Search for dissertations about: "Tourism Economics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words Tourism Economics.

  2. 1. Sustainable Nature Tourism and the Nature of Tourists’ Cooperative Behavior : Recreation Conflicts, Conditional Cooperation and the Public Good Problem

    Author : Tobias Heldt; Lars Hultkrantz; Olof Johansson Stenman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; field experiment; conditional cooperation; Allemansrätten; tourism development; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five essays.Essay I (with David Vail) explains why neither Maine, USA's comparatively laissez faire economic and land use institutions nor Dalarna, Sweden's more heavily regulated economy seems well designed to make tourism a powerful economic development engine. READ MORE

  4. 2. Count data modelling and tourism demand

    Author : Jörgen Hellström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Time series; Count data; INARMA; Unit root; Aggregation; Forecasting; Tourism; Truncation; Inflation; Simulated maximum likelihood; Bivariate hurdle model.;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers concerning modelling of count data and tourism demand. For three of the papers the focus is on the integer-valued autoregressive moving average model class (INARMA), and especially on the ENAR(l) model. READ MORE

  5. 3. Guided tourism : the role of guidebooks in German tourist behaviour in Sweden

    Author : Malin Zillinger; Dieter K. Müller; Alan A. Lew; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Car-tourists; Guidebooks; Mobility; Place; Power; Round tour; Space; Time geography; Tourist information; Tourism system; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Business and economics;

    Abstract : Tourism is a spatial phenomenon. Tourist behaviour on-site is not only dependent on the destination itself, but also on the situation in other places, tourists’ spatial mobility and access to information. On the basis of this argument, the whole tourism system is taken into account in this thesis. READ MORE

  6. 4. Welfare Environment and Tourism in Developing Countries

    Author : Jessica Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; welfare measures; recreation; indivisible in consumption; choke price; stated preference; revealed preference; coral reefs; Zanzibar; payment vehicle; economic transition; trickle down; bargaining power; Nash bargaining solution; focal point; informal and formal rights; local institutions;

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  7. 5. E-marketing and customer perceived value in travel and tourism

    Author : Maria Lexhagen; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Tourism research; e-marketing; Internet; customer perceived value; travel; tourism; Internet customer; marketing.; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; e-marketing; Internet; customer perceived value; travel; tourism; Internet customer; marketing;

    Abstract : Businesses and organizations increasingly use information technology for marketing purposes. Customers also increasingly use information technology (such as the Internet) to search for and purchase products. Information technology hence acts as a facilitator in the marketing exchange process and customers are empowered by the use of technology. READ MORE