Educational tourism (Edu-tourism) has been introduced as one of the main sources of economic development in Northern Cyprus for the past four decades (e.g., Rezapouraghdam et al., 2022). Although in comparison to the mass, the presence of this alternative type of tourism may positively contribute...

The ability to quantify nature's value for tourism has significant implications for natural resource management and sustainable development policy. This is especially true in the Eastern Caribbean, where many countries are embracing the concept of the Blue Economy. The utilization of user-generated ...

This empirical paper aims at investigating the dynamic impact of sustainable development on tourism growth for the case of the small island developing state of Mauritius. The study is done for the period 1980-2018. The vector error correction model is being used and the results point out that...

Although stakeholder collaboration is key for sustainable development of tourism in small islands, research on its determinants is only emerging. The lack of empirical studies hampers an understanding of how effective stakeholder partnerships for sustainability in small tourism islands can be...

Purpose: This viewpoint article aims to explore yachting tourism in the Caribbean to understand its contribution to the economic and social well-being of stakeholders. In terms of the overall marine tourism offering, several Caribbean countries have designated a yachting tourism industry as being...

Implementing sustainable tourism development is an essential part of the strategy to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and inclusive, sustainable economic growth. This research aimed to examine the level of readiness of the community to carry out sustainable tourism development,...

Agriculture in the development literature has been postulated as providing impetus for urban industrialization through its role in capital accumulation. While large states with concomitant large export potential of agricultural surpluses may subscribe to this paradigm and may also allow growth of a ...

Purpose: This paper aims to identify factors that affect the sports tourism destination's competitiveness on a small island. Hence, this study looks at and evaluates these factors. The study then comes up with a model that clarifies the interrelationships between these factors....

We present a country-specific analysis on the effect of tourism on the economic growth of five small Pacific Island Countries (PICs) - Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. The results show tourism development is growth-enhancing for all five countries. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is ...