El creixement de l'economia turística a les Illes Balears, 1975-2000

Carles Manera ()
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Carles Manera: Universitat de les Illes Balears, Postal: Edifici Jovellanos, Crta Valldemossa, km 7,5 07122 Palma de Mallorca (Spain)

No 23, DEA Working Papers from Universitat de les Illes Balears, Departament d'Economía Aplicada

Abstract: The economy of the Balearic Islands has undergone strong growth in recent decades, although not without big contradictions generated by the maturing of what was a pioneering mass tourism economy. This paper reviews the most recent tourist booms in the Balearics, highlighting the crossroads that the islands’ economy has reached in economic and bio-physical terms. It emphasizes the model’s loss of productivity, the reduction in the earning capacity of businesses (in a process that might be qualified as one of falling profits) and the problems that strong negative environmental externalities and a workforce with a low level of training represent in the maintenance of this growth trend. Lastly, it proposes six basic plans of action in the field of economic policy, based on empirical studies.

Keywords: Balearic Islands; tourism economy; mass tourism; tertiary economy; economic history of tourism. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N34 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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