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Tourism Development and Resilience in Italian Municipalities

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  • Giulia Iannone

    (Gran Sasso Science Institute)

Abstract

Tourism is both a vulnerable and resilient economic sector, yet the impact that this duality may have on the broader economy remains largely underexplored. This study investigates how tourism development influences local economic resilience to shocks, focusing on Italian municipalities during the Covid-19 pandemic. A conceptual framework classifies municipalities into clusters based on tourism reliance and pressure on local resources. Using a multinomial logit model, the analysis reveals that areas with high tourism reliance and pressure were less resistant to initial economic shocks but demonstrated stronger recovery. However, their overall resilience – considering both resistance and recovery – was lower than that of municipalities with more balanced tourism development. These findings highlight the dual role of tourism as both a recovery driver and a vulnerability source, emphasizing the importance of balanced tourism strategies for enhancing local economic resilience.

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  • Giulia Iannone, 2024. "Tourism Development and Resilience in Italian Municipalities," Discussion Paper series in Regional Science & Economic Geography 2024-18, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Social Sciences, revised Mar 2025.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahy:wpaper:wp62
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    Keywords

    tourism development; resilience; social sequence analysis; overtourism;
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    JEL classification:

    • Z32 - Other Special Topics - - Tourism Economics - - - Tourism and Development
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General

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