Centro Internazionale di Studi sull'Economia Turistica (CISET)

website: helios.unive.it/~Eciset/

CISET's objectives derive from a combination of training activities (managerial, post-graduate) and research conducted independently or in collaboration with international partners. Its aim is to create a body of researchers and operators trained to competitive standards.

Research

	Methodologies for the evaluation of the macro-economic impact of tourism, nationally and by macro-region.
	"Inquiry into the expectations of tour operators", produced every six months in collaboration with ATESIA S.p.A. Methodologies for forecasting tourist movement, in collaboration with GRETA Econometrics; the maintenance and updating of the TRIP prediction models related to tourist movement, by and on behalf of Italy.
	STREP models for forecasting international tourist movement to Italy, based on the STREP-Veneto model produced in 1994 on behalf of the Regione Veneto.
	Research into "cultural tourism".
	Study of the connection between tourism and transport.
	Economic and management analysis of tourist organisations.

Projects already completed

Evaluation of the macro-economic impact of tourism on a national scale, and by macro-regions, produced annually for the "Report on Tourism in Italy" published by the Tourism Department of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

1992. - Professional training courses for those engaged in tourism, first set up in the Veneto.

"Cultural tourism" project co-ordinated by ATLAS, the European Association for Education in Tourism, Leisure and the Arts.

1993. - "Methods and problems in the promotion of cultural resources in the small islands of Central-Southern Italy", on behalf of the Tourist Department of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

1993. - "Techniques to establish carrying capacity for visitors to areas of cultural heritage in Europe", project co-ordinated by Oxford Brookes University on behalf of the European Community.

1994. - "Tourism in cities of art"; problems in the management of tourist pressure in cities of art, in collaboration with UNESCO and other international research bodies.

1994. - "Alternative tourism routes in cities of art", on behalf of the European Community, in collaboration with EURICUR (University of Rotterdam) and with UNESCO-ROSTE

1994-1995. - "Inquiry into tourist spending in the Veneto: characteristics and macro-economic effects", on behalf of the Regione Veneto.

1995-96. "The applications of telecommunications and telematics for the optimum management of tourist sector activities", project commissioned by the Centro Studi San Salvador of TELECOM Italia S.p.A.

1996. - "Etude sur la situation et l'identification des besoins des douze pays de la Méditerranée", research carried out in collaboration with Gruppo CLAS, Milan, on behalf of EUROSTAT.

1997. - Research and on behalf of the Regione Veneto, to comply with the requirements of the Triennial Programme for the Promotion of Tourism1998-2000.

The Secretariat holds copies of the series Quaderni CISET (published from 1993, and now in its twenty-first volume); these illustrate the results of some of the completed research projects.

Current projects

Ongoing collaboration with the Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali- Ufficio Centrale per i Beni Ambientali e Paesaggistici, on subjects relating to the impact of tourism on art and culture.

The collaboration began with the development of a study aimed at extending research into the human impact of the tourist phenomenon in areas affected by the presence of the two archaeological sites, Pompei and Herculaneum.

On behalf of the Federazione dell'Industria del Veneto, the preparation of an annual forecast of international tourist movement towards the Veneto.

On behalf of Promocommercio-a special enterprise of the Chamber of Commerce of Venice- the preparation of the research project "Spending and tourist satisfaction", a study aiming at the construction of a model for analysing the tourist phenomenon at local level, in order that the requirements of the tourist/commercial structures in the Provincia di Venezia can be assessed.

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