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Ex-post economic impact evaluations are standard requirements for loans and grants from multilateral international development institutions. In many cases, however, lack of sufficient baseline or historical data, or the very nature of the investment itself renders orthodox economic impact...
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Based on the gravity model, this paper analyzes China and South Korea's tourism patterns. Using a panel data set of … China's international tourism flows from 32 countries for 1995-2012, and Korea's international tourism flows from 152 …
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Tourism has long been important part of the economy. Specifically, it serves as a kind of resource that performs a … significant role in national economies. With the rise of globalization, cross-border tourism has grown and induced intense … domestic tax serves as the source of funding for the improvements to the infrastructure of domestic tourism, including the …
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tourism industry as part of their regional development policies. The main objective of these programs is to increase local … investment and employment, as tourism activities are labor intensive. Little evidence is available, however, to assess the effect … introduced in 2002 to develop the tourism industry in the undeveloped region of Northeast Brazil. It provides evidence that …
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This paper analyses the impact of Rural Development Program (RDP) measures focusing on tourism have on the growth of … tourism and on the economy in rural areas. We first explored tourism in NUT2 regions in the EU with a spatial data analyses … and then we applied spatial econometric analyses on tourism where we take into account the RDP spending on the measures …
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adversely affected by geographical discontinuity and they should focus on specific activities. Tourism is such an activity for … which geographical discontinuity is not a barrier, but on the contrary it may be an advantage. Hence, tourism may act as a … driving force for the development of isolated regions. On the basis of the above, a region may become a competitive tourism …
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Italy’s domestic tourism flows during the recent years of economic recession. Indeed, the occurrence of closer tourism … dataset is made of inter-regional tourism flows among Italian regions over the 2000 - -12 period; across this period, 2008 to …
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Tourism doesn't depend on a specific resource and enable the integration of local populations and economies, generating … benefits that have a stronger effect on regional development. Literature main stream identifies tourism as one of the … heritage. Its use can contribute to the satisfaction of tourists, promoting tourism and the region's development during their …
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, robustness and rapidity. The aim of this paper is to explore the notion of resilience in the tourism industry. Tourism, an …, including Greece. In Greece, tourism represents over 17% of the country's GNP and 18,3% of total employment. During the years of … recent economic crisis, the Greek tourism sector has been affected less than other economic activities, indicating its …
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We examine how new airport infrastructure influences regional tourism. Identification is based on the conversion of a … new commercial airport increased tourism in the Allgäu region over the period 2008-2016. The positive effect is especially …
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