The spatial and temporal resilience of the tourism and outdoor recreation industries in the United States throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
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2023
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Elservier
Abstract
Accurately quantifying industry resilience is essential to devising effective recovery strategies. Previous research
into industry resilience has either quantified the concept with single metrics aggregated across large geographies
(e.g., visitation) or used metrics comparing the relative concentration of an industry within a region to the
national average (e.g., location quotients). The former set of metrics prohibits spatially targeted recovery efforts
while the latter fails during national crises. We propose the measurement of tourism and outdoor recreation
industry resilience to COVID-19 based on growth rates in employment, wages, and establishments using publicly
accessible time-series data on all counties in the United States. We use these indicators to characterize the spatiotemporal patterns of industry resilience across the country. The indicators can serve as a useful reference for
diagnosing and monitoring industry resilience as well as developing targeted policies, programs, and promotion
efforts that facilitate more localized response efforts.
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Tourism Management 95 (2023)
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Resilience,Crisis events,Location quotient,Industry growth,Tourism and outdoor recreation,COVID-19