Advances in Tourism Economics: New Developments

✍ Scribed by Álvaro Matias, Peter Nijkamp, Manuela Sarmento (auth.), Álvaro Matias, Peter Nijkamp, Manuela Sarmento (eds.)

• Publisher: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 306
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

'Advances in Tourism Economics' follows his predecessor 'Advances in Modern Tourism Research' (2007) in providing a thorough assessment of state-of-the-art economic research in this rapidly developing field. The authors start by analyzing the recent upsurge of model-based economic research in the field, which builds on powerful tools in quantitative economics, such as discrete choice models, social accounting matrices, data envelopment analyses, impact assessment models or partial computable equilibrium models including environmental externalities. The volume originates from this novel research spirit in the area and aims to offer an attractive collection of operational research tools and approaches. It forms an appealing record of modern tourism economics and positions the field within the strong tradition of quantitative economic research, with due attention for both the demand and supply side of the tourism sector, including technological and logistic advances.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Research Needs on the Tourist Nexus....Pages 1-10
A Meta-analytic Comparison of Regional Output Multipliers at Different Spatial Levels: Economic Impacts of Tourism....Pages 13-33
An Optimized System Dynamics Approach for a Hotel Chain Management....Pages 35-49
Demand for Tourism in Malaysia by UK and US Tourists: A Cointegration and Error Correction Model Approach....Pages 51-70
Modelling Tourism Demand in Tunisia Using Cointegration and Error Correction Models....Pages 71-84
Determinants of Length of Stay – A Parametric Survival Analysis....Pages 85-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Is the Time-Varying Parameter Model the Preferred Approach to Tourism Demand Forecasting? Statistical Evidence....Pages 107-120
Estimating Tourism Impacts Using Input–Output and SAM Models in the Balearic Islands....Pages 121-143
Estimating Tourism Effects on Residents: A Choice Modelling Approach to the Case of Rimini....Pages 145-164
Willingness to Pay for Airline Services: A Stated Choice Experiment....Pages 165-173
Forecasting Hotel Overnights in the Autonomous Region of the Azores....Pages 175-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
The International Competitiveness of Trade in Tourism Services: Evidence from Romania....Pages 189-202
Travellers’ Intentions to Purchase Travel Products Online: The Role of Shopping Orientation....Pages 203-215
Coopetition in Infomediation: General Analysis and Application to e-Tourism....Pages 217-234
Do Tourism Firms Have Economic Incentives to Undertake Voluntary Environmental Initiatives?....Pages 235-253
Tourism and Strategic Competition in the Air Transport Industry....Pages 255-271
An Estimation of Tourism Dependence in French Rural Areas....Pages 273-294

✦ Subjects

Regional/Spatial Science; Economic Geography; Environmental Economics; International Economics; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning