An optimal size for rural tourism villages with agglomeration and congestion effects

被引：10

作者：

Tchetchik, Anat ^{[1
]}

Fleischer, Aliza ^{[2
]}

Finlkeshtain, Israel ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Guilford Glazer Fac Business & Management, Dept Hotel & Tourism Management, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel

[2] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, IL-91905 Jerusalem, Israel

来源：

EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | 2012年 / 39卷 / 04期

关键词：

rural tourism; agglomeration; congestion; optimal size; L11; L13; R1; NETWORKS; CLUSTERS;

D O I：

10.1093/erae/jbr040

中图分类号：

F3 [农业经济];

学科分类号：

0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;

摘要：

Helping to sustain a viable rural sector, rural tourism enjoys public support in many countries. We claim that due to congestion and agglomeration externalities in the rural accommodation market, public support should be integrated into a broader local development policy that regulates the number of accommodation units in one locality. To demonstrate this, we extended an equilibrium model that accounts for product differentiation and oligopolistic competition to address congestion and agglomeration effects, and applied it to data collected in northern Israel. We show that, under the prevailing policy measures, the number of accommodation units can exceed the optimal one, leading to loss of welfare.

引用

页码：685 / 706

页数：22

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