A reconsideration of tourism specialization in Europe

• Jean-Jacques Nowak ^[4] ; Sylvain Petit ^{[1] [2] [3]}
  1. [1] University of French Polynesia

     University of French Polynesia

     Polinesia Francesa

     
  2. [2] National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

     National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

     Arrondissement de Toulouse, Francia

     
  3. [3] University of Perpignan

     University of Perpignan

     Arrondissement de Perpignan, Francia

     
  4. [4] Lille 1 University

     Lille 1 University

     Arrondissement de Lille, Francia

     

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• Localización: Tourism economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, ISSN 1354-8166, Vol. 27, Nº. 8, 2021, págs. 1833-1838
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Tourism specialization has been studied so far at an aggregate geographical level and by considering tourism as a homogeneous product. The result is a simplistic and stereotypical image of tourism specialization, as for Europe where southern European Union (EU) countries are commonly viewed as highly specialized in tourism services and northern EU countries highly specialized in other activities. The purpose of this article is to provide a method for a deeper analysis of tourism specialization. We study comparative advantages and disadvantages of a sample of 20 European countries over the period 2010–2016 by considering bilateral flows of three different quality tourism services (high, middle, low). Our results show serious differences with those obtained by the traditional approach.