Do pandemics have an asymmetric effect on tourism in Italy?

A time-varying analysis between economic uncertainty and tourism development in Singapore

Tourism development (TO) is seen as a viable solution to address economic policy uncertainty (EPU) risks. However, previous studies have largely ignored the relationship between short, medium, and long term by decomposing TO and EPU index at different time-frequency scales, especially in Singapore. In this study, the Wavelet tools analysis and a rolling window algorithm are employed to re-visit the causal relationship between EPU, industrial production index (IPI), government revenue (GR), and tourism development (TO) in Singapore from January 2003 to February 2022. The findings revealed the heterogeneous effects of EPU on TO at different time horizons in terms of importance and magnitude over time. A rise in EPU results in a decline in TO at the low frequencies, indicating that EPU has a detrimental effect on TO over the short term. Conversely, in the long term, an increase in TO results in a decrease in EPU. Furthermore, the outcome also indicated that there is a uni-directional causality running from TO to EPU, GR and IPI. Expressly, we confirm that the negative co-movement is more pronounced in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, particularly for EPU, and GR at low-medium frequencies throughout the research period. The findings provide tourism policymakers with insight to develop strategic plans for tourism development that consider the effects of economic policy uncertainty. By understanding how uncertainty impacts tourism, governments can tailor development strategies to mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities.

Nurturing environmental champions: exploring the influence of environmental-specific servant leadership on environmental performance in the hospitality industry

This study investigates the impact of environmental-specific servant leadership (ESSL) on environmental performance (EP) in the context of the hospitality industry. It further examines the mediating roles of environmental concern (EC) and employees' pro-social attitude (EPSA) in this relationship. Drawing on a sample of hospitality organizations, data was collected using self-report questionnaires from employees. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the data and test the proposed model. The results demonstrate a positive and significant relationship between ESSL and EP in the hospitality industry. Furthermore, the study reveals that EC and EPSA play a mediating role in the relationship between ESSL and EP. The findings highlight the importance of ESSL in driving environmental performance and underscore the significance of fostering EC and EPSA among employees. Organizations can benefit from developing and nurturing ESSL leaders who inspire and motivate employees to embrace sustainability practices and contribute to a more environmentally responsible and sustainable industry.

COVID-19: average time from infection to death in Poland, USA, India and Germany

There are many discussions in the media about an interval (delay) from the time of the infections to deaths. Apart from the curiosity of the researchers, defining this time interval may, under certain circumstances, be of great organizational and economic importance. The study considers an attempt to determine this difference through the correlations of shifted time series and a specific bootstrapping that allows finding the distance between local maxima on the series under consideration. We consider data from Poland, the USA, India and Germany. The median of the difference’s distribution is quite consistent for such diverse countries. The main conclusion of our research is that the searched interval has rather a multimodal form than unambiguously determined.

Impact of the COVID-19 on foreign direct investment inflows in emerging economies: evidence from panel quantile regression

The study explores the role of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign direct investment in 12 emerging countries for the period between 2014 and 2021. The world pandemic uncertainty index is used, and panel quantile regression approach is employed to analyze the effect of the pandemic on foreign investment inflows. Unlike the conditional mean regression analysis, panel quantile regression gauges the independent variables at the different locations of the dependent variable. For this reason, it provides a more comprehensive illustration of the impact of the independent variables on dependent variables. The results show that the pandemic has an inverse effect on foreign direct investment in low- and middle-foreign investment receiving countries, while the effect is insignificant in high-foreign investment receiving countries. Apparently, the health crisis has been further harmful to the countries that have weaker economic structures.

A review of early COVID-19 research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research's Curated Collection on coronavirus and tourism

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unparalleled impacts to the global tourism industry, thus inspiring a wave of academic research. This paper presents a review of the early literature on COVID-19 and tourism, representing 249 papers. The analysis revealed five key themes: (1) psychological effects and behavior; (2) responses, strategies, and resilience; (3) sustainable futures; (4) impact monitoring, valuation, and forecasting; and (5) technology adoption. However, this research also raises questions about theoretical contribution, methodologies, and future research potential. This article also launches the Annals of Tourism Research's Curated Collection on coronavirus and tourism. The Collection contains all past articles published in Annals of Tourism Research on the topic and will continue to grow as new articles are added.

Contagious diseases and tourism: a systematic review based on bibliometric and content analysis methods

The present study examines the existing knowledge and intellectual structure on contagious diseases and tourism to map the development of the concept through collaborative networks. Utilising the Scopus and Web of Science bibliometric databases, 328 research records were extracted through keyword searching and forward referencing approaches. Based on these records, the study conducted bibliometric and content analysis to diagnose core themes in the field. The present study's findings are helpful for academia and industry to aid their existing knowledge about contagious diseases, particularly its timeline, geographical spread, and development of coherent themes. A rigorous literature review revealed that the scholarly work in the domain of contagious diseases and tourism revolves around four important themes, namely COVID-19, SARS, Crisis management, and Sustainability. The first theme revolves around COVID-19, highlighting about the impact of COVID-19 on different sectors of the TTH industry, countries, stakeholders, and contexts. Also, researchers foresee COVID-19 as a catalyst to reshape the tourism industry. The next group of studies explained the handling of SARS, particularly by Asian countries. The third cluster elaborated on different stages of crisis and strategies adopted by organizations and countries to manage the crisis. Lastly, a handful of studies in the corpus stated that sustainability in tourism needs to be understood beyond saving the environment and aspiring prosperous travel and tourism industry. The study also suggested the scope of future work.