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Effects of Vacation Rental Websites on the Concentration of Tourists-Potential Environmental Impacts. An Application to the Balearic Islands in Spain
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018-02)
The concentration of tourists at certain times of the year can damage sensitive environments. The use of peer-to-peer vacation rental websites has increased greatly during the last decade. This system could either reduce ...
Comprehensive evaluation of the tourism seasonality using a synthetic DP2 indicator
(Tourism Geographies, 2019-03-15)
Tourism plays an important role in the economic development of several regions over the world. Imbalances in the activity levels throughout the year will condition the positive effects generated by the sector given that ...
An analysis of the stability of rural tourism as a desired condition for sustainable tourism
(Journal of Business Research, 2019-07)
Tourism is a key sector in the sustainable development of rural environments. Its ability to create stable employment and an acceptable level of profits is conditioned by the stability of tourist activity throughout the ...
Entrepreneurs’ attitudes toward seasonality in the tourism sector
(International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 2019-11-11)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that condition decision making by entrepreneurs in the tourism sector. Specifically, the authors consider whether the decisions related to seasonal closure ...
An analysis of the changes in the seasonal patterns of tourist behavior during a process of economic recovery
(Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020-12)
This paper studies how the improvement of the economic situation influences the behavior patterns of national and foreign tourists in relation to the seasonal trends that define their trips. After analyzing the patterns ...
An Analysis of the Media Coverage of the Socio-Economic Impacts Generated by Online Tourist Rental Platforms
(International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, 2020-07)
This work aims to determine, by means of a press analysis, the positioning of the media on the problems generated by the growth of tourist pressure in city centers and by the expansion of tourist accommodation intermediated ...
An analysis of tourism sector seasonality and its relation to the economic cyclee: the case of Spain
(Estudios de Economía Aplicada, 2020)
This study analyzes the changes in the seasonal trends in the Spanish tourism sector in relation to the economic cycle. The methodological originality of the analysis stems from its multi-dimensional index of tourism ...