The Role of Regional Airports in Connectivity and Regional Development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Díaz Olariaga
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Transport Network ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Investment Policies ◽  
Air Transport Industry ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Regional Airports

This article analyzes the contribution of regional airports in Colombia to the development of the domestic air transport network, and with it, to the connectivity of the regions and their social and economic development. The growth and evolution of Colombian regional airports are supported and driven by a set of public and investment policies, designed exclusively for the air sector and implemented, almost continuously, since the liberalization of the air transport industry in the country in the early 1990s and are still in development. Having said this, this work analyzes how the network of regional airports have been able to develop in two and a half decades through public policies, and later, how these airports have positively impacted connectivity and socioeconomic development in the territories. All this is done through the presentation and analysis of related indicators.

scholarly journals Tourism Entrepreneurial Development and Flight Frequency at a Destination: Case Study of Malawi

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
James Malitoni Chilembwe ◽  
Frank Wadilika Gondwe
Keyword(s):  
Vital Role ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Transport Network ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Air Transport Industry ◽  
Entrepreneurial Development ◽  
Flight Frequency

This paper assesses the role of flight frequency on tourism entrepreneurial development in Malawi. The air transport industry in other African countries is growing stronger and helps to promote tourism entrepreneurial development. Countries such as South Africa, Ethiopia, and Kenya, have developed strong air transport network which is vital in tourism development. On the other hand, many African countries, Malawi inclusive are struggling to develop such air transport network which directly affects tourism entrepreneurial development. Businesses such as travel agencies, tour operators, ground handlers, and airports are highly depending on airline’s operation to survive. In an attempt to analyze the scenario in the tourism industry between airline’s frequency and tourism entrepreneurial development there was a measure of relationship between the two hence the employment of quantitative approach in addition to in-depth interviews conducted with airline, travel, and tour operations managers to compare the results. The study revealed that airlines have a vital role in tourism entrepreneurial development and that without airlines operating, many businesses would not have existed and should all airlines stop operating in the country, many companies would follow suit. The study also ascertained that high frequency of flights at a destination means more opportunities and revenue for tourism entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals DEVELOPING INDICATORS FOR CAPTURING THE AIRPORTS DYNAMICS IN REGIONAL AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM GREECE

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Tsiotas ◽  
Spyros Niavis ◽  
Serafeim Polyzos ◽  
Artemis Papageorgiou
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Transport Studies ◽  
Tourism Information ◽  
Regional Airports ◽  
National Economies

Air transport is an aspect of the transportation and communication sector, it is a capital and technology intensive component of the national economies, and it plays an important role in communication and trade, in tourism development, and generally in the economic and regional development. The major role of air transport in the support of distant communication makes it a valuable tool for the strategic planning and innovative marketing in tourism, especially for tourism policies addressed to international markets. Within this context, this paper studies air transport in Greece and particularly the regional dimension of the Greek air transport, by excluding the metropolitan airports of Athens and Thessaloniki. The paper examines the factors that determine the attractiveness of the Greek regional airports on data referring to air traffic statistics and on available spatial and tourism information. For measuring the dynamics of the regional airports in Greece in regional development, the paper introduces a composite index, which computes passenger-traffic change between time periods by considering an airports’ classification. Next, for measuring the airport dynamics in tourism development, an index is introduced in terms of the international arrivals and overnights per region. The results of applying the proposed indices comply with the observations of the common practice and they seem sufficient to be used in other areas of application. The overall approach provides a novel measure for air transport studies and it illustrates the contribution of the small and regional airports to tourism and regional development in Greece.

Hungary: the policy of maneuvering between the EU, USA, China, and Russia

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-70
Author(s):  
Oleg G. Volotov ◽  
◽  
Sergei O. Volotov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Special Position ◽  
Anti Semitism ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Standing Up ◽  
The Eu

In recent years, Hungary has frequently declared its special position on various issues, which differs from the point of view represented by Brussels. Brussels has, in return, criticized the Hungarian administration for restricting political rights, the growing role of state in the country's social and economic development, its persistent refusal to accept compulsory migrant quotas, its confrontation with Ukraine, and even its alleged anti-Semitism. The disaffection of Brussels with Hungarian Government policies was reflected in the Sargentini Report, which led to the threat of launching a procedure under Article 7 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which would have potentially suspended Hungary's voting rights in the EU and cut off its EU funding. Despite the existing divisions, Hungary values its EU and NATO memberships, as well as the improvements in relations with the US, although it still strives for independence while standing up for its own sovereignty. One of the tools of Hungarian foreign policy is the turn to the East, first and foremost to China and Russia, that allows Hungary to maneuver in a more effective way between the contemporary centers of power.

THE GALWAY PACKET-BOAT CONTRACT AND THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IN MID-VICTORIAN IRELAND

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 747-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOUGLAS KANTER
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Economic Theory ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
The State ◽  
British Government

AbstractThis article argues that political considerations, economic theory, attitudes toward public finance, and concerns about regional development all influenced contemporary responses to the Galway packet-boat contract of 1859–64. Though historians have conventionally depicted the dispute over the contract as an episode in Victorian high politics, it maintains that the controversy surrounding the agreement between the Galway Company and the state cannot be understood solely in terms of party manoeuvre at Westminster. In the context of the Union between Britain and Ireland, the Galway contract raised important questions about the role of the British government in fostering Irish economic development through public expenditure. Politicians and opinion-makers adopted a variety of ideologically informed positions when addressing this issue, resulting in diverse approaches to state intervention, often across party lines. While political calculation and pressure from interest groups certainly affected policy, the substantive debate on the contract helped to shape the late Victorian Irish policy of both British parties by clarifying contemporary ideas about the economic functions appropriate to the Union state.

scholarly journals Model for assessing the financial potential of the region

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 01042
Author(s):  
Tatyana Miroshnikova ◽  
Natalia Taskaeva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Actual State ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Financial Capacity ◽  
Regional Finance ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
The Russian Federation

The paper proposes an approach to the assessment of the financial potential of a region of the Russian Federation on the basis of an economic model including system-processing approach. The article examines the role of regional finance in modern conditions as an important tool to influence the process of maintaining economic growth. The financial capacity may be a fundamental tool in the management of social and economic development of regions, is an indicator of the actual state for the purpose of monitoring and make effective management decisions. The result of the study is to determine the most effective model of assessment of the financial potential of a region in order to ensure sustainable economic development. The article is devoted to the development of a model for assessing the financial potential of the region and the study of its elements. It is proposed to revise the elements that make up the financial potential. The author's interpretation of the conceptual bases of the study presupposes a significant expansion of the boundaries of the financial potential, which determines the systemic and complex research approaches. The authors identified the subjects of the economy that affect the formation and regulation of financial capacity.

scholarly journals New approaches to achieve sustainable regional development

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-52
Author(s):  
József Káposzta
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Global Market ◽  
The Self ◽  
Allocation Of Resources ◽  
Resource Concentration ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Sustainable Regional Development

Abstract We are facing a transnational future. Globalization is getting more and more important in economic development, processes are becoming global, and the allocation of goods, capital and resources is carried out on the global market. In such transnational system, the role of large business centers of resource concentration is getting more significant and the ability of nations to balance the allocation of resources is getting poorer. Consequently, the micro-regions, counties and settlements need to face direct global challenges and the self-generated competition as well. Micro-regions, which are not able to adapt to the global resource market and competition, fall out of this allocation space and surely lag behind. Their future greatly depends on how they can represent their interests and how they can improve their positions.

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