Exploring the regional distribution of tourism and the extent to which there is convergence

Merida, Adrian Luis; Carmona, Mónica; Congregado, Emilio; Golpe, Antonio A.

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2016.06.012

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“…Although this measure is statistically sound, the collection of the data through a survey of opinions about the value of these resources is subjective, and therefore its data reliability cannot be estimated. Other works include Andraz et al (2015) who support the convergence hypothesis, and Mérida et al (2016) who do not support convergence.…”

Section: Tourism and The Regional Convergence Hypothesismentioning

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Regional economic development and tourism: A literature review to highlight future directions for regional tourism research

2019

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This article reviews the literature on regional economics and economic geography, in connection with tourism to identify theoretical models, attempting to explain the role of tourism in regional development and growth, and their empirical applications. The review finds that in their early days, theories of regional development did not include tourism, mainly because the regional economics and location research community did not consider tourism significant enough to influence economic development but also because regional science researchers tend to give priority to manufacturing above services, while development planners tend to prioritize urban above rural. This neglect of tourism as a research field in its own right has led the tourism sector to develop its own scholarly agenda suitable to their own business needs, such as destination competitiveness and tourism promotion. The literature review here concludes upon suggested future directions required to further develop regional tourism research as a study based on economic development and growth.

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Section: Tourism and The Regional Convergence Hypothesismentioning

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Regional economic development and tourism: A literature review to highlight future directions for regional tourism research

2019

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“…The process of spatial analysis to be studied primarily includes attribute associations, a spatial single-factor analysis, and a comprehensive superposition analysis [16]. That is, the dataset based on different factors is unified to the same level, and weights are assigned to the adaptive region to ensure that the process is scientific and objective [17]. We select the Z-score scoring method for standardized treatment of the original data to eliminate dimensional differences.…”

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The Spatial Differentiation of the Suitability of Ice-Snow Tourist Destinations Based on a Comprehensive Evaluation Model in China

Yang

Sun

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Sustainability

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Ice, snow, and rime are wonders of the cold season in an alpine climate zone and climate landscape. With its pure, spectacular, and magical features, these regions attract numerous tourists. Ice and snow landscapes can provide not only visually-stimulating experiences for people, but also opportunities for outdoor play and movement. In China, ice and snow tourism is a new type of recreation; however, the establishment of snow and ice in relation to the suitability of the surrounding has not been clearly expressed. Based on multi-source data, such as tourism, weather, and traffic data, this paper employs the Delphi-analytic hierarchy process (AHP) evaluation method and a spatial analysis method to study the spatial differences of snow and ice tourism suitability in China. China's ice and snow tourism is located in the latitude from 35 • N to 53.33 • N and latitude 41.5 • N to 45 • N and longitude 82 • E to 90 • E, with the main focus on latitude and terrain factors. A poor fit is concentrated at latitude 20.45 • N to 35 • N and longitude 100 • E to 122 • E; the difference is that the latitude is low and affected by the Japanese warm current. The analysis of the suitability of ice and snow tourism can be employed as a reference for the development of ice and snow tourism.

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“…Lee (2009), Lean and Smyth (2008), Tan and Tan (2013), Solarin (2014), Solarin and Lean (2014), Ozcan and Erdogan (2017) and Kourtzidis et al (2018) provided substantial convergence evidence in Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Seychelles, Turkey and Australia. However, Mérida et al (2016) showed that convergence does not exist in Spain. The goal of this study is to examine the convergence of tourism by source markets as well as by products in Taiwan, using the residual augmented least squares (RALS) method for the period from July 2008 to September 2016.…”

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Convergence hypothesis in tourism markets and activities in Taiwan

Solarin

2018

Tourism Economics

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Tourism policies do not only focus on how to improve arrivals from different tourism markets but also for different tourism activities. However, studies on convergence hypothesis of tourist arrivals, which can provide guidelines on how tourism policies should be conducted, have concentrated on convergence of tourism markets. The main contribution of this study is that in addition to convergence hypothesis in tourism markets, we have considered convergence hypothesis in tourism activities. We focus on Taiwan, and using a recently developed residual augmented least squares unit root test that allows for structural breaks and non-normality, we observe that convergence exists in the 15 major tourism markets and in 4 of the 5 major tourism activities in Taiwan. As a robustness check, we have also used a club convergence approach, and the results provide dominant evidence for club convergence in the tourism sector of Taiwan. The policy implications of the findings are provided within the article.

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Exploring the regional distribution of tourism and the extent to which there is convergence

Cited by 23 publications

References 24 publications

Regional economic development and tourism: A literature review to highlight future directions for regional tourism research

Regional economic development and tourism: A literature review to highlight future directions for regional tourism research

The Spatial Differentiation of the Suitability of Ice-Snow Tourist Destinations Based on a Comprehensive Evaluation Model in China

Convergence hypothesis in tourism markets and activities in Taiwan

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