The article is a comparative study of islands’ reactions to the global financial crisis. The main aim is to identify conditions which influence how the effects of the crisis in the tourism sector differed between selected island territories. Seventeen island territories which rely on tourism were selected for analysis. Each reacted differently to the global financial crisis, especially with regard to changes in tourist movement, employment in tourism, and expenditure by foreign tourists. The factors analysed are: length of time as an independent state or dependent territory, degree of dependence on tourism, the diversity of the mix of foreign markets from which tourists arrive, level of dominance of the main foreign market, level of dependence on European and Northand South American markets, duration of flights from the main market, level of economic development, quality of life of the island area’s residents, tourist expenditure, and changes in government expenditure on tourism. The statistical analysis was conducted using both the Spearman and the Kendall rank correlation coefficients.

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旅游经济体和岛屿对全球金融危机的抵御能力

本文是对岛屿对全球金融危机反应的比较研究。主要目的是确定影响选定岛屿领土之间旅游业危机后果如何不同的条件。选择了17个依赖旅游业的岛屿领土进行分析。每个人对全球金融危机的反应都不同，特别是在游客流动变化，旅游业就业以及外国游客的支出方面。分析的因素包括：作为一个独立国家或从属领土的时间长短，对旅游业的依赖程度，游客抵达的外国市场的多样性，主要外国市场的主导水平，对欧洲和欧洲的依赖程度北美和南美市场，从主要市场出发的飞行时间，经济发展水平，岛上居民的生活质量，游客支出以及政府在旅游方面的支出变化。使用Spearman和Kendall秩相关系数进行统计分析。