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A complex network analysis of inbound tourism in Sicily
2019
In this article, the complex dynamics of inbound tourism in Sicily is analyzed for the period 1998–2017. The horizontal visibility graph algorithm is used to transform the overnight stays' time series into a network whose topology is investigated by standard network analysis. Discontinuities in the domestic and international tourism demand were identified in order to detect signals of change and the timing of the directional change in tourism growth. The network degree distribution confirms the complex structure of the destination and reveals the random and thus more unpredictable nature of the international tourism demand in Sicily, compared with a more stable domestic segment. Some policy…
Turismo inbound e ricettività in Sicilia: un’analisi della distribuzione spaziale
2010
In the last few years a significant increase in tourist accommodation has taken place in Sicily, both in hotels and in other hospitality. The increased number of accommodation beds has been encouraged by a multilevel policy of investments – both regional and European – aimed at filling the qualitative and quantitative gap penalizing Sicily in the field of tourism and accommodation competition. In some way, it may seem that the purpose of improving the accommodation supply in our Island has been obtained: indeed, while in 2000, the year when the previous European planning started, the number of accommodation beds in hotels was, in Sicily, of 4,2% of the national amount, in 2008 the Island ra…
Etnolingwistyczne rozważania na temat przekładu na język angielski leksemów typu 'pierogi ruskie', 'barszcz ukraiński', 'fasolka po bretońsku', 'ryba…
2018
In today’s world, international tourism is one of the most quickly and dynamically developing sectors of economy. In the year 2012 – for the first time in the history of mankind – international tourist arrivals exceeded the milestone of one billion tourists globally, and within merely the 20 years’ time, i.e. between 1995 and 2015, the number of people travelling abroad as tourists more than d o u b l e d. The phenomenon also refers to the inbound tourism in Poland – with more than 16 million international tourists who visited our country in 2015. Obviously, on the one hand, the fact is highly beneficial to the state’s international prestige and economy, but on the other one – it does creat…