TOURISM IMPACT COMPARISONS AMONG NORWEGIAN TOWNS

This study contributes to filling out the missing comparative tourism impact studies in Scandinavia and other small, economically developed societies. The study indicates the relative importance of direct indus try effects, spin-off effects, and secondary effects in nine small Nor wegian municipalities. Economic and employment effects are compared, a nd multipliers are calculated. The importance of the various groups of effects depends on regional characteristics such as the local infrast ructure, the age of local tourism, and attributes of the type of indus try. The study provides guidance to policymakers and directions for fu ture research. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.