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on Tourism Economics |
| By: | Nayla Nainia (Faculté des Sciences Juridiques Economiques et Sociales - Souissi, Rabat); Yasmina El Fethouni (Faculté des Sciences Juridiques Economiques et Sociales - Souissi, Rabat) |
| Abstract: | On the face of it, tourism is a crucial sector for the economic development of many countries, including Morocco. What's unique about this sector is that it can be linked to several other industries. Sport is a vector of influence that generates greater visibility at national and international levels. So, football's presence creates a diversified economic resource for the country. This mix offers a new flavor of tourism: sports tourism and, more specifically, football tourism. This new type of tourism is expanding rapidly worldwide, attracting many sports-loving tourists from the four corners of the globe. We aim to analyze the variable of attractiveness to tourists and football fans through the case study of a football club, Raja Club Athletic, which explains our interest in the following problem: What are the factors of attractiveness exerted by the Raja in the football unit for the tourist promotion of Casablanca? To determine our methodological position, we positioned ourselves at the level of post-positivism, our choice being oriented towards a critical realist paradigm since it is the most appropriate for our study and will allow us to address the research question better. The qualitative analysis revealed several obstacles to creating a football tourism destination. It highlighted the prominent role played by clubs and the organization of sporting events in improving the area's tourist appeal through the promotion they can provide. According to the quantitative analysis, RCA is a famous club, which enables it to attract tourists. This popularity is due to the club's track record and its supporters and ultras, which are essential in raising RCA's profile. The quantitative study highlighted the fact that the club's offer is ill-suited to the needs of its supporters and the factors that make Raja attractive, both now and in the future, as a footballing unit for the promotion of tourism in Casablanca in particular and Morocco in general. Sports tourism, in general, and football tourism, in particular, represent a significant niche that needs to be exploited in Morocco. Thanks to sporting events and football clubs, the country can improve its tourist appeal, promote Morocco as a destination, and be a thriving football destination. |
| Keywords: | Tourism sport tourist appeal football appeal territorial development. JEL Classification: Z32 M31 Paper type: Empirical research, Tourism, sport, tourist appeal, football appeal, territorial development. JEL Classification: Z32, M31 Paper type: Empirical research |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04704542 |
| By: | Mariapia Cutugno (Dept. of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice); Anna Moretti (Dept. of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice) |
| Abstract: | As the hospitality industry has grown, interest in hospitality management research has increased significantly in recent decades. Tourism can be considered a dynamic business in a relatively unstable environment, whereby various types of interference can impose challenges to business dynamics in tourism that require businesses to respond quickly. Firms in this sector have to adapt to external influences driven by largely uncontrollable events such as economic movements and exchange rate fluctuations, changes in nature and climatic conditions, fashions and new consumer behaviors. In this scenario, interorganizational cooperation can help reduce uncertainties, broaden the range of opportunities, anticipate trends and encourage gatekeepers, or CEOs, to disseminate information and knowledge within the organizational structure. Interorganizational cooperation is important for companies to obtain valuable resources such as information and knowledge, goods, services, capital, markets, technology and so on. Cooperation has been considered particularly important in the context of tourism destinations, where relationships and integration between organizations directly and indirectly related to tourism help to provide customers with a complete tourism experience. In essence, research has indicated that the tourism industry does not achieve full development without cooperation between different stakeholders. However, many studies on cooperation and collaborations are empirically and quantitatively applied in the contexts of manufacturing industries such as the automotive industry, the electronics industry, while only a few in service-based industries; for example, the tourism and hospitality industries. To fill this gap in the literature, the present study aims to explore what kind of collaborations are established in the hotel context of Venice and what advantages/disadvantages can occur. Whether they are vertical collaborations, therefore with suppliers, customers, and competitors, or horizontal collaborations, with industry experts, universities, public institutions, trade associations, cultural associations, and many other agents operating in the Venetian hotel sector. |
| Keywords: | Collaboration, hotels, interorganizational relationship |
| Date: | 2023–08 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:vnm:wpdman:202 |
| By: | Dimitrios Bakas (Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University (UK) and Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) (USA)); Ioanna Konstantakopoulou (Centre for Planning and Economic Research (Greece)); Athanasios Triantafyllou (IESEG School of Management, Univ. Lille (France)) |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the validity of the tourism-led economic growth hypothesis for the Euro Area economies. We employ linear and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag cointegration approaches to examine the symmetric and asymmetric effects of tourism on economic growth. Furthermore, we control for the presence of structural breaks in the time series which account for the recent financial and debt crises in the Euro Area. The results support the positive impact of tourism on economic growth for most of the Euro Area economies and are robust to alternative tourism measures. The findings indicate that an asymmetric impact exists both in the long and the short run. Positive and negative shocks of tourism and real exchange rate result to very different effects, in the sign and magnitude, on economic growth. |
