Scale of hospitality firms and local economic development - evidence from Crete.

By Konstantinos Andriotis. 2002

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The hospitality industry generates benefits for many host communities including employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. However, the hospitality industry often leads to external dependency contributing to a loss of local control over resources, migrant workforce and leakages outside the local economy, seriously reducing industry's potential for generating net financial advantages and growth for the local economy. Despite the variation of size of hospitality firms, there is still limited research on how well different size hospitality firms contribute to local economic development, something which this paper addresses, taking as a case the island of Crete. The findings suggest that the smaller the size of hospitality firm the larger the benefits to the local economy.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Transportation

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Valuating the effects of beach erosion to tourism revenue. A management perspective (2015, background): “Moreover, the tourism industry has consistently acted as the interface for strong inter-sectorial connections with further multiplying growth effects (Andriotis, 2002).”
A literature review on the tourism-led-growth hypothesis (2010, unknown): “Andriotis (2002), for example, shows that if on the one hand, large scale firms may increase public sector revenue, 6 through a higher level of taxation, on the other hand, they tend to trade less with local suppliers.”
The relationship between tourism, financial development and economic growth in India (2017, unknown): “Finally, tourism generates positive economic externalities (Punia, 1994; Andriotis, 2002; Weng & Wang, 2004; Croes, 2006).”
How strong is the linkage between tourism and economic growth in Europe (2015, background): “firms towards greater efficiency due to the increased competition (Krueger, 1980; Balaguer and Cantavella-Jorda, 2002), (iii) it alleviates unemployment, since tourism activities are heavily based on human capital (Brida and Pulina, 2010) and (iv) it leads to positive economies of scale thus, decrea”
Does Tourism Reduce Poverty in Sub-Saharan African Countries? (2020, background): “tourism, pro-poor tourism, poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa, system GMM businesses in other tourist destinations; and (6) intersectorial linkages with other economic activities (Andriotis 2002; Blake et al. 2008; Pablo-Romero and Molina 2013; Brida, Cortes-Jimenez, and Paulina 2016; Folarin et al. 2017).”
From Leakages to Linkages: Local-Level Strategies for Capturing Tourism Revenue in Northern Thailand (2010, background): “These include increasing local ownership (Milne 1987), reducing the size of firms (Rodenburg 1980; Andriotis 2002), eliminating enclave tourism (Freitag 1994), increasing domestic tourism (Seckelmann 2002), increasing the level of host involvement (Nyaupane et al. 2006), creating a sense of…”
Seasonality in Crete: Problem or a Way of Life? (2005, background): “For instance, Law 1262/82 granted permission for the construction of too many low-quality accommodation establishments (Andriotis, 2001b; Andriotis, 2002c).”
A contextualisation of entrepreneurship (2006, background): “Internationally, the tourism industry continues to typically lack entrepreneurial dynamism in comparison to other sectors (Page et al., 1999; Andriotis, 2002; Morrison and Teixeira, 2003; Scottish Executive, 2001).”
Has the tourism-led growth hypothesis been validated? A literature review (2016, background): “Andriotis (2002), for example, shows that if, on the one hand, large-scale firms may increase public sector revenue through a higher level of taxation, on the other hand,”