The economics of tourism destinations:
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Main Author: Vanhove, Norbert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Elsevier 2011
Edition:2nd ed
Series:Elsevier insights
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description: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 Economics of Tourism Destinations, Second Edition 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. Fully revised and updated - new topics include monitoring source markets for destinations, key factors of competitiveness, computable general equilibrium models in tourism and the impact of the financial crisis Includes more examples and cases from outside Europe including America, Australia and Asia Brand new chapter dealing with pricing and taxation in tourism
Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:xxi, 327 pages
ISBN:9780080969961
0080969968
9780080969978
0080969976

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