Critical Issue in Tourism

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Critical Issue in Tourism

• Jean-Louis CACCOMO
• Economist at Perpignan Via Domitia University

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Tourism and environment
Tourism potential
Question Comment on the different links between
tourism and environment
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Structural conditions

• Tourism depends on economic development and open,
  free societies
• These conditions are very localized but diffuse
  with globalization.

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Tourism and growth
Free time
Productivity
Power of travelling
Income
Tourism demand
Economic growth
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Public and private interactions in tourism supply
Transportation
Private components (tourism strategy)
Hospitality
entertainment services
Tourism goods services
Heritage, climate
Public components (tourism policy)
Institutions
Infrastructure
Generic information
Question Describe the objective of each area
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Dynamical interactions
Taxes
Revenue
The state produces public Good services
Firms combines public input with privates
input To create wealth
Wealth increasing
Public sector
Private sector
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References

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• Caccomo J.L. 2005 Lépopée de linnovation,
  LHarmattan, Paris.
• Crouch G.I. 1995  A meta-Analysis of tourism
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• Medlik S. 1995 Managing Tourism.
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• Pizam A., Mansfeld Y. 1999 Consumer behaviour
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• Tisdell C. 2000 The Economics of Tourism.
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• Tribe J. 1995 The Economics of Leisure and
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