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Handbook of tourism economics: analysis, new applications and case studies

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Unknown Tisdell, C. A. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (Singapore, 2013) (eng) English 9789814327084 Unknown Unknown TOURISM-CASE STUDIES; Includes bibliographical references and index; Handbook of Tourism Economics: Analysis, New Applications and Case Studies provides an up-to-date, concise and readable coverage of the most important topics in tourism economics. It pays attention to relevant traditional topics in tourism economics as well as exciting emerging topics in this field - topics which are expected to be of continuing importance. In doing this, it takes account of advances in economic thought, analysis and applied methods. Contributions provide applications of economic analysis to tourism policy and constructive assessment of contemporary thought about tourism economics. The handbook includes several in-depth case studies such as the contribution of tourism to economic development in selected countries including China, India, Japan and Australia, Portugal and Fiji. Coming from diverse countries (both industrialised and developing) and established in the field of tourism economics, travel and management, many of the contributors have been consultants to governments, private organisations, and international bodies, including the UN World Tourism Organisation, the OECD and UNEP. Experts contributing to this volume include the President of the International Association of Tourism Economics, as well as its Secretary-General, the Secretary-General of the Tourism Research Centre (Association of Tourism Research Institutes), the Founder-Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and the former Director of the UK's Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE).
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Summary / review / table of contents

1. Overview of tourism economics / Clement Tisdell --
2. Tourism demand models: concepts and theories / Sarath Divisekera --
3. Empirical estimation of tourism demand models: a review / Sarath Divisekera --
4. Tourism market segmentation: a step by step guide / Sara Dolnicar --
5. Tourism demand in Singapore: estimating neighbourhood effects / Habibullah Khan and Tan Tat Teck, Francis --
6. Demand and cost consequences of violence affecting domestic tourism: an Indian case study / Kunal Chattopadhyay --
7. The internationalisation process of tourism firms: the case of the hotel sector / Zélia Breda and Carlos Costa --
8. The lodging sector and the global economy: China's hotel industry in international context / Liang Larry Yu and Huimin Gu --
9. Travel and tourism intermediaries: their changing role / Nevenka Čavlek --
10. The importance of the air transport sector for tourism / Andreas Papatheodorou and Petros Zenelis --
11. Technical progress in transport and the tourism area life cycle / Andrew Kato and James Mak --
12. The nature and development of visitor attractions / Stephen Wanhill --
13. Travelling for treatment: the emergence of a medical tourist industry / Grace Lordan --
14. Education tourism / LA Duhs --
15. The business of amusement parks: their development and operation / Stephen Wanhill --
16. Cruise tourism / Adrian O Bull --
17. Beach, sun and surf tourism / Neil Lazarow, Mike Raybould and David Anning --
18. Tourism projects and cost-benefit analysis / Norbert Vanhove --
19. Public economics and the assessment of tourism developments and policies / Clement Tisdell and Clevo Wilson --
20. Beaches as societal assets: council expenditures, recreational returns, and climate change / Boyd Dirk Blackwell, Mike Raybould and Neil Lazarow.
21. Estimating tourism impacts using CGE models: a historical review and future developments / Stephen Pratt --
22. Tourism satellite accounts and their applications in CGE modelling / Tien Duc Pham and Larry Dwyer --
23. The direct and indirect contributions of tourism to regional GDP: Hawaii / Eugene Tian, James Mak and PingSun Leung --
24. The economic impact of tourism in the central region of Portugal: a regional economic impact study with marketing implications / Celeste Eusébio, Eduardo Anselmo de Castro and Carlos Costa --
25. Globalisation in tourism: a theoretical and empirical trade examination / Jean-Jacques Nowak, Sylvain Petit and Mondher Sahli --
26. International tourism: its costs and benefits to host countries / Chi-Chur Chao and Pasquale Sgro --
27. Inbound tourism and economic growth: a review of theory and empirics / Mondher Sahli and Simon Carey --
28. Economic impacts of tourism, particularly its potential contribution to economic development / Tanja Mihalič --
29. Tourism development, conflicts and sustainability: the case of Goa / Zélia Breda and Carlos Costa --
30. Tourism development in a remote state: a case study of Arunachal Pradesh, India Amitava Mitra and Maila Lama --
31. Tourism development at Zhangjiajie, China: Korean tourists and their impacts / Chao-zhi Zhang and Julie Jie Wen --
32. The contribution of tourism to the development of Fiji and other Pacific island countries / David Harrison and Biman Prasad --
33. An overview of environmental and conservation issues of consequence for tourism policy / Kristin M Jakobsson and Andrew K Dragun --
34. Sustainable tourism development: its feasibility and economic value / Rajasundram Sathiendrakumar --
35. Ecotourism as an instrument to conserve biodiversity / Andreas Hohl --
36. Eco certification in Queensland's wet tropics world heritage area: is it good for business? / Michelle Esparon, Natalie Stoeckl and Emma Gyuris --
37. The economic value of national parks and protected areas as tourism attractions / Sally Driml --
38. Communal management of ecotourism based on use of common pool resources: self imposed rules on Minami-Jima Island, Japan / Takayuki Arima, Toshio Kikuchi and Yoshihiro Kuronuma --
39. Ecosystem services approach to dive tourism management: a case study, Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt / Rady T Tawfik and R Kerry Turner.

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