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The Use of Isolation Indicator for Explaining Tourism Arrivals on Tropical Islands

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  • Podhorodecka Katarzyna

    (University of Warsaw – Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies – Institute of Regional and Global Studies 00-927 Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30)

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The aim of the article is verification of possibility of use of UNEP isolation indicator for measuring isolation of tropical islands for tourism purposes. 30 tropical islands were included in the study. The correlation between intensity of tourism movement and isolation indicator by Spearman rank correlation was –0,46. More isolated islands have smaller intensity of tourism movement and less isolated have higher intensity of tourism movement ratio. But there are also exceptions from this rule – territories which are more isolated and with higher intensity of tourism movement such as Maldives and less isolated with the smaller intensity of tourism movement such as Sao Tome and Principe. UNEP isolation indicator is not ideal measure for tourism purposes.

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  • Podhorodecka Katarzyna, 2008. "The Use of Isolation Indicator for Explaining Tourism Arrivals on Tropical Islands," Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, Sciendo, vol. 13(1), pages 259-265, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mgrsod:v:13:y:2008:i:1:p:259-265:n:26
    DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2008-0026
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