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From Hurricanes To Pandemics: Community-Based Transformation And Destination Resilience In Utuado, Puerto Rico, Patrick J. Holladay, Pablo Méndez-Lázaro, Katja Brundiers
From Hurricanes To Pandemics: Community-Based Transformation And Destination Resilience In Utuado, Puerto Rico, Patrick J. Holladay, Pablo Méndez-Lázaro, Katja Brundiers
Journal of Sustainability and Resilience
Community-based tourism that is both sustainable and resilient lends strength to the community-based tourism system. Local mobilization of resources, cohesiveness, coordination, opportunities for change, healthy social and natural capital, economic diversification, strong leadership, and management that embraces creativity all build resilience. An example from Utuado, Puerto Rico is presented that illustrates these concepts with conceptual parallel of Hurricane Maria’s devastating impact to that of COVID-19. Post-coronavirus tourism should support local communities that could be resilient, creative, adaptive and transformative while it protects and provides long-term benefits to local communities and people.
Tourism And Women Empowerment: Empirical Findings From Past Experience And Predictions For The Post-Covid Era, Burcu Turkcan
Tourism And Women Empowerment: Empirical Findings From Past Experience And Predictions For The Post-Covid Era, Burcu Turkcan
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
Tourism industry is one of the major industries of today’s world and hence it is in the forefront of current national and international policies. Tourism is perceived as one of the fundamental engines of economic growth and development due to the fact that it has many contributions to the economy. Moreover, tourism has a dimension of women empowerment which is one of the critical issues of modern world. Hence, researchers and policymakers have begun to pay more attention to the issue of gender discrimination and tourism relationships. There are some direct linkages between tourism and women empowerment, and what is …
Effect Of Real Exchange Rate And Income On International Tourist Arrivals For Turkey, Erhan Aslanoglu, Oral Erdogan, Yasin E. Aksu
Effect Of Real Exchange Rate And Income On International Tourist Arrivals For Turkey, Erhan Aslanoglu, Oral Erdogan, Yasin E. Aksu
University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing
Tourism has been one of the fastest growing sectors in the world economy for decades. It has been the third biggest export item in the world economy. According to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), total 1.34 billion tourist arrivals has recorded in destinations around the world and total international tourism receipts has reached %10 of World GDP in 2017. By 2030, total number of international tourist arrivals is expected to be 1,8 billion. Beyond its effect on country’s brand value and image, tourism has significant contribution on every host country’s economy. Particularly, international tourism receipts stand as an important foreign exchange …