Jean J. Chen , Richard T.R. Qiu , Xiaoying Jiao , Haiyan Song , Yuanjie Li
{"title":"Tax deduction or financial subsidy during crisis?","authors":"Jean J. Chen , Richard T.R. Qiu , Xiaoying Jiao , Haiyan Song , Yuanjie Li","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100106","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100106","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Economic analysis of the tourism industry is a critical tool for local industries and governments to estimate, understand, and forecast the tourism potential and economic performance of a destination, especially amidst a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we take Macao as a case study, perform an analysis using an input-output framework. By constructing a tourism satellite account and a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model, we estimate the contribution of the tourism industry to the economy of Macao and assess the ramifications of several government policies to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Our findings provide the Macao government and local industrial stakeholders with critical information for pandemic mitigation and recovery strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"4 2","pages":"Article 100106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43640867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of user fees for visitors to national parks in the presence of alternative sites","authors":"Yasushi Shoji , Hyerin Kim , Takahiro Tsuge , Koichi Kuriyama","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100104","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study proposes an approach using the Kuhn–Tucker model to determine the extent to which the number of visitors to a recreational site would decrease if a user fee were introduced. This approach is promising in terms of consistency with economic theory and computational feasibility, assuming alternative recreational sites exist. An empirical analysis of national parks in Japan shows that a 1000 JPY fee would hardly decrease the number of visitors to a national park, whereas it would decrease the number of visitors to another national park over 45%. The results show that recreational sites with relatively high price elasticities experience a significant decrease in the number of visitors even with low user fees.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"4 2","pages":"Article 100104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49506865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Qualitative analysis of a tourism area life cycle model for interacting tourism destinations","authors":"M. Rodrigo , I. Ajala , A.K. Irhanida","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100093","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100093","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An extension of the tourism area life cycle (TALC) model is proposed by considering two interacting tourism destinations. Three types of interaction dynamics are investigated: competition, mutualism (or cooperation) and predator–prey. Using dynamical systems theory, aqualitative analysis of the proposed model is performed and all possible tourist equilibria are identified. These three interaction dynamics are then discussed from the perspective of nation-branding and competitive identity in the context of the race for soft power, and further illustrated empirically with examples from Malaysia and the Middle East.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"4 1","pages":"Article 100093"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48431935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia C. Johnson , Phoebe Everingham , Christine Everingham
{"title":"The political economy of the supercars Newcastle 500 event","authors":"Patricia C. Johnson , Phoebe Everingham , Christine Everingham","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100094","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100094","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Public/private partnerships staging urban motor-racing events promise a range of dubious ‘benefits’ to the host destination. These high-octane events are notorious for creating controversy over the disruptions they create. This study employs an investigative research method to explore the political economy of the Supercars Newcastle 500 in New South Wales, Australia. Results revealed how strategic misrepresentation and information asymmetry are used as tactics to avoid public scrutiny. The term ‘magic of major events mathematics’ is coined to explain how public expenditure is ‘hidden’ from public view, how costs are transformed into benefits, and how attendance numbers are ghosted. The research examines links between major events and touted leisure and tourism benefits as it questions the ethics of neoliberal governance practices.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"4 1","pages":"Article 100094"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43602944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Idea generation techniques in pop-up tourism labs","authors":"Yati Yati","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100096","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100096","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study is the first of its kind – at least to the author's knowledge – that employs the knowledge creation theory to propose a new model of idea generation in short-term tourism innovation labs. This qualitative multi-case study explores six labs to reveal the elements of the idea generation techniques used in the labs. Furthermore, by modifying the existing knowledge creation process model, this study assembles the elements into a sequence. It shows that collaborative knowledge creation in tourism can potentially be enabled by employing techniques that include an informal introduction, individual thinking and presentations, group and plenary discussions, followed by a recapitulation at the end. The study offers a practical guide for designing idea generation techniques in tourism labs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"4 1","pages":"Article 100096"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45543975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Waste production patterns in hotels and restaurants: An intra-sectoral segmentation approach","authors":"Emil Juvan , Bettina Grün , Sara Dolnicar","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100090","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100090","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Tourism produces >35 m tons of solid waste annually. For waste reduction efforts to be effective, empirical baseline measures of waste production and waste production patterns are needed. This study analyses the waste profiles of hotels and restaurants using national waste data. Results indicate that waste patterns in hotels and restaurants differ significantly from those of other industries and that – within the hotels and restaurants sector – substantial heterogeneity exists in terms of the types of waste generated. These insights highlight the need for targeted improvement approaches to waste management. Data presented in this study also serves as a baseline for benchmarking studies and helps inform the design of segment-specific practical measures to reduce waste generated in hotels and restaurants.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"4 1","pages":"Article 100090"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47030213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuhei Inoue , Masayuki Yoshida , Steve Swanson , Dominic Medway
{"title":"Tokyo 2020 and diversity attitudes of young residents: A latent change score analysis of effects of event identification","authors":"Yuhei Inoue , Masayuki Yoshida , Steve Swanson , Dominic Medway","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100091","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100091","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This research applies social identity and self-categorization theories to investigate how changes in social identification with a mega-event are associated with changes in residents' universal-diverse orientation, a measure of attitudes toward diversity. Panel survey data from 581 young adult residents of Tokyo before and after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were analyzed via latent change score modeling. Results indicate that these residents experienced a greater increase in universal-diverse orientation if they increased their identification with the Games to a greater degree, and this relationship was mediated by changes in their perceptions of how the event represented diversity-related values. Our findings underscore the importance of strengthening residents' social identification to expand the capacity of mega-events for diversity promotion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"4 1","pages":"Article 100091"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46053768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alang Ernest Wung , Armand Mboutchouang Kountchou , Roger Tsafack Nanfosso
{"title":"Tourism arrival in Africa: An empirical investigation","authors":"Alang Ernest Wung , Armand Mboutchouang Kountchou , Roger Tsafack Nanfosso","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100098","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100098","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The state of tourism development in Africa is yet growing. To this, certain factors such as generosity, ethnic tension and social support in Africa have been put forth to investigate the state of tourism arrivals in Africa. The objective of this paper is therefore to analyze the generosity of Adult Africans measured in three strands; adults' donations to charity, volunteering time to organizations and adults helping strangers or someone, ethnic tension and social support on Tourism arrivals in Africa. Using a panel of forty-one African countries within the period 2006–2017, we employ the smoothed instrumental variable quantile regression and found that African generosity, ethnic tension and social support contribute to the building of the tourism sector in Africa.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"4 1","pages":"Article 100098"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47156585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The interest in online museum experiences and the influence of uncertainty and sentiment factors on tourist arrivals: The case of EU Mediterranean countries","authors":"Bernardina Algieri , Arturo Leccadito , Rosetta Lombardo","doi":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100097","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.annale.2023.100097","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examines the determinants of tourist arrivals at hotels and short-stay accommodations for nine EU countries from January 2010 to March 2022. We identify four driving channels of foreign and domestic tourism flows: a traditional, a sentiment, a technological and a health channel. The latter comprises two novel variables: the museum search interest and the infectious disease equity market volatility tracker. The results reveal that traditional and new drivers related to market sentiments and interest in online tourism experiences affect arrivals. Notably, there is a substitution effect between online and in-presence tourism, and the larger the uncertainty, the more substantial the reduction in tourist arrivals. COVID-19 has affected especially Spain and Italy and more foreign than domestic tourists.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":34520,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights","volume":"4 1","pages":"Article 100097"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41468564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}