| Description |
1 online resource (205 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Critical Studies in Tourism, Business and Management |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; The economics of sustainable tourism: An overview; Part I Tourism demand and the host community; 1 Time series modelling of tourism demand from the United States, Japan and Malaysia to Thailand; 2 Determinants of tourist satisfaction at sun and sand mass destinations; 3 Determinant attitudes to tourism in a mass tourist destination: A comparative-static analysis; 4 A panel data analysis of residential water demand in a Mediterranean tourist region: The case of Sardinia; Part II Tourism and productivity |
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5 Pollution-averse tourists and growth6 On the relationship between tourism and trade; 7 Evaluating labour productivity of diversifying rural tourism: Evidence from Japan; Part III Sustainable tourism: Environment and cultural heritage conservation; 8 Clustering tourism destinations by means of composite indices of sustainability; 9 Equilibrium dynamics and local indeterminacy in a model of sustainable tourism; 10 How tourism can hel |
| Summary |
Tourism is one of the world's largest industries and one of its fastest growing economic sectors helping to generate income and employment for local people. At the same time, it has many negative outsourced effects on the environment and local culture. Achieving a more sustainable pattern of tourism development is high on the global agenda aiming to meet human needs while preserving the environment now and for the future. "The Economics of Sustainable Tourism" aims to critically explore how tourism economic development can move closer to a sustainable ideal from a firm Economic analy |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sustainable tourism.
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Tourism.
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Sustainable tourism
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Tourism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Markandya, Anil
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McAleer, Michael
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| ISBN |
9780203842331 |
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0203842332 |
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