Brief profesional profile

Andrés Artal-Tur, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Technical University of Cartagena (Spain) and Research Associate in the Institute of International Economics, University of Valencia (Spain). His main research interest is in International, Regional, and Tourism Economics. Research topics in International Economics include the study of trade and migration topics, economic integration processes and the role of cities and networks in the world economy of the 21st century. Regional Economics include the analysis of economic agents´ location choices (firms, people) and the role played by external effects/spillovers. He is also a user of Spatial Econometric techniques to better understand the role of geography in economic processes. Finally, he shows expertise in Tourism Economics and Marketing, including the analysis of tourist´s behaviour (stay duration, satisfaction and loyalty to destinations, expenditure patterns), with applications in the field of tourism marketing and destination planning. More recently he has been developing new strands of research in the relationship of culture and tourism, and more widely on tourism sustainability with statistical and Big Data analysis, with a special focus on the social impacts of tourism for the resident population. Prof. Artal-Tur has extensively published in international impact journals, also serving as an editor of book volumes of renamed publishers.