Special issue: Spatial and sectorial impact studies in tourism

Romão, João; Nijkamp, Peter

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Romão, João

Nijkamp, Peter

Abstract(s)

This special issue is focused on the heterogeneous impacts of tourism in contemporary economies and societies, a question that is achieving increasing attention as tourism becomes a more relevant economic activity, with continuous rates of growth in terms of number of travellers, its economic dimensions and also the negative impacts on the environment, congestion or inflationary processes at the destination place. Assuming a broad perspective on the tourism impacts, 12 articles were selected from more than 70 candidate papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Advances in Tourism Economics (organized in 2014 by the Portuguese Association for Research and Tourism Development, in Lisbon) and at the special session on ‘‘Tourism and Spatial Dynamics – Growth and Resilience’’, organized at the 55th Congress of the European Regional Science Association (Lisbon, 2015). With authors and empirical studies from different parts of the world (e.g. Portugal, Spain, Italy, Turkey, China and Japan), all articles in this special issue develop advanced and rigorous methodological tools and provide relevant policy or managerial implications for the tourism sector.