Using Data Envelopment Analysis to Evaluate Environmentally Conscious Tourism Management

Valentina Bosetti, Mariaester Cassinelli and Alessandro Lanza
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Mariaester Cassinelli: DISCo, Università di Milano Bicocca and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

No 2004.59, Working Papers from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

Abstract: This paper discusses a methodology to assess the performances of tourism management of local governments when economic and environmental aspects are considered as equally relevant. In particular, the focus is on the comparison and efficiency assessment of Italian municipalities located on the costal areas. In order to assess the efficiency status of the considered management units, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a methodology for evaluating the relative efficiency of decision making units, is applied. The efficiency index measure used in DEA analysis accounts for both environmental and economic features correlated to the tourism industry. Further, potential managerial improvements for those areas resulting far from the efficiency frontier can be investigated.

Keywords: Data envelopment analysis; Sustainable tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 M40 Q01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-03
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