Price Differences at European Restaurants and Possible Implications for Tourism

Røkenes, Arild

doi:10.1080/15022250701374426

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“…There are also certain studies using non-official survey data to investigate the effects of tourism on the local or regional economy (Andersson et al, 2012;Fredman & Yuan, 2011;Rinne & Saastamoinen, 2005;Saarinen, 2003) and price difference and pricing strategies in restaurants (Heide et al, 2008;Røkenes, 2007). Dealing with working conditions and the labour market aspects have a long tradition in the Nordic countries.…”

Section: Current State Of Tourism Economics Research In a Nordic Contextmentioning

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20 years of Nordic tourism economics research: a review and future research agenda

Falk

Tveteraas

Xie

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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The number of economics-related articles in the Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism (SJHT) has recently increased considerably. Despite this increase, the research efforts of Nordic economists on tourism issues have lagged behind in an international comparison. The recent increase in the number of economics-related publications in SJHT is due to better access to microdata (individual and firm data), the rapid development of statistical and econometric methods and the interest in the causes and effects of the tourism boom in the Nordic countries until recently. This article gives a brief review of the main topics of Nordic economic research that have been studied, as well as potential future research ideas (e.g. short term rentals, rising industry concentration, innovation and ICT) and data sources (big data, social media data, linked data at the micro level and register data) that can be developed and used for future studies. With the COVID-19 pandemic, general uncertainty and government intervention in the tourism sector will lead to a change in travel flows, calling for more quantitative studies. More research based on internationally comparable microdata for several Nordic countries will be particularly helpful.

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Section: Current State Of Tourism Economics Research In a Nordic Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

20 years of Nordic tourism economics research: a review and future research agenda

Falk

Tveteraas

Xie

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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“…Price competitiveness is regarded as the most important economic influence on tourist destination choice (Dwyer, Forsyth, & Rao, 2000). Vacationers often need to dig deep in their pockets before packing suitcases, which makes it key for the successful tourist destination to be price competitive (Assaf & Alexander, 2012;Culiuc, 2014;Dwyer et al, 2000;Nordström, 2004;Røkenes, 2007). Compared to vacationers, business travelers are less price sensitive.…”

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Economic decline and the birth of a tourist nation

Xie

Tveterås

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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Price competitiveness is key for tourists' destination choice. In the study, we evaluate the effects of an economic decline caused by non-tourism industry on a tourist destination's price competitiveness. An econometric model of hotel revenue function is estimated in the study. Specifically, we estimate hotel revenue functions at the regional level in Norway to investigate how the crude oil price collapse and the subsequent economic decline influenced tourism demand in Norway. This type of cross-sectorial effect of non-tourism industries on tourism competitiveness has been little discussed in the tourism literature. The results show that the fall in crude oil price boosted tourism growth in Norway through a weakening of the local currency. This means tourism development is not always associated with economic growth, as discussed in most of the tourism literature. There might be some upper bounds of wealth in a nation where additional growth does not foster further tourism development due to the inflationary effects of economic growth. The study therefore adds new insights into the literature on tourism and economic growth.

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