S09-S3 Tourism for Resilient Regions (in association with the Waddenacademie)
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Special Sessions
| Wednesday, August 30, 2017 |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
| AB A12 (0012) |
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Conveners: Jouke van Dijk, Stefan Hartman / Chair: Martin Falk
Speaker
Dr. Eleni Gaki
Associate Professor
University of the Aegean
Regional dimension of employment in the tourism sector: the case of Greece
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Chrysanthi Balomenou, Eleni Gaki (p), Manolis Christofakis, Dimitris Lagos
Discussant for this paper
Martin Falk
Abstract
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Prof. Martin Falk
Senior Researcher
University Of South-eastern Norway
Measuring the impact of the European Capital of Culture programme on overnight stays: Evidence for the last 20 years
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Martin Falk (p), Eva Hagsten
Discussant for this paper
Eleni Gaki
Abstract
This study explores the effects of hosting the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) on overnight stays, by use of data on approximately 800 European cities and 34 host cities pooled over the years 1998 to 2014. A difference-in-differences propensity score matching estimator shows that hosting the ECoC leads to an increase in overnight stays of 8 per cent on average during the year of the event but does not stimulate tourism demand in the subsequent years. However, there is a large degree of heterogeneity in the effect across cities. Cities with a UNESCO world heritage site and presence of an airport are more likely to appear as a ECOC host. Long-term tourism effects can only be observed for a small group of cities (i.e. Essen, Guimarães, Salamanca and Tallinn).
