Limits to growth: Tourism and regional labor migration

The Impact of Inter-regional Labor Migration on Economic Growth and Regional Disparity (draft)

Based on the China Regional Input-Output tables 2002 and other data from various sources, a 30 regions recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model (CGE) was constructed to study the effect of inter-regional labor migration in China. This model has taken into account of many characteristics of migration in China, such as wage gap between migration and local workers, population migrati...

Equilibrium and disequilibrium perspectives on regional labor migration.

Some alternative models of labor migration in the United States are reviewed, with particular reference to the distinction between equilibrium and disequilibrium models of migration. The authors propose alternative tests to a model developed by Joseph Schacter and Paul G. Althaus "which explicitly recognize the stock-flow interactions between net migration and the distribution of regional popu...

To What Extent Are Chilean Regional Tourism Organisations (Rtos) Leveraging Web Technologies To Promote Regional Tourism?

The information-intensive nature of the tourism and travel industry suggests an important role for Web technology in the promotion and marketing of tourist destinations. With reports of travel purchases and reservations being one of the fastest growing segments of the Internet community (eMarketer, 2002), it is no surprise that the number of tourism operators on the Web has increased considerab...

Critical Sustainability: Setting the Limits to Growth and Responsibility in Tourism

The idea of sustainable development has been discussed in tourism research for almost a quarter of a century. During that time, sustainability has become an important policy framework for tourism and regional developers guiding their planning and development thinking. Sustainability has also emerged academically as an important field of research with an emphasis on defining the limits to growth...

National and Regional Tourism Planning