Does fishery activity affect local tourism? Evidence from Denmark
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Does fishery activity affect local tourism? Evidence from Denmark. / Nielsen, Max; Andersson, Anna; Nielsen, Rasmus; Blomquist, Johan; Waldo, Staffan.
I: Marine Policy, Bind 161, 106051, 2024.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Does fishery activity affect local tourism? Evidence from Denmark
AU - Nielsen, Max
AU - Andersson, Anna
AU - Nielsen, Rasmus
AU - Blomquist, Johan
AU - Waldo, Staffan
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Fishery and tourism coexist in many harbors. Active fishing vessels may attract tourists, which may also provide income to hotels and restaurants. This paper analyzes whether fisheries affect tourism by investigating the effect of the presence of active vessels on overnight stays in coastal areas of Denmark. The analysis is based on monthly panel data from 2016 to 2021 divided into postal code areas. Estimating a double logarithmic model accounting for fixed effects, it is found that when the number of fishing vessels belonging to a harbor in a postal code area increases by 1%, overnight stays in the same area increase by 0.11%, and when the number of fishing vessels landing in an area increases by 1%, overnight stays increase by 0.08%. Our results suggest that tourism is significantly positively affected by having active fishing vessels landing in local harbors. This implies that by considering the interactive effects of fisheries and tourism when designing fisheries policy, society might attain economic gains, potentially resulting in a larger fleet than what would be optimal solely from a fisheries perspective.
AB - Fishery and tourism coexist in many harbors. Active fishing vessels may attract tourists, which may also provide income to hotels and restaurants. This paper analyzes whether fisheries affect tourism by investigating the effect of the presence of active vessels on overnight stays in coastal areas of Denmark. The analysis is based on monthly panel data from 2016 to 2021 divided into postal code areas. Estimating a double logarithmic model accounting for fixed effects, it is found that when the number of fishing vessels belonging to a harbor in a postal code area increases by 1%, overnight stays in the same area increase by 0.11%, and when the number of fishing vessels landing in an area increases by 1%, overnight stays increase by 0.08%. Our results suggest that tourism is significantly positively affected by having active fishing vessels landing in local harbors. This implies that by considering the interactive effects of fisheries and tourism when designing fisheries policy, society might attain economic gains, potentially resulting in a larger fleet than what would be optimal solely from a fisheries perspective.
KW - Active harbors
KW - Coexistence
KW - Cooperative solution
KW - Fishery
KW - Fixed-effect model
KW - Game theory
KW - Tourism
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106051
DO - 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106051
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85184880513
VL - 161
JO - Marine Policy
JF - Marine Policy
SN - 0308-597X
M1 - 106051
ER -
ID: 383429591