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Authors: Matheus Belucio, José Alberto Fuinhas, Mateus Banks Liberato Martin, José Antunes, Fábio Fernandes

Abstract: In the late twentieth century, the increase in globalization was vital for the tourism industry. The tourism industry is commonly understood as essential for several economies. In this study, through a Panel Vector Autoregressive composed of 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, there was a relationship between the Gross Domestic Product of tourism, the Gross Domestic Product, the decomposition of the KOF Globalization Index (social, economic, and political), public investment, the exchange rate, and the population. The time horizon for the empirical analysis comprises annual information from 1995 to 2015. The results show a bidirectional relationship between social globalization and public investment. In addition, evidence shows other important results: Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Product of tourism, Gross Domestic Product of tourism and public investment, and Gross Domestic Product and public investment. The empirical results contribute to the discussions on tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean, providing a theoretical basis that contributes to the decision- making of public and private agents.

Keywords: Tourism GDP; GDP; Latin America and the Caribbean; Globalization; Panel Vector Autoregressive.

DOI: 10.5937/turizam26-30985

Article info: 176-191

Received: March 2021 | Accepted: December 2021

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Authors: Shahnawaz Ahmad Dar, Nedaul Bashir

Abstract: The world was discussing over tourism and in between came zero tourism with the movement of people restricted within their usual place of residence. COVID-19 no doubt has severely impacted all the sectors of economy and hence is a point of concern and research for academia as well as industry. The budding curiosity in the impact of COVID-19 on Tourism industry by the researchers increases the need of systematic review of literature on the topic and identification of future research ways in this particular field. The study is being done to investigate the comprehensive research work on influence of COVID-19 on Tourism industry and to answer the pertinent questions in this regard, like, what has been discussed and explored so for, distribution of the selected studies/ in the indexed Journals, identification of research lines, contribution of these studies in line with these research lines and the most cited studies. For the systematic review 320 research papers were gathered, 100 among them were removed due to various reasons and the remaining 220 were used as data for the analysis of the study. By conducting the systematic review, 8 research lines were identified and the selected studies were analysed in terms of their contribution with respect to the identified research lines. The novelty of this study lies in the new framework developed for systematic literature review in the form of IPASTE. The study has done a comprehensive analysis of the literature on the basis of the new framework to reveal the impact of COVID 19 on the tourism industry on the basis of its six components. The study also identifies some key themes on the basis of research focus of the selected studies. The study has wider implications for mangers, researchers and academicians, to deal with the pandemic and to conduct further research.

Keywords: Tourism, COVID-19, Pandemic, IPASTE framework, systematic review.

DOI: 10.5937/turizam26-34033

Article info: 192-227

Received: September 2021 | Accepted: December 2021

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Authors: Akın Aksu, Ayşegül Demir, Aydın İnak, Mahmut Doğan Kamış

Abstract: The main aim of this research is to investigate local residents’ and foreign tourists’ intentions to participate in ecotourism practices by using attitudes towards ecotourism, likeability of tourist landscapes, intention to participate in ecotourism, and environmental knowledge in ecotourism. Local residents and foreign tourists took part in the research. According to the findings, local residents and foreign tourists have high averages in terms of attitude towards ecotourism, likeability of tourist landscapes, and environmental knowledge, but, have low averages in terms of their intention to participate in ecotourism. Local residents have more positive attitude towards ecotourism and higher environmental knowledge levels than foreign tourists.

Keywords: Residents, foreign tourists, ecotourism, Antalya, Turkey

DOI: 10.5937/turizam26-34509

Article info: 228-242

Received: October 2021 | Accepted: April 2022

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Authors: S. V. Sukthankar, Sadanand Gaonkar

Abstract: The COVID-19 outbreak has miserably disrupted the tourism industry and the travelling lifestyle of people. Since the outbreak is still ongoing, it is presumed that the intention and behaviour of people towards travelling will change. Thus, in this context, the study employs empirical research to examine the travel intentions of travellers during the COVID-19 pandemic and identifies the behavioural changes that travellers may have experienced while visiting any destination during the pandemic. For this purpose, primary data was collected from 121 travellers randomly and analyzed using descriptive statistics, regression analysis, independent sample t-tests, and ANOVA, The result indicates that the travel intentions of the respondents are influenced by perceived behavioural control. It is also revealed that the respondents will only choose such destinations that have taken all the precautionary measures. The study concludes that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly influenced the travel behaviour of travellers.

Keywords: behaviour, COVID-19, intentions, pandemic, travel, travellers

DOI: 10.5937/turizam26-33618

Article info: 243-257

Received: August 2021 | Accepted: July 2022