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on Tourism Economics |
| By: | Simplice A. Asongu (Yaoundé/Cameroon); Joseph Nnanna (The Development Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria); Nicholas Biekpe (Cape Town, South Africa); Paul N. Acha-Anyi (University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg) |
| Abstract: | This study examines the effect of terrorism and peace on tourist destination arrivals using a panel of 163 countries with data for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments and Negative Binomial (NB) regressions. Our best estimators are from NB regressions from which the following main findings are established. First, political instability, violent demonstrations and number of homicides negatively affect tourist arrivals while the number of incarcerations positively influences the outcome variable. Second the effects from military expenditure, “armed service personnel†and “security officers and polices†are not positively significant. Managerial implications are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Terrorism; Peace; Tourism |
| JEL: | D74 |
| Date: | 2018–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:abh:wpaper:18/046&r=all |
| By: | Lahny, Moh Abduttawwab |
| Abstract: | This study confirms that halal recreation is one form of the tourism industry that has contributed to the growth in the number of tourists and the national economy, even contributing to the improvement of the world economy, with evidence that Indonesia has topped the Mastercard-Crescent Muslim Global Travel Index (GMTI) 2019 together with Malaysia. With a phenomenological approach, this study concluded that halal recreation in Indonesia has an important role in increasing the number of tourists and the global economy. |
| Keywords: | Recreation, Halal, Tourist, Economy |
| JEL: | L83 Z12 |
| Date: | 2019–07–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:94902&r=all |
| By: | Joseph I. Uduji (University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria); Elda N. Okolo-Obasi (University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria); Simplice A. Asongu (Yaoundé, Cameroon) |
| Abstract: | This paper adds to the gender discourse in sustainable African tourism development from the corporate social responsibility (CSR) perspective. Specifically, we examine the impact of CSR on the development of rural women in cultural tourism. A total of 600 rural women were sampled across the Niger Delta. Results from the use of a logit model indicate a significant relationship between CSR and cultural tourism development in oil host communities in Nigeria. This implies that CSR of a multinational oil company (MOC) is a critical factor for sustaining cultural tourism. The findings suggest increased female participation in General Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) interventions of MOC and the need to pay close attention to which extent the participation of rural women in the GMoU projects may be limited by cultural and traditional obstacles. |
| Keywords: | Gender inequality, sustainable cultural tourism, corporate social responsibility, multinational oil companies, logit model, Nigeria |
| JEL: | F20 H20 M14 O11 R10 |
| Date: | 2019–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:agd:wpaper:19/042&r=all |
| By: | Joseph I. Uduji (University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria); Elda N. Okolo-Obasi (University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria); Simplice A. Asongu (Yaoundé, Cameroon) |
| Abstract: | This paper adds to the gender discourse in sustainable African tourism development from the corporate social responsibility (CSR) perspective. Specifically, we examine the impact of CSR on the development of rural women in cultural tourism. A total of 600 rural women were sampled across the Niger Delta. Results from the use of a logit model indicate a significant relationship between CSR and cultural tourism development in oil host communities in Nigeria. This implies that CSR of a multinational oil company (MOC) is a critical factor for sustaining cultural tourism. The findings suggest increased female participation in General Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) interventions of MOC and the need to pay close attention to which extent the participation of rural women in the GMoU projects may be limited by cultural and traditional obstacles. |
| Keywords: | Gender inequality, sustainable cultural tourism, corporate social responsibility, multinational oil companies, logit model, Nigeria |
| JEL: | F20 H20 M14 O11 R10 |
| Date: | 2019–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:exs:wpaper:19/042&r=all |
| By: | Mamadou Thior; Tidiane Sané (LMI PATEO - Patrimoines et Territoires de l'eau - IRD PALOC); Oumar Sy (ISRA - Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles [Dakar]); Victor Mendy; Alexandre Badiane; Luc Descroix (IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) |
| Abstract: | Cette contribution vise à montrer, à travers les résultats obtenus sur la base d'une diversité d'outils d'enquêtes de terrain et d'analyse spatiale, que le processus de mise en place du noyau urbain du Cap-Skirring a parallèlement occasionné de nouvelles formes de connexion et d'interdépendance dans la commune de Diembéring. Il ressort de l'analyse que le début de la crise dans le secteur agricole traditionnel a coïncidé avec l'essor du tourisme balnéaire du Cap-Skirring. Vecteur de reconversion de la population, le tourisme est également le principal facteur d'une nouvelle connexion et recomposition spatiale entre le noyau urbain du Cap-Skirring et son hinterland. La réduction des espaces traditionnellement consacrée aux activités agricoles au profit des infrastructures directement ou indirectement liées au tourisme en est une illustration. Par ailleurs, il se réalise inéluctablement au niveau de cet axe une interdépendance entre Cap-Skirring et les villages environnants suite à son attraction. Le résultat de cette connexion entre la station balnéaire et sa campagne reste un fondement des relations socioéconomiques et de la fusion spatiale sur le tronçon Diembéring-Cabrousse. Les besoins de construction des résidences et autres infrastructures touristiques donnent une nouvelle forme d'extension spatiale du noyau du Cap-Skirring. Abstract This contribution aims to show, through the results obtained by using a variety of field surveys and spatial analysis tools that the setting up process of Cap-Skirting's urban core has, at the same time, caused new forms of connection and interdependence in the rural district of Diembéring. The analysis reveals that the beginning of the crisis in the traditional agricultural sector lined up with the growth of tourism at the seaside resort of Cap-Skirring. As the main factor of populations' redeployment, the tourism is also the main factor for a new connection and spatial conversion between the urban core of Cap-Skirring and its hinterland. The logical follow-up of this situation is the reduction of areas, traditionally devoted to agricultural activities in favor of infrastructure directly or indirectly related to tourism. In addition, the attraction of the Cap-Skirring urban district has inevitably resulted in an interdependence between the town and surrounding villages. 2 The result of this connection between Cap-Skirring seaside resort and its countryside remains a foundation of socioeconomic relations and spatial fusion on the Diembéring-Cabrousse section. The construction needs of residential buildings and other tourist infrastructures give a new form of spatial extension of the core of Cap-Skiring. |
| Keywords: | Espace rurbain,Connexion socioéconomique,fusion spatiale,Cap-Skirring,Hinterland,Sénégal Keywords: Urban area,Socio-economic connection,Spatial fusion,Senegal |
| Date: | 2019 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02181256&r=all |
| By: | Manuk Ghazanchyan; Li Zhao; Steve Brito; Vivian Parlak |
| Abstract: | Tourism has become the main driver of economic growth and employment and the most important source of income in the ECCU. Preserving and, possibly, enhancing the competitiveness of the tourism product is key for these countries. Unfortunately, the evidence shows that tourism arrivals to the ECCU have been declining slightly while global demand for tourism is on the rise. The objective of this paper is to study the structural determinants of competitiveness for the ECCU, defined as the relative cost advantage over other touristic regions (Di Bella, Lewis, and Martin 2007). Using a gravity model, we show that proximity to North American and European markets is indeed an important competitive advantage for the ECCU. However, despite this advantage, and, in some cases, specialization in high-end tourism, regression analysis shows that arrivals to the ECCU are sensitive to relative prices. Our simulations show that mitigating supply-side constraints would improve the ECCU’s competitiveness and allow the region to regain global market shares. |
| Date: | 2019–07–17 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfwpa:19/154&r=all |
| By: | Arroyo, Claudia Gil; Knollenberg, Whitney; Barbieri, Carla; Boys, Kathryn A. |
| Keywords: | Community/Rural/Urban Development |
| Date: | 2019–06–25 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea19:291303&r=all |