| Keywords: | Tourism-Led Growth Hypothesis; Euro Area; ARDL; Nonlinear ARDL; Structural Breaks |
| JEL: | E00 F00 C32 L83 O10 O11 Z32 |
| Date: | 2024–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:awm:wpaper:20 |
| By: | Katsuhito Nohara; Masaki Narukawa; Akira Hibiki |
| Abstract: | Coral reefs face a critical crisis worldwide because of rising ocean temperature, excessive use of resources, and red soil erosion. As reefs have great recreational and tourism value, the degradation of their quality may have a significant effect on tourism. This study employs a contingent behavior approach to estimate the effect of reef extinction on the recreational demand for Kume Island, Okinawa, Japan. We propose a Poisson-inverse Gaussian (PIG) model with correction for on-site sampling issues to derive a more accurate estimate of consumer surplus. The results show that the annual consumer surplus per person trip is 5, 898 yen (US$ 49.15 in 2015 currency) according to the random-effects PIG model. |
| Date: | 2024–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:toh:tupdaa:54 |
| By: | Elena Bellio (Dept. of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice); Umberto Rosin (Dept. of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice); Francesco Casarin (Dept. of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice) |
| Abstract: | In the macro-area of contemporary tourism, the coastal one can count on a multiplicity of resources, not only natural, human and physical, but also cultural. Maritime museums have recently been recognized as an important lever for the sustainable development, in social and environmental term, of coastal areas and the maritime heritage can represent a significant component for their tourist attraction (Federica Appiotti, Filippo Magni, & Musco, 2019). In this panorama, the Mediterranean Countries occupy a position of particular importance, as the economic dependence on the coastal tourism sector is greater than in other parts of the world. Specifically, Italy, being in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, is rightfully among those countries that make a living from seaside tourism and witness its consequences. This research aims at deeply analysing Maritime Museums by adopting both the visitors and the management perspectives. Through an exploratory approach, this working paper lays the groundwork for identifying the key variables by which maritime museums face their challenges. In a prospective view, the research will like to foreshadow the identification of the most relevant factors related to performance indices. Activating a virtuous cycle between the museum specific features and the territory in which it is located, allows museums to create long-term, multi-dimensional and multi-stakeholder value. The research will adopt a multimethod approach by conducting three sequential studies. In order to develop the Euro-Mediterranean maritime museums classification framework, a careful review of the literature regarding museums is performed. The final sample is made of all the 221 Mediterranean Maritime Museums that are relevant for Mediterranean maritime traditions distributed in 13 countries. This working paper presents some preliminary results on the sub-set of the 131 Italian Maritime Museums. Data are collected between January and the beginning of March 2023 from the museums’ official websites and social platforms. What emerges, in conclusion, is that the connection between the local and the global, the past and the present, is to help in making museums as institutions able to communicate something to contemporary audiences. Thus, the study contributes to the literature on culture and value creation, by focusing on Mediterranean Maritime Museums, to provide suggestions for managers, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners alike. Findings are focusing on a specific category of cultural institution but can be easily extended to any other kind of museum. |
| Keywords: | maritime museums, value, business strategy, sustainable development, tourism |
| Date: | 2023–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:vnm:wpdman:201 |
| By: | Gioacchino Fazio; Stefano Fricano; Claudio Pirrone |
| Abstract: | Immersive technologies such as Metaverse, AR, and VR are at a crossroads, with many actors pondering their adoption and potential sectors interested in integration. The cultural and tourism industries are particularly impacted, facing significant pressure to make decisions that could shape their future landscapes. Stakeholders' perceptions play a crucial role in this process, influencing the speed and extent of technology adoption. As immersive technologies promise to revolutionize experiences, stakeholders in these fields weigh the benefits and challenges of embracing such innovations. The current choices will likely determine the trajectory of cultural preservation and tourism enhancement, potentially transforming how we engage with history, art, and travel. Starting from a decomposition of stakeholders' perceptions into principal components using Q-methodology, this article employs an evolutionary game model to attempt to map possible scenarios and highlight potential decision-making trajectories. The proposed approach highlights how evolutionary dynamics lead to identifying a dominant long-term strategy that emerges from the complex system of coexistence among various stakeholders. |
| Date: | 2024–08 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2409.06720 |