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Physics in tourism: Modeling destination growth

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  • Jose F. Perles-Ribes

    (University of Alicante)

  • Ana B. Ramón-Rodríguez

    (University of Alicante)

  • Maria J. Such-Devesa

    (University of Alcalá)

Abstract

Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the problem of tourist destination saturation or overtourism was a hot research topic among tourism researchers. The debate was focused on the definition and measurement of the phenomenon and on establishing the conceptual models that explain it. The objective of this note is to propose the use of Newton's Second Motion Law to model the growth of destinations and its derivation in potential issues of overtourism. This theory allows to incorporate more adequately relevant concepts in this context such as resistance to growth than other standard theories in the existing literature.

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  • Jose F. Perles-Ribes & Ana B. Ramón-Rodríguez & Maria J. Such-Devesa, 2020. "Physics in tourism: Modeling destination growth," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 40(4), pages 2859-2864.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-20-00875
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    Keywords

    tourism destinations; growth; Newton' Second Motion Law;
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    JEL classification:

    • C5 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling
    • L8 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services

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