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- Measuring nature tourism firms' productivityPublication . Santos, Eleonora; Correia, Alexandra I.; Ferrreira, Fernanda A.; Nunes, Alcina; Veloso, Cláudia M.; Vieira, Elvira Pacheco; Silva, Goretti; Fonseca, Manuel José; Carrança, Paulo; Fernandes, Paula OdeteProductivity measurement has been raising increasing interest in academia and recognized as critically important, since it is an important indicator for understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the tourism sector. This paper constructs two measures of productivity of nature tourism firms, i.e., labour productivity and total factor productivity, and compares firms’ performance across NUTS II regions in mainland Portugal, during 2014-2017. Using data from SABI, Quadros do Pessoal, INE and the National Tourism Registry, the sample comprises 369 firms, representing 55% of firms operating in nature tourism in the mainland. Results show that the levels of TFP, contrary to labour productivity, are very uneven over time and space. In 2015, all regions experienced a negative increase in the TFP, except the Metropolitan Region of Lisbon, which seem to indicate that nature tourism firms in this region are more productive and resilient to external shocks.
- Outdoor solutions for the seasonal concentration of tourism demand in northern Portugal: an Integrated approach based on the gini indexPublication . Fernandes, Paula Odete; Santos, Eleonora; Nunes, Alcina; Ferrreira, Fernanda A.; Veloso, Cláudia M.; Fonseca, Manuel JoséMeasures that address the seasonality, one of the identified overtourism direct causes, allow making a critical reflection on the application of control policies and monitoring regional measures crucial on a sector with such importance at the regional development analysis. The measures should stimulate or reduce tourism demand during low or peak seasons, respectively, generating a better distribution of tourism flows and eliminating potential overtourism situations. Therefore, this chapter focuses on the development of a Gini Index to analyse the distribution of the seasonality in northern Portugal and through it control current public measures in practice and suggest the implementation of different and more effective policy measures. For instance, the ones that make a clear bet on outdoor tourism activities. It will be used in the Gini Index, by the tourists’ market of origin measured by the overnight stays in hotel establishments. The results showed the high seasonal concentration of tourist flows.
- Productivity measurement: the case of nature tourism firms in PortugalPublication . Santos, Eleonora; Correia, Alexandra I.; Ferrreira, Fernanda A.; Nunes, Alcina; Veloso, Cláudia M.; Vieira, Elvira Pacheco; Silva, Goretti; Fonseca, Manuel José; Carrança, Paulo; Fernandes, Paula OdeteProductivity measurement in the tourism sector has been raising increasing interest among researchers and is recognised as an important indicator for understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the sector and for enhancing its spillover effects on the economy. However, studies for Portugal and the particular activities included in the set of nature tourism activities are scarce. To overcome this research gap, this paper calculates the labour productivity and total factor productivity (TFP) measures of nature tourism firms to compare firms’ productivity performance across NUTS II regions in mainland Portugal during 2014–2017. Using data from SABI, Quadros do Pessoal, INE and the National Tourism Registry, the sample consists of 369 firms, representing 55% of firms operating in nature tourism in the mainland. Results show that the levels of TFP, unlike to labour productivity, are uneven over time and space. In 2015, a year of change in the business cycle, all regions experienced a negative increase in TFP except the Metropolitan Region of Lisbon, which seems to indicate that nature tourism in most of the country is less resilient to external economic shocks, performing better in periods of prosperity. Labour productivity growth does not present, in general, consistently positive results.