Is sustainable tourism an obstacle to the economic performance of the tourism industry? Evidence from an international empirical study

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-64

  Pulido Fernández, Juan Ignacio ^a   Andrades Caldito, Lidia ^b   Sánchez Rivero, Marcelino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

index of change; mobility tables; sustainable tourism; the Chow test; tourism competitiveness

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOURISM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MARKETING; PROFITABILITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 84911005144     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2014.909447     Document Type: Article

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