Open AccessBusiness tourism spending in Eurozone countries: Detecting for convergence trends
Author(s) -
George Ekonomou,
Dimitris Kallioras
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1314-0817
pISSN - 1994-7658
DOI - 10.54055/ejtr.v26i.1941
Subject(s) - tourism , convergence (economics) , per capita , economics , externality , point (geometry) , macroeconomics , international economics , political science , microeconomics , population , demography , geometry , mathematics , sociology , law
The paper detects for convergence trends in terms of per capita business tourism spending among the Eurozone countries. The paper employs the methodological approach of gaps’ convergence clubs, and covers the period 2001-2018. The findings point to clear trends of convergence, indicating that business tourism seems to alleviate spatial externalities in the Eurozone economic space. This calls for a set of well-targeted and carefully-designed policy interventions focusing on promoting – and reaping the benefits of – business tourism.