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on Tourism Economics |
| By: | Muhammad Mahboob Ali (Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology; Bangladesh); Rehana Parvin (Presidency University; Bangladesh) |
| Abstract: | Tourism sector brings tremendous opportunities as a fastest-growing economic sector in terms of foreign exchange earnings, creation of employment opportunities and raising purchasing power. As such tourism sector can play positive contribution towards enhancing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a country. The tourism sector in Bangladesh has been gradually growing from mid Nineties to till now. The study has been undertaken to observe effective and efficient utilization of strategic management of tourism sector to raise Gross domestic product through which macroeconomic sustainability over the time period of the country can be improved. Time period of the study is from December 2009 to February 2010.Authors’ suggested that through improving the efficiency and effectiveness of services of tourism sector ,arranging better facilities ,cost cutting techniques, technological improvements and infrastructural development, both local and foreign tourists can be encouraged to tour with different alternative causes . As such tourism sector may be grown up under holistic approach which in turn will raise Gross Domestic Products as macro economic variables of the country will be improved and sustainable development can be attained. They also argued that through developing public and private sector partnership, Bangladesh Government, related other autonomous organizations/bodies and also foreign direct investment to build strategic leadership, formulating appropriate strategies and implementing of these strategies will create new opportunities and strengthening capacity building and minimizing the weakness as well as removing threats can be feasible. |
| Date: | 2010–07 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aiu:abewps:84&r=tur |
| By: | Andreas Chai |
| Abstract: | This paper posits that significant changes in 19th century British recreational travel patterns resulted from a change in the manner in which tourists used entertaining stimuli in order to attain pleasure. Consumers no longer merely viewed arousing stimuli, but attempted to use them to produce emotional states of being which they could partially modify to intensify pleasurable feelings (Damasio 2003). The impetus for this modification stemmed from an increasing awareness that emotional responses could be to some degree self-cultivated, as embodied in the Romantic ethos that become popular at the time via the emergence of the paperback novel and magazine industry (Campbell 1987). By learning how to manipulate and modify mental images in a way that may not necessarily correspond with objective reality, Romantic tourists learned to elicit pleasure through engaging of their imagination. Such a change in the mode of pleasure seeking had important long run economic consequences for tourist regions throughout the European continent. |
| Keywords: | Consumer specialization; Emotions; Tourism; Romanticism Length 27 pages |
| JEL: | D11 D13 O12 O40 |
| Date: | 2010–07 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:esi:evopap:2010-08&r=tur |
| By: | Gabriele Maria Sada (Cattaneo University (LIUC)) |
| Abstract: | In the last decades an increasing number of countries candidates to host a mega-event. This paper analyze (in the light of Expo Milan will host in 2015) if an exposition impacts in a significant manner on interna-tional trade, justifying countries’ interest in their organization. Based on performed analysis using gravity model, we conclude that a permanent and significant exposition effect exists on host country international trade flows; it involve both an increase of exports and an increase of imports, pointing out a commercial openness of host country; this effect exists also for candidates countries. So, we propose an hypothesis about the nature of exposition impact on international trade: it’s interpretable as a true and proper political and in-stitutional signal with which host country sends a signal to general public of a liberalisation process of its commerce in progress, showing own competences, abilities, means and resources. In the light of results, we point out potentialities and risks of Expo Milan 2015. |
| Date: | 2010–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:liu:liucec:232&r=tur |