An Evaluation of the Relative Importance of Tourism for Islands

Bojanic, David C.; Warnick, Rod; Musante, Michael

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An Evaluation of the Relative Importance of Tourism for Islands

dc.contributor.author	Bojanic, David C.
dc.contributor.author	Warnick, Rod
dc.contributor.author	Musante, Michael
dc.contributor.department	University of Texas at San Antonio
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.department	Lender School of Business - Quinnipiac University
dc.date	2023-09-23T15:39:51.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T21:24:42Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-26T21:24:42Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was to compare islands and regular countries to determine if islands depend more on tourism in their economies than regular countries. In fact, it is possible that islands depend too much on tourism. A literature review covers the various areas of research regarding island tourism, including economic impact, sustainability, forecasting, and destination management. Data from the World Bank Group was used to form a panel of 140 countries for the period 1995 through 2006. Islands and regular countries were compared on economic factors such as GDP per capita, travel receipts, and travel receipts as a percentage of exports. The results indicate that islands have a lower level of travel receipts than regular countries, but travel receipts represent a higher percentage of exports for islands.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/48217
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1484&context=ttra&unstamped=1
dc.source.status	published
dc.title	An Evaluation of the Relative Importance of Tourism for Islands
dc.type	article
dc.type	event
digcom.contributor.author	Bojanic, David C.
digcom.contributor.author	Warnick, Rod
digcom.contributor.author	Musante, Michael
digcom.identifier	ttra/2009/Presented_Papers/7
digcom.identifier.contextkey	8949861
digcom.identifier.submissionpath	ttra/2009/Presented_Papers/7
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