Optimal periodic development of a pollution generating tourism industry

Optimal periodic development of a pollution generating tourism industry

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Article ID: iaor20021822
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 134
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 582
End Page Number: 591
Publication Date: Nov 2001
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Authors: , , , ,
Keywords: programming: dynamic, geography & environment, ecology
Abstract:

This paper studies how environmental pollution affects optimal development of the tourism industry over time. The planner has the possibility to stimulate tourism by carrying out service expenditures, like organizing events, advertising, attracting seasonal workers, etc. The positive effect of these expenditures on tourism is negatively influenced by the presence of pollution, since the latter element distracts tourists from visiting a particular region. We show that for a particular scenario service expenditures, tourism as well as pollution exhibit a cyclical development over time. This policy implies that when pollution is high, tourism activities are reduced in order to give the environment a chance to recover. Environmentalists advocate this behavior, but in this paper, we show that this policy is also optimal from a profit maximizing point of view.

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