The paper constructs a dynamic general equilibrium model for a small economy that specializes in tourism to explore the long term effects of environmental and tourism policies. The model assumes that tourists obtain satisfaction from private services provided by tourism firms, goods and services provided by the public sector and environmental quality. Satisfaction from private services depends ...

Many resort communities in the U.S. Rocky Mountain West are experiencing rapid inmigration and growth because the natural and built amenities in those areas attracted people and investment. This study uses an agent-based model to explore how homeowners’ investment and reinvestment decisions are influenced by the level of investment and amenities available in their neighborhoods in a case study ...

introduction rural areas, due to their landscapes, natural attractions and abilities attract tourists. however, there emerge kinds of tourism that with respect to conditions and particularities leave behind different impacts and consequences around that rural set up. in iran, too, attractions and scenic landscapes as well as suitable ecological condition of some of the villages have caused rema...

This paper investigated the ICT effect on tourism industry in Iran economic growth over 1350-1390 period using co-integration and error correction methodology. As economic growth and ICT implication on society variables used in empirical analysis was integrated of one, employed Granger causality test. This study examines how the ICT and Internet gradually change the tourism industry structure i...

Tourism is viewed in many industrial nations as an environmentally friendly way to revitalize distressed rural economies and communities. In the forest regions of Dalarna and interior Maine, hopes are pinned on nature-based tourism, with the presumption that natural capital is underutilized. This paper explores the potential and pitfalls of nature tourism as a basis for sustainable rural develo...

Cuba since the early 1990's has made a fundamental shift in economic policy toward hard currency endeavors such as tourism and trade. The shift was thought to come from the fall of the Soviet Union and the loss of billions of dollars in economic subsidies, but the changes towards development of tourism was completed prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. The present paper will discuss the histo...

This paper considers the ad hoc development of ecotourism at Ostional, Costa Rica, and the potential bene®ts for the local community in the absence of government planning or intervention. In 1995, only four percent of Ostional households identi®ed tourism as a source of income; however, this was substantial in comparison to that derived from other economic activities. While most Ostional reside...

This paper investigates residents’ preferences of investment in cruise tourism, taking its externalities into full account. The research involved data collection in the port of call of Messina (Sicily, Italy), during the peak cruise season in 2011. A mixed generalized ordered logit analysis, based upon a correspondence analysis, is run to examine what factors influence residents’ perceptions ab...