Introduction The tourism industry is highly vulnerable to Health, Safety, and Environmental Sanitation (HSE) threats. The Caribbean is the most tourism dependent region in the world, with over 54.2 million stayover and cruise ship arrivals in 2015, generating revenues of $US29.6 billion and contributing to 15% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 2,255,000 jobs [1]. Tourists and staff are at...

The impact of mainstream tourist hotels on destination economies is clearly an important question for public policy-makers wishing to develop robust tourism policy. We adapt the methodology of value chain analysis to measure the local economic impact of a large, single tourism enterprise, to show how to generate commercially realistic data using the example of an analysis of a 1,000 room AllInc...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Northeastern Morocco Luxury tourism Economic development Water resources management Sustainable tourism SWOT analysis The objective of this article is to evaluate the regional development risk for the luxury tourism sector in Saidia, northeastern Morocco. The study aims to provide input for tourism-related water management and governance. Based on a thematic lite...

since the promenades allocate the part of the country's revenues, therefore, attention to its valuation is very important. springs in desert area are the most prominent of natural landscapes. more study in country investigates recreational value using double– bounded dichotomous choice. but in this study, single-bounded dichotomous choice has been used because of this approach is more like...

An optimal control model shows how a jurisdiction can tax tourists in a way that maximizes its revenues net of its costs in serving tourists: By relating its tax rate to its popularity with tourists. When its popularity waxes, it should raise the tax rate; when its popularity wanes, it should lower the tax rate. Extensions consider the e ects on the tax of the discount rate, tourist prices, tou...

This study explores the feasibility of implementing a sustainable funding mechanism for ocean and coastal management in Jamaica. Results show that tourists are more willing to pay for an ‘‘environmental tax’’ than a general ‘‘tourism development tax’’. The study found that an environmental surcharge of US$2 per person could generate $3.4M per year for management with 0.2% rate of decline in tou...

2012 Storm water runoff Reef quality decline Wave height change Beach width change $ Value of impact Remedial or preventative Investment How does pollution affect the reef? How does reef structure affect the waves? How do waves affect the beach? How does beach width affect tourism revenues? How much to spend on fixing/preventing runoff? ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Funding was provided through the project ...

Turizm günümüz modern dünyasının en önemli sektörlerinden birisidir. Ülkeler turizm gelirlerine ilişkin paylarını arttırmak amacıyla çeşitli teşvikler ve düzenlemeler hazırlamaktadır. Yapılan tüm bu teşviklerin yanında ülkenin yapısal değişkenlerine bazı verilerde gelirlerini etkilemektedir. Bu çalışmada Türkiye için döviz kuru ile gelirleri arasındaki asimetrik ilişkinin analizi 2003:Q1-2020:Q...

Introduction: Planning in the field of medical tourism is of particular importance. The main objective of this research was to identify and analyze the factors affecting the growth of medical tourism in Iran. It could be a small step toward promoting entrepreneurship and increasing non-oil revenues in the country. Methods: Studies published in the Persian...