Figini, Paolo; Vici, Laura - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2009
We provided an empirical assessment of the relationship between tourism specialisation and economic growth, by updating … between 1980 and 2005. Contrary to previous findings (e.g., Brau et al., 2004 and 2007), tourism-based countries did not grow … at a higher rate than non-tourism based countries, except for the 1980-1990 period for which, however, data on …