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The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a system of measurement recognized by the United Nations to define the extent of an economic sector that is not so easily defined as industries like forestry or oil and gas [16] Tourism does not fit neatly into a statistical model; because it is not so much dependent ...
Crowds at the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Overtourism is congestion or overcrowding from an excess of tourists, resulting in conflicts with locals.The World Tourism Organization defines overtourism as "the impact of tourism on a destination, or parts thereof, that excessively influences perceived quality of life of citizens and/or quality of visitor experiences in a negative way".
Although 2024 marks an inflection point in overtourism, with a record $1.9 billion in tourism spending, the trend was long in the making, she added. Tourism will not only be harder but also cost more.
Family Business Review seeks to explore the dynamics of family-controlled enterprise, including firms ranging in size from the very large to the relatively small. The scholarly journal publishes interdisciplinary research on families of wealth and the family office covering such areas as succession planning, the impact of family dynamics on managerial behaviors and estate and tax planning.
The Family Firm Institute (FFI) is an American professional membership association dedicated to individuals and organizations involved in the field of family enterprise. Established in 1986, FFI offers resources, educational programs, and research insights aimed at advancing the understanding and effectiveness of family-owned businesses and ...
The Annals of Tourism Research is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on the academic aspects of tourism. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 9.011. [1]
Tourism Concern was founded in 1988 as an informal network, linking people around Britain with similar organisations elsewhere in the world. Its instigator and initial co-ordinator, Alison Stancliffe, was motivated by her experiences when teaching and travelling in South East Asia, [2] where she became concerned that tourists were contributing to economic exploitation in poor regions of the ...
A study in Dominica demonstrated that the main benefit of ecotourism is economic growth rather than effective nature preservation. On the contrary, the growth of the industry is increasing the numbers of tourists, which causes a strain on the resources and the environment of the region.