This paper discusses the impacts of proposed development projects at Emu Park—a coastal town in Queensland, Australia—on regional economy. The input–output (IO) analysis is used to assess the economic benefits to the region. The economic impacts from the construction stage are identified. The ongoing benefits from the projects to the regional economy due to a potential increase in tourists’ vis...

The first decade of the present century has been characterized by several economic shocks such as the 2008 financial crisis. In this data article we present the annual percentage growth rates of the main tourism indicators in the world׳s top tourist destinations: the United States, China, France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, Mexico and Austria. We use data from the Compendium ...

Tourism is a global major economic driver; developing and emerging countries are integrating it within the regular school curriculum, to foster social understanding and recognition of it, as well as to invite the youth to consider employment opportunities in the industry. The paper presents the case of South Africa, where Tourism has been introduced as a school subject in the 10-12 grades since...

Tourism has been an increasingly important factor in global economy, society and environment, accounting for a significant share of GDP and labor force. Policy and research on tourism traditionally rely on surveys and economic datasets, which are based on small samples and depict tourism dynamics at low spatial and temporal granularity. Anonymous call detail records (CDRs) are a novel source of...

Tourism is a dynamic and growing industry, with the Internet offering a multitude of new ways of conducting tourism business and promoting tourism destinations (World Tourism Organization, 2007). As the Forrester Research reported in 2005, in Europe 40% of users of tourism services book their travels on the Web. However, current information technologies are hardly capable of making full use of ...

Innovations in the fields of Information and Communication Technology, Transport, and Human Resources Management have transformed the structure of the global tourism and travel industry. The Internet has enabled tourism and travel firms to tap into new domestic and international markets while availing regions in developing countries the opportunities to publicize their unique tourism products a...

The Maloti Drakenberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project between South Africa and Lesotho is a transfrontier conservation initiative that simultaneously aims at conserving biodiversity and fostering the economic development of the local population. This is to be attained via nature-based tourism activities. These, I argue, highlight certain practices, institutions and values of ...

In his comment on The Indiscipline of Tourism, Neil Leiper steers his argument by way of an indisciplined scenic route, treating the reader to asides about the Royal Family, the tourism industry and even a journey to Austria with the economist Khan. His many asides serve often to obscure, rather than underpin, the conclusion that the discipline of tourism studies will probably continue to devel...

extended abstract 1. introduction given its role in decreasing poverty, today tourism is known as an important factor in the development of villages and rural areas. as compared with other economic sectors, tourism has a number of advantages; it is known as a panacea for economy a solution for improving life quality in distant areas, motivation for the revitalization of settlements, a factor in...

Functional and humanist perspectives relevant to counterurbanization studies are applied to examine the processes of growth and development of rural settlements affected by tourism. Based on a survey of tourism lodges located in several settlements in the Annapurna region of Nepal, this paper analyzes tourism-induced growth in such accommodations and its implications on changing characteristics...