Global Economic Crisis and Tourism: Consequences and Perspectives

Παπαθεοδώρου, Ανδρέας; Nadal, Jaume Rosselló; Xiao, Honggen

doi:10.1177/0047287509355327

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“…The severe economic downturn and its subsequent climate of uncertainty tend to have a negative domino effect on tourism activities (Henderson, 2007;Papatheodorou and Xiao, 2010;Smeral, 2009 (Pizam, 2009). In parallel with this, the negative political scenery that prevails among certain European host countries is very likely to lead to negative tourist perceptions which in turn, can undermine demand and further decrease the number of arrivals at destinations (Pforr and Hosie, 2009).…”

Section: The Tourism-economic Growth Link In the Post-great Recessionmentioning

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How strong is the linkage between tourism and economic growth in Europe?

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In this study, we examine the dynamic relationship between tourism growth and economic growth, using a newly introduced spillover index approach. Based on monthly data for 10 European countries over the period 1995-2012, our analysis reveals the following empirical regularities. First, the tourism-economic growth relationship is not stable over time in terms of both magnitude and direction, indicating that the tourism-led economic growth (TLEG) and the economic-driven tourism growth (EDTG) hypotheses are time-dependent. Second, the aforementioned relationship is also highly economic event-dependent, as it is influenced by the Great Recession of 2007 and the ongoing Eurozone debt crisis that began in 2010. Finally, the impact of these economic events is more pronounced in Cyprus, Greece, Portugal and Spain, which are the European countries that have witnessed the greatest economic downturn since 2009. Plausible explanations of these results are provided and policy implications are drawn.

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“…Research has indicated a lack of willingness to reduce international, long-haul, travel behaviors (Higham and Cohen 2010;Cohen and Higham 2011). Nevertheless, societal changes including shifting travel and mobility patterns will have implications for tourist demands and could contribute to a greater number of ''staycations'' (Papatheodorou et al 2010). The social changes occurring as a result of climate change, and associated economic and political changes, will contribute to the vulnerability of a tourism destination.…”

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“…The GFC negatively impacted individual disposable incomes and job security leading to reduced international travel flows (Papatheodorou et al 2010;Ritchie et al 2010); this contributed to local-scale economic vulnerability in tourism destinations with low adaptive capacity (in this case a diversity of incoming tourist markets or non-tourism economic activities). This impact was not uniformly distributed; some regions indicated small degrees of impact.…”

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Applying a Comprehensive Contextual Climate Change Vulnerability Framework to New Zealand’s Tourism Industry

Hopkins

2014

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“…We hypothesized that TAID incidence rates may have decreased during the 2007-2009 economic recession due to decreased international travel, and thus, rates for before (1999-2006), during (2007-2009), and after the U.S. economic recession were compared. 7,14,15 Categorical variables were compared using χ 2 with Fisher's exact testing when appropriate.The 16 PHIS hospitals represented 2,203,063 pediatric hospital admissions during the study period. Individual and pooled cumulative TAID incidence trended upward from 1999 to 2012, though the trend did not achieve statistical significance (r 2 = 0.158).…”

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Analysis of the Pediatric Health Information System Database as a Surveillance Tool for Travel-Associated Infectious Diseases

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The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. The Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database collects admission, diagnostic, and treatment data among 44 children's hospitals across the United States (U.S.) and presents an opportunity for travel-associated infectious disease (TAID) surveillance. We calculated cumulative incidence rates among children admitted to 16 PHIS hospitals for dengue, malaria, and typhoid, and pooled TAID using discharge codes from 1999 to 2012. We compared incidence rates before, during, and after the 2007-2009 economic recession. Among 16 PHIS hospitals during the study period (1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012), incidence of dengue and pooled TAID (malaria, dengue, typhoid fever) increased significantly, and rates of malaria and typhoid trended upward. Admissions for dengue and pooled TAIDs increased significantly among 16 children's hospitals across the United States from 1999 to 2012. The PHIS database may provide a useful surveillance tool for TAIDs among children in the United States.International travel to other countries has increased 5% in the United States and 48% worldwide in the last decade, and more travelers visit low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) than ever before.1 As many as 8% of U.S. travelers seek medical care, and many more suffer from milder illness while abroad.2-4 A significant proportion of the 62 million annual U.S. international travelers develops illness after returning to the United States with infections that may be unfamiliar to local health-care providers.5-7 Estimating incidence rates of non-endemic diseases may help public health officials direct educational resources and raise awareness among local practitioners.Currently, surveillance systems for travel-associated infectious diseases (TAIDs) in the United States are limited. Many TAIDs are reportable to state health departments, but reporting is often unreliable. 8 The GeoSentinel Surveillance Network (GSSN) is a system of 57 travel disease clinics worldwide, including 15 clinics in the United States. Although the GSSN obtains robust clinical and diagnostic information, it surveys only those seeking care at specialty travel clinics, and only 7% of GSSN patients are children. 1The Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database was established to collect administrative and financial data from pediatric hospitals across the Unites States. More recently, the database has been augmented (PHIS+) to also collect clinical, laboratory, treatment, and outcome data at multiple health-care settings (inpatient, outpatient, and emergency departments [EDs]) among 44 freestanding children's hospitals across the United States. 9,10 It offers an opportunity for objective hospitalized TAID surveillance among the greater than 5 million children hospitalized annually at these institutions. 11 We evaluated the PHIS database as a potential TAID surveillance tool by determining cumulative incidence rates of three TAIDs (malaria, dengue, and typhoid fever) among PHIS hospitals over a 14-year peri...

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Global Economic Crisis and Tourism: Consequences and Perspectives

Cited by 251 publications

References 9 publications

How strong is the linkage between tourism and economic growth in Europe?

How strong is the linkage between tourism and economic growth in Europe?

Applying a Comprehensive Contextual Climate Change Vulnerability Framework to New Zealand’s Tourism Industry

Analysis of the Pediatric Health Information System Database as a Surveillance Tool for Travel-Associated Infectious Diseases

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