Advances in Modern Tourism Research
Álvaro Matias Peter Nijkamp Paulo Neto (Eds.) Advances in Modern Tourism Research Economic Perspectives With 26 Figures and 65 Tables
Prof. Dr. Álvaro Matias University of Évora Department of Economics Urban and Regional Analysis and Research Laboratory Largo dos Colegiais 2 Apartado 94 7002-554 Évora Portugal amatias@ate2007.com Prof. Dr. Paulo Neto University of Évora Department of Economics Urban and Regional Analysis and Research Laboratory Largo dos Colegiais 2 Apartado 94 7000-554 Évora Portugal neto@uevora.pt Prof. Dr. Peter Nijkamp Free University Department of Economics De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands pnijkamp@feweb.vu.nl Publication sponsored by: Library of Congress Control Number: 2007923598 ISBN 978-3-7908-1717-1 Physica-Verlag Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Physica-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Physica-Verlag is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springer.com c Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2007 The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Typesetting: by the author and Integra, India using a Springer L A TEX macro package Cover design: WMX Design, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper SPIN: 11731030 5 4 3 2 1 0
Editorial Preface Many trips by car or train are nowadays leisure trips. And most passengers on board of an airplane are tourists. Indeed, we enter an age of large-scale tourism, for the time being in the industrialized part of the world, but soon to be followed by mass tourism trends in emerging economies. Consequently, tourism will become a major factor of economic growth in the future. In the past decades, we have witnessed an increasing volume of publications on tourist-economic issues, sometimes of a case study nature, sometimes of a statistically-modelling nature and sometimes of a conceptual or methodological nature. It turns out that tourism research is on a rising edge, and it is likely that this trend will continue in the future. The present volume follows this trend and offers a collection of systematically selected and original research papers on new economic perspectives on tourism research and policy. Most papers were initially presented at an international conference on tourism-economic research in Evora, Portugal in 2005. After a careful screening and revision process, this has led to the current volume with contributions by authors from various parts of the world. The editors recognize the support for this volume by ITP and Deloitte. Their enthusiastic role is highly appreciated. May 2007 Álvaro Matias Paulo Neto Peter Nijkamp
Contents Trends in Tourism Research: Prefatory Remarks Álvaro Matias, Paulo Neto and Peter Nijkamp... 1 Part I New Analysis Frameworks in Tourism Economics Advances in Tourism Research: Theoretical Paradigms and Accountability Gayle R. Jennings... 9 The Influence of Immigration and International Tourism on the Import Demand for Consumer Goods A Theoretical Model Christian Fischer... 37 An Economic Analysis of Tourism Contracts: Allotment and Free Sale Massimiliano Castellani and Maurizio Mussoni... 51 Is Tourism Specialization Sustainable for a Small Island Economy? A Cyclical Perspective Sauveur Giannoni and Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis... 87 Efficiency in a Chain of Small Hotels with a Stochastic Production Frontier Model Carlos Pestana Barros and Álvaro Matias...107
VIII Contents Part II New Operational Tools in Tourism Research Destination Competitiveness: Meeting Sustainability Objectives Through Strategic Planning and Visioning Lisa Ruhanen...133 International Tourism and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Approach Tiago Neves Sequeira and Carla Campos...153 Benchmarking in Tourism Destinations; Keeping in Mind the Sustainable Paradigm Valentina Bosetti, Mariaester Cassinelli and Alessandro Lanza..165 Microeconomic Determinants of the Duration of Stay of Tourists Joaquín Alegre and Llorenç Pou...181 Multicriteria Evaluation and Local Environmental Planning for Sustainable Tourism Andrea De Montis, Giancarlo Deplano and Peter Nijkamp...207 Strategic Planning of Territorial Image and Attractability Paulo Neto...233 Part III Applied Country and Regional Studies A Comparison of Methods for Assessing the Short-Run Economic Impacts of Tourist Spending on a County Economy Brian VanBlarcom and Kenneth F. Backman...259 Measuring the Impact of Tourism on Production by Means of an Input-Output Model of Interior Flows. An Application to Galicia Luís Castañón and Xesús Pereira...275 On E-Attraction Tourism Destination Extension and Application Nicolas Peypoch and Bernardin Solonandrasana...293
Contents IX The Use of the Internet in the Hotel Sector of the Balearic Islands: Evolution and Perceptions Gabriel À. Vich-i-Martorell and Llorenç Pou...307 Efficiency and Productivity of Italian Tourist Destinations: A Quantitative Estimation Based on Data Envelopment Analysis and the Malmquist Method Maria Francesca Cracolici, Peter Nijkamp and Miranda Cuffaro...325 A Night at the Opera Festival: The Economics of Opera Stephen Wanhill...345 List of Contributors...367