REGIONAL TOURISM RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY IN TIMES OF CRISES

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites

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Eleni GAKI¹  Nikolaos Iason KOUFODONTIS² 

[1] University of the Aegean, Department of Business Administration, Business School;University of the Aegean, Business School

关键词: tourism;    resilience;    crisis;    resistance;    recovery;    NUTS-2 (European Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics at level 2);   

DOI  :  10.30892/gtg.40131-827

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Editura Universitatii din Oradea / University of Oradea Publishing House

【 摘 要 】

Regional resilience is typically described as the ability of a region to withstand shocks and recuperate from various crises. Τhis paper examines the quantitative aspect of tourism resilience and focuses on tourism employment. The aim is to highlight the distinct potential of each Greek region to recover from the ongoing pandemic, based on its calculated tourism resilience. This empirical research uses secondary data and calculated indices developed for evaluating regional resilience. Statistical data from official sources provides information regarding regional employment with focus on tourism. Preliminary findings show that important differences are evident between regions regarding their resilience and their subsequent ability to recover from ongoing crises. Estimated resiliency is not always accompanied by a corresponding recovery, especially on the tourism sector. Regions with a strong tourism industry seem to have a stronger resilience than regions that base their development on other industries and this is an indication but at the same time shows the potential of tourism for the development of a region.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND