ABSTRACT

Revised and updated, the fourth edition of The Economics of Tourism Destinations provides a guide to the economic aspects of tourism for students and practitioners to decipher the methods of measurement of supply, demand, trends and impacts as well as the role of tourism in development strategy for destinations and regional development.

Each chapter combines theory and practice, and international case studies are provided. New to this edition:

  • Three brand new chapters on overtourism, terrorism and pandemics, and sustainable development, covering the importance of risk management and sustainable strategy in relation to tourism management.
  • New content on climate change, Airbnb, the impact of events and sustainable tourism development.
  • Pedagogical features: new case studies, discussion questions and student activities to show theory in practice and encourage reflection on the content.
  • Updated data throughout and reference to important new literature.

Combining macro and micro aspects of economics to the tourism destination, this book is an invaluable resource for students studying this topic.

chapter Chapter 1|23 pages

The economic characteristics of the tourism sector

chapter Chapter 2|40 pages

Measuring tourism

chapter Chapter 3|46 pages

Tourism demand

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

Overtourism

chapter Chapter 5|17 pages

Tourism's vulnerability

Terrorism and pandemics

chapter Chapter 6|46 pages

Tourism supply

chapter Chapter 7|23 pages

Pricing and taxation

chapter Chapter 8|47 pages

Competition and the tourism destination

chapter Chapter 9|37 pages

Forecasting tourism demand

chapter Chapter 10|17 pages

Tourism as a development strategy

chapter Chapter 11|30 pages

Tourism export-led growth

chapter Chapter 12|51 pages

The economic impact of tourism

chapter Chapter 15|30 pages

Tourism and sustainable development