Regional Science Perspectives on Tourism and Hospitality

Foreword
Preface
Contents
Introduction
1 Worlds Collide: Regional Science and Tourism Research
2 Structural Changes and Tourism
3 Regional Science and Tourism
4 Conclusion
References
Firms in the Tourism Industry
Spatial Effects in Regional Tourism Firm Births and Deaths
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
3 Data and Methods
3.1 Data
3.2 Measures of Agglomeration
3.3 Control Variables
3.4 Methods
3.5 Results
4 Conclusions and Discussion
References
Microgeography of Restaurants: Sub-City Analysis of Restaurant Location and Colocation Using Swedish Geo-Coded Data
1 Introduction
2 Restaurant Location and Colocation
2.1 Demand
2.2 Colocation and Clustering
3 Data and Empirical Design
3.1 Data and Geographical Aggregation
3.2 Variables
3.3 Method
4 Results: Microgeography of Restaurants
5 Concluding Remarks
Appendix
References
Firm Demography in the Accommodation Industry. Evidence from Italian Insular Regions
1 Introduction
2 Related Literature
3 Data and Methods
4 Empirical Findings
5 Concluding Remarks
References
The Importance of the Hospitality Sector in Integrating Foreign-Born Individuals in Sweden
1 Introduction
2 Foreign Born in the Hospitality Sector, Previous Studies
3 Background on the Hospitality Industry in Sweden
4 Data and Regional Categories
5 Method and Variables
6 Empirical Findings
7 Conclusions
References
Temporal and Spatial Perspectives in the Analysis of Tourism
The Role of Air Transport in Tourism Market Access: A Framework for Capturing Spatial, Temporal and Industry Variability in Air Traffic Flows
1 Introduction
2 Relationship Between Air Transport and Tourism
3 Framework for Analysis of Air Traffic Flows
4 Application to Global Region Air Traffic
5 Implications for Tourism
6 Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Tourism Seasonality Across Markets
1 Introduction
2 Measuring Tourism Seasonal Concentration
3 Decompositions Across Markets
4 Regional Perspective
5 A Case Study: Seasonal Concentration of Hotel Demand in Andalucía
6 Conclusions
References
Using a Qualitative Science Approach to Reveal the Tourism Potential of a Story from History: Where Regional Science Meets Heritage-Based Tourism
1 Introduction
2 Background
2.1 Systemic Interaction
2.2 Epistemological Pluralism
2.3 The “Raw Materials of Evidence” and Spatial Referencing
3 Case Study
3.1 Background to Telling Stories Through Tourism
3.2 Methodology
3.3 Background to the Story: Markers of the Significance of the Ned Kelly Story
3.4 The Evidence
3.5 Spatial Patterns
4 Conclusion
References
Proximity to Hotels and Airbnb Home Sharing Accommodations
1 Introduction
2 Data and Methodology
2.1 Hotel Data
2.2 Airbnb Data
2.3 US Block Groups and Census Data
2.4 Methodology
3 Geospatial Analysis of Traditional Hospitality Sector
3.1 Visualization
3.2 Proximity Analysis
4 Geospatial Analysis of Airbnb
4.1 Visualization
4.2 Proximity Analysis
5 Comparative Analysis of Geolocation of Hotels and Airbnb Listings
6 Conclusion
7 Appendix
References
Modeling Spatial Attractiveness to Wine Tourism in North Carolina, U.S.A.
1 Introduction
2 Related Literature and Research Objectives
2.1 Fundamentals of Wine Tourism
2.2 Characteristics of Wine Tourists
2.3 Modeling Spatial Attractiveness
2.4 Research Objectives
3 Wine Tourism in North Carolina, Methodology and Data
3.1 Wine Tourism in North Carolina
3.2 Methodology
3.3 Collecting Tourist Characteristics Through Surveys
3.4 Estimating Attractiveness (Aj)
3.5 Travel Time Impedance (Tij)
3.6 Origin Populations (Si)
4 Results
4.1 Winery Attractiveness
4.2 Travel Impedance
4.3 Gravity Model
5 Conclusions
5.1 Limitations
5.2 Future Research
References
The Impacts of Tourism
Measuring Economic Impacts of International Tourism Activities: A Global Inter-Country Input–Output Approach
1 Introduction
2 Method
3 Results
4 Summary and Future Remarks
Appendix
References
Exploring the Spatial Link Between Tourism and Construction: How Touristic Landmarks Affect the Second-Home Market in Spain
1 Introduction
2 Background
3 Data and Methodology
3.1 Study Context
3.2 Methods
3.3 Databases and Variables Used
4 Results
5 Conclusions
References
The Impact of the County Fair—Building an Economic Toolbox
1 Introduction
2 Building the Economic Toolbox
2.1 Developing a Survey
2.2 Assembling a Volunteer Force
2.3 Input–Output Analysis
2.4 Initial Findings and Impact Areas
3 Conclusion and Limitations
4 Future Directions
References
Using Casinos for Growth: The Benefits and Limits of Commercial Gambling as an Economic Development Strategy
1 Introduction
2 Casinos as a Tourism Amenity
3 Social Impacts
3.1 Bankruptcy
3.2 Crime
3.3 Alcohol-Related Fatal Accidents
4 Economic Impacts
4.1 Tax Revenue
4.2 Income
4.3 Employment
5 Geographic and Spatial Impacts
5.1 Differences by County Type
5.2 Spillovers
5.3 Geographic Competition and Agglomeration Economies of Scale
6 Summary, Conclusions, and Policy Considerations
References
Linkages Between Tourism and Agriculture: The Case of Turkey
1 Introduction
2 The Local Economic Impacts of Tourism and Its Relation to Agriculture
3 Study Area
4 Methodology
5 Findings
5.1 Identification of Actors in Agricultural Supply in Alanya
5.2 The Impact of the Tourism Sector on Suppliers of Agricultural Products in Alanya
5.3 The Supply Chain and Spatial Network Between the Tourism and Agriculture Sectors in Alanya
6 Conclusion
Appendix 1. General Characteristics of the Interviewed Firms
Appendix 2. Number of Foreign Arrivals and New Firms
References
Tourism Segments and Tourist Behaviours
Craft Beer Tourism: The Search for Authenticity, Diversity, and Great Beer
1 Introduction
2 Definition of Beer Tourism
3 Motivations for Beer Tourism: Experiencing Local Beer, People, and Places
4 Ale Trails and Beer Festivals
5 Beer Tourism—Economic Impact
6 Beer Tourism–Negative Impacts
7 Challenges Facing Beer Tourism
8 Conclusion
References
Individual and Contextual Determinants of Cruise Passengers’ Behavior at Their Destination: A Survival Approach
1 Introduction
2 Background
3 Materials and Methods
3.1 Study Contexts
3.2 Data
4 Methods
5 Results
6 Conclusion
References
Structure Versus Agency: Which Best Explains Tourist Activity in a Destination?
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 Structure Versus Agency
2.2 Theme Parks
3 Methods
3.1 Research Setting—PortAventura Theme Park
3.2 Data Collection and Sample
3.3 Variables
3.4 Analysis
4 Results
5 Discussion and Conclusions
5.1 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research
References
Environmental Perspectives and Tourism Policy
Innovation, Competitiveness, and Sustainability in Tourism Clusters: An Empirical Model of Caribbean Destinations
1 Introduction
2 Aggregate Tourism Innovation
3 Caribbean Tourism
4 Aruba
5 Clusters within Clusters
6 A Global-Destination Framework
7 Tourism Life-Cycle Models
8 “The Global Innovation Cloud”
9 Model Equations
9.1 Demand-Side
9.2 Supply-Side
9.3 Time-Step Simulation
9.4 Technical Change
10 Parameter Estimation
11 Model Trajectories
12 Empirical Application: Past and Projection for Aruba
13 Conclusions
References
Exploring the Impact of Political Stability and Climate Change on Inbound Tourism Demand: Evidence from Dynamic Panel Data Analysis
1 Introduction
2 Review of the Determinants of Inbound Tourism Demand
2.1 Economic Factors
2.2 Non-economic Factors
3 Theoretical Model, Method and Data
3.1 Theoretical Model
3.2 Data and Its Sources
3.3 Estimation Strategies
4 Empirical Results
5 Conclusion and Policy Implications
References
Measuring Tourism Sustainability: The Case of Andalusia
1 Introduction
2 Definitions of Sustainable Tourism
3 Proposals for the Measurement of Sustainable Tourism
3.1 Towards a Standardized Statistical Framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism: The SF-MST Initiative of UNWTO
4 An Overview of Sustainable Tourism from a Regional Perspective
5 The Case of the Andalusia Region: System of Sustainable Tourism Development Indicators for Andalusia
6 Conclusion
References
Tourism Planning and Tourism Development in the Italian Inner Areas: Assessing Coherence in Policy-Making Strategies
1 Introduction
2 From Economic Spaces to Social Places: Why Culture and Community Matter in Place-Based Regional Development
3 A Place-Based Approach to Local Development: The Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas
3.1 SNAI and Its “Textual Tools”
4 Tourism Development Policies Within the SNAI Framework: Setting the Context
4.1 Prospect Tourism Development in SNAI’s Inner Areas
4.2 Tourism Transition and the Revitalisation of Countryside Capital
4.3 Tourism Development and Collaborative Efforts
5 Intersecting Policy Narratives and Tourism Development in SNAI: Theoretical Evidence and Empirical Feedback from Content Analysis
5.1 Defining Policy Narratives
5.2 Constructing a Theoretical Framework for Tourism Development Strategies
5.3 Strategies as Narratives
5.4 Which Tourism Strategies Are Italian Inner Areas Planning?
6 Conclusion
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
References
Tourism Taxation: Good or Bad for Cities?
1 Introduction
2 Related Literature and Methodologies
2.1 Methods and Applications
2.2 Further Methods and Applications
3 Taxes on the Tourism Sector
3.1 Tourism Taxation in European Countries
4 Methodology
5 Data and Empirical Application
6 Empirical Results
6.1 Rome: SCM and Placebo Results
6.2 Florence: SCM and Placebo Results
6.3 Padua: SCM and Placebo Results
7 Conclusions
Appendix
References
Concluding Remarks
References