The Economics of Tourism Destinations

Norbert Vanhove (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2010 | 2nd New edition
Elsevier Science Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-08-096996-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A guide to the economic aspects of tourism for students and practitioners alike to decipher the methods of measurement of supply, demand, trends and impacts. It emphasizes aspects such as measurement of tourism, supply trends, competition models, macro evaluation of tourism projects and events and the role of tourism in a development strategy.

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The measurement of tourism is not an easy task. In the last decade there has been a growing interest in the tourism world in new methods to measure demand and supply of tourism. Fully revised and updated, the second edition of The Economics of Tourism Destinations provides a succinct guide to the economic aspects of tourism for students and practitioners alike to decipher the methods of measurement of supply, demand, trends and impacts.


This book emphasizes new aspects such as measurement of tourism (e.g. Tourism Satellite Account), supply trends, competition models, macro evaluation of tourism projects and events and the role of tourism in a development strategy. Each chapter combines theory and practice and international case studies are provided.

Inhalt

1. Economic characteristics of the tourism sector 2. Measurement of tourism 3. Tourism demand 4. Tourism supply 5. Pricing and taxation in tourism 6. Competition and tourism destination 7. Forecasting tourism demand 8. Economic impact of tourism 9. Micro and macro evaluation of projects in the tourism and hospitality industry 10. Epilogue

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.12.2010
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 732 g
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-08-096996-8 / 0080969968
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-096996-1 / 9780080969961
• Zustand: Neuware