During their holidays, tourists produce direct and indirect effects on local residents, which can either be positive or negative. In this paper we investigate how residents of Rimini, a popular Italian seaside resort hosting more than ten million national and foreign overnight stays every year,...

During their holidays, tourists produce direct and indirect effects on local residents, which can either be positive or negative. In this paper we investigate how residents of Rimini, a popular Italian seaside resort hosting more than ten million national and foreign overnight stays every year,...

We provide an empirical assessment of the relationship between tourism specialisation and economic growth by updating the findings of previous papers written on this issue. We use data for more than 150 countries covering different time spans between 1980 and 2005. Contrary to previous findings...

This paper studies the short-term impact of a volcano eruption on tourism demand, supply, and hospitality labour in La Palma (Spain), an island economy that is highly dependent on the tourism sector. Based on a monthly panel dataset at the touristic zone level, we use Seemingly-Unrelated...

This paper studies the short-term impact of a volcano eruption on tourism demand, supply, and hospitality labour in La Palma (Spain), an island economy that is highly dependent on the tourism sector. Based on a monthly panel dataset at the touristic zone level, we use SeeminglyUnrelated...

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...