Arbitrados

• The Relationship Between Tourism Activity, Natural Amenities, and Second-Home Development: Insights for Land Use Planning (Completo, 2025)Trabajo relevante

  Valeria Posadas , Marta Meleddu , Dimitri Paolini
  Land Use Policy, 2025
  ISSN: 02648377
  Second-home development in regions with rich natural amenities can both enhance economic opportunities and pose environmental challenges, making sustainable planning crucial. These properties are closely tied to the preservation and well-being of their natural surroundings, and balanced development is essential for sustainable land use and economic growth in these areas. However, limited research has examined the direct interaction between second-home development, natural amenities, and their combined economic impacts. This study addresses this gap by examining the long-term causal relationship between second-homes and the expansion of natural amenities tourism. Monthly trends were analysed using expenditure data from foreign tourists in Italy from 2002 to 2019, employing univariate analysis of the structural models and multivariate Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) to examine the causality between second-home and natural amenities tourist expenditures. The findings reveal a causal link between second-homes expansion and the growth of natural amenities tourism, underscoring the importance of strategic spatial planning for sustainable growth in regions heavily dependent on second-home tourism.
  
  

• Second Homes and Destinations as Determinants of Tourists' Expenditure in Uruguay: A Microeconometric Analysis (Completo, 2025)

  Valeria Posadas , Sandra Zapara Aguirre , María José Alonsopérez
  Journal of Policy Research in Tourism Leisure and Events, 2025
  E-ISSN: 19407971
  This research focuses on destinations and second-home accommodation as determinants of tourists? expenditure in Uruguay. We develop a Heckman Model using cross-section data from receptive tourism in Uruguay provided by the Ministry of Tourism of Uruguay. The results show that second-home owner accommodation and almost all tourist Uruguayan destinations are significant and with a positive sign. An overall test for the accommodation variables showed they are significant in explaining tourist expenditure, even though renting a second home was not individually significant. The second-home owner accommodation coefficient is strongly significant at a significance level of 10%. Concerning the tourist destinations, all variables were significant at a high level of 10% and had a positive sign, except for transit (tourist in transit) and thermal cost destination. Punta del Este, as expected, was the destination with the highest margin value, followed by Montevideo, Piriápolis and Colonia. The Golden Cost is the tourist destination with the lowest margin.
  
  

• Tourism and Sustainable Development: A Bibliometric and Complex System Methodology Approach (Completo, 2024)Trabajo relevante

  Valeria Posadas , Silvia London , Alvarez E.
  Journal of Policy Research in Tourism Leisure and Events, 2024
  Palabras clave: Tourism; complexity economics; causal loop diagram; sustainable development; environment
  Areas de conocimiento:
  Ciencias Sociales / Economía y Negocios / Economía, Econometría / Sistemas Complejos y Turismo
  Medio de divulgación: Internet
  ISSN: 19407963
  E-ISSN: 19407971
  ABSTRACT Tourism is a significant economic activity, but its complex relationships with the environment and natural resources raise concerns about sustainability. This study explores the interplay between natural, cultural, and social capital in sustainable tourism development systems (STDS) using a Complex Systems methodology, specifically Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD). The results demonstrate that tourism management and development can enhance sustainable development, but tourism?s impact is mixed. Positive impacts include increased local economic development, cultural tourism, and protected areas. Negative impacts include increased environmental pollution, negative impact on indigenous culture, and a complex relationship with social capital. This systemic model contributes to formulating policies for sustainable economic development in tourist destinations. It highlights the need for integrated management approaches that balance economic, environmental, and social objectives.
  
  

• Hotels, second homes and destination planning policies: a sequential game model (Completo, 2023)Trabajo relevante

  Valeria Posadas , María José ALONSOPÉREZ CHIOSSI
  Tourism Critiques Practice and Theory, 2023
  Palabras clave: second homes hotels game theory
  Areas de conocimiento:
  Ciencias Sociales / Economía y Negocios / Economía, Econometría / Microeconomía y Turismo
  Medio de divulgación: Internet
  ISSN: 26331225
  E-ISSN: 26331233
  This paper develops a theoretical model that analyzes the decision problem the landowner has to face between the construction of second homes and hotels. The starting point implies verifying that for a given tourist destination, the land available for the construction of accommodation is limited. For this reason, when choosing between building second homes or building hotels, many factors influence the decision model. The theoretical mechanism generalizes the model introduced in Brida and Boffa (2010) and is based on a four-stage sequential game with four players. From the results of the model, the authors conclude that it is optimal from the social point of view both to build a hotel and to build a second home because both generate added value during the year. For this reason, the construction of second homes should be taken into account in the planning policy of the tourist destination. This arises from considering that second homes, as they remain occupied all year like hotels, in certain tourist destinations, do not generate seasonality.
  
  

Informe sobre Prospecciones Sísmicas Offshore en Uruguay- Capítulo 5. Implicancias de las Prospecciones Sísmicas para la Economía Oceánica Uruguaya (Valeria Posadas, Santina Giribone, Martín Sanguinetti, Lucía España y Adrián Rodríguez Miranda). (2026)Trabajo relevante