevented...

We show in a public goods experiment on three continents that conditional cooperation is a universal behavioral regularity. Yet, the number of conditional cooperators and the extent of conditional cooperation are much higher in the U.S.A. than anywhere else. -- conditional cooperation ; public...