comparisons are made between China’s and Australia’s tourism industry. A discussion of the observed trends follows. It is argued …Both China and Australia have participated in the process of growing economic globalisation in recent decades. This … paper compares trends in the openness of China’s and Australia’s economy in terms of international trade and foreign direct …

To a large extent, economic factors explain the global growth of the tourism industry, the concentration of tourism in … high-income countries, and the high degree of cross-border tourism between higher income countries themselves. This is … discussed. In doing so, shortcomings of tourism statistics reported by the World Tourism Organisation are examined. These …

Rapid growth in tourism has occurred in Yunnan Province since 1979 with several destinations being popular. