scholarly journals The Effect of Exhibition on Urban Economic Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-105
Author(s):  
Ting-Jun Chang

Along with the process of economic globalization, international exhibition concentrates the flow of people, logistics and information, which is in line with the trend of economic globalization. Exhibition economy is an important part of the global economy, and the study of exhibition will play a decisive role in regional economic development. This paper analyzes the influence of the number of exhibition activities, exhibition area, number of meeting activities and the number of meeting participants on direct economic benefits, induced economic benefits and total economic benefits on Xiamen City using multiple regression analysis. The results demonstrate the importance and difference of exhibitions and meetings to the economic development of Xiamen City.

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-144
Author(s):  
Dora Smolčić Jurdana ◽  
Zrinka Sušilović

Contemporary trends on the world tourism market show that the number of tourists attracted by the cities in growing. Urban tourism is a growing tourism market and especially are attractive the cities in Europe. The cities as an important tourist destinations came of age during 1980s. The local governments came to recognize that tourism could have a role in urban economic development. The invisibility of tourism in cities partly arises from the fact that many facilities are used both by residents and visitors. Improving these facilities therefore provides benefits for local residents as well as assisting the promotion of tourism. City tourism development plan should be prepared as an integral part of global economic and social development plan of the city, with the main aim to integrate the tourism in existing urban economic development, and at the same time to prevent conflict situations. Tourism development in the city needs a network and cooperative relationships between local government, tourist organization, tourist agencies and different organizations/institutions in the city; public-private partnership is a must. In the paper are analyzed the main attributes, principles and goals of the tourism in the cities.


2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Simmons ◽  
Marcia Bok ◽  
Nancy Churchill ◽  
Alice Pritchard

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