Air transport connectivity development in tourist regions

Dimitrios J. Dimitriou and Maria F. Sartzetaki

No 18_1, Working Papers from SIET Società Italiana di Economia dei Trasporti e della Logistica

Abstract: Air connectivity is a key driver for growth, especially for the attractive tourist destinations. Even though the benefits of the air transport are essential, limited research is published regarding the linkage of air connectivity and other business sectors (such as tourism), t he spillover effects on regional economy and the overall contribution of air connectivity to socioeconomic development. Especially for Mediterranean countries air transport for leisure purposes is the most important enabler to achieving economic growth and development. Air transport facilitates integration into the economy and provides vital connectivity on a national, regional, and international scale between countries, promoting tourism growth, and create employment opportunities in tourist destinations. The assessment concept and methodology are given, providing an essential tool for planners, economists, analysts and researchers. The application results are essential for comparisons with other destinations and provide key messages regarding the relations hip of air connectivity and air transport connectivity development in remote tourist destinations especially in Mediterranean region.

Date: 2018
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-tre, nep-tur and nep-ure
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sietitalia.org/wpsiet/WP_SIET_2018_1_SARTZETAKI.pdf First version, (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sit:wpaper:18_1

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Working Papers from SIET Società Italiana di Economia dei Trasporti e della Logistica Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Edoardo Marcucci ().