Autori
Saporito, Giuseppe
David, Francesco

Titolo
The Impact of a New Airport on International Tourism: The Case of Ragusa (Sicily, Italy)
Periodico
Politica economica
Anno: 2018 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 327 - Pagina finale: 344

Airports play a crucial role in connecting places and boosting local economic development; notwithstanding this, empirical evidence on the subject is relatively limited. This paper estimates the impact of a new airport in Ragusa, in southeastern Sicily, on international tourism flows in the area, using a synthetic control approach. Connecting by air a relatively peripheral and isolated area of Sicily with a high tourism potential has made it possible to increase by about 16% the number of nights spent by foreign tourists (by about 4,450 additional nights), generating € 377,000 more in tourist expenditure per month.



SICI: 1120-9496(2018)3<327:TIOANA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Testo completo: https://www.rivisteweb.it/download/article/10.1429/92123
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