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on Tourism Economics |
| By: | Conti, Laura; Francesconi, Marco; Papini, Giulio; Serafinelli, Michel |
| Abstract: | This paper shows how the local labor market (LLM) responds to changes in touristic attractiveness, leveraging a unique classification of Italian localities based on their main touristic assets and aggregate trends in foreign tourists' choices in a shift-share research design. Looking at all LLMs, we find a strong positive relationship between changes in attractiveness and changes in the local tourism-related economic activity, tourism expenditure, and tourism employment, but no effect on total employment. In high-unemployment LLMs, however, we find a sizable overall employment effect and large indirect effects generated through industries related to tourism and firms in the nontradable sector. |
| Keywords: | Tourism; Unemployment; Heterogeneity |
| JEL: | R11 J21 R12 R23 Z30 |
| Date: | 2025–05 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:20281 |
| By: | Sofía Domingorena (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Estadística); Gabriela Mordecki (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economía) |
| Abstract: | Tourism is a key driver of Uruguay's economy, accounting for around 9% of GDP and 7% of total employment. Argentina and Brazil are the main source markets, together accounting for approximately 70% of total tourism demand. This paper reviews recent evidence on the long-run relationship between tourism demand, income, and the real exchange rate using vector error correction models (VECM), estimated separately for Argentina and Brazil from January 2005 to June 2025. An uncertainty measure is also incorporated to assess its potential effects. The results show that Argentine tourism demand responds to both income and relative prices, with an income elasticity close to 4, confirming tourism as a luxury good, while uncertainty has no significant effect. In contrast, Brazilian demand is driven exclusively by income, with an elasticity close to 3, and uncertainty behaves as an exogenous factor. Forecasts suggest that Argentine tourism would grow by 8% in 2025 and 8.5% in 2026, while Brazilian tourism is projected to increase by 12% and 9%, respectively. Impulse response functions indicate strong income effects in both markets, with faster short-run adjustment in Argentina (three months) than in Brazil (about one year). |
| Keywords: | Tourism demand, Real exchange rate, Cointegration |
| JEL: | L83 Z32 C32 |
| Date: | 2026–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ulr:wpaper:dt-05-26 |
| By: | Roberto Rivas Hermann (Nord University [Bodø]); Giovany Cajaiba-Santana (Kedge BS - Kedge Business School); Olivier Faury (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School) |
| Abstract: | Sustainability has become a central issue in Polar tourism, yet existing research offers limited insight into how sustainability commitments evolve within cruise organizations. Drawing on a multi-year case study of Hurtigruten, a Norwegian cruise company, this study examines how sustainability evolves as an institutional logic. We apply a critical discourse analysis of Environmental, Social, Governance reports and Norwegian media articles to examine evolving alignment between sustainability discourse and operational practices. We introduce a typology to capture phases of sustainability engagement and trace their development over time. The findings show a shift from symbolic compliance to strategic institutionalization, shaped by reporting strategies and external pressures. The study offers insight into how sustainability becomes embedded in cruise organizations in environmentally sensitive contexts. |
| Keywords: | Corporate environmental responsibility, Strategy, Arctic cruise tourism, Critical discourse analysis, Sustainability reporting, Institutional logics |
| Date: | 2026–07–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05651929 |