GLOBALISATION IN TOURISM: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL TRADE EXAMINATION

Jean-Jacques Nowak, Sylvain Petit () and Mondher Sahli
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Jean-Jacques Nowak: University of Lille I, France
Mondher Sahli: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and Ecole Hôteliére de Lausanne, Switzerland

Chapter 25 in Handbook of Tourism Economics:Analysis, New Applications and Case Studies, 2013, pp 575-604 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractAn important facet of globalisation is the international fragmentation of production. This phenomenon has been studied for goods and many services but has so far been neglected in tourism studies. In this chapter, we attempt to rectify that by providing theoretical and empirical evidence of various aspects of the international division of tourism production (IDTP). In the theoretical section, we use the traditional Ricardian paradigm to show that the IDTP is a conceivable possibility for tourism and may even be highly likely in a context of rapidly decreasing costs of transport, trade and communications. The three theoretical cases shown here can be interpreted, in a historical perspective, as describing the gradual opening of tourism to international trade in Europe. The empirical section is based on the revealed comparative advantage index of Balassa to study the pattern of specialisation of 36 countries (18 OECD countries and 18 developing countries) in two segments of the tourism product system. Our results confirm that tourism production has been globally fragmented over the period 1980–2006, but that the pattern of specialisation of the two groups of countries evolved differently over time.

Keywords: Accommodation and Tourism; China; Congestion and Tourism; Cost-Benefit Analysis of Tourism; Cruise Ship Tourism; Cultural and Heritage-Based Tourism; Demand for Touring; Economic Development and Tourism; Economic Impact Analysis of Tourism; Ecotourism; Educational Tourism; Environmental Conservation and Tourism; Ergodic Events and Tourism; Gambling and Tourism; Health and Tourism; India; Information Technology and Tourism; Infrastructure and Tourism; Inter-Industry Analysis of Tourism; International Tourism; Medical Tourism; National Parks and Tourism; Nature-Based Tourism; Pollution and Tourism; Protected Areas and Tourism; Public Finance and Tourism; Religious Tourism; Special Events and Tourism; Sustainable Tourism; Terrorism and Tourism; The Environment and Tourism; Theme Parks; Tourism; Tourism Economics; Tourism Industry; Tourism Satellite Accounts; Transport and Tourism; Travel; Travel Insurance; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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