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The Efficiency of Tourism Sector in EU Mediterranean Coastal Regions: The Effects of Seasonality and Spatiality of Demand
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Abstract The present paper studies the effects of seasonality and spatiality of tourist flows on the regional performance of tourism sector. The empirical analysis is conducted for 37 coastal North Mediterranean EU NUTS II regions, for the period 2010-2016, and is based on a triplet of quantitative indices a... view more
The present paper studies the effects of seasonality and spatiality of tourist flows on the regional performance of tourism sector. The empirical analysis is conducted for 37 coastal North Mediterranean EU NUTS II regions, for the period 2010-2016, and is based on a triplet of quantitative indices and on a two-version regression model. The empirical analysis demonstrates that a typical linear function seems to be inappropriate to describe the relationships of these tourism features, as an N-shaped relationship between performance and seasonality and a U-shaped relationship for performance and spatiality were found.... view less
Keywords
EU; Mediterranean region; coastal region; tourism; demand; regional economy; competitiveness
Classification
Economic Sectors
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 135-152
Journal
Region: the journal of ERSA, 8 (2021) 1
ISSN
2409-5370
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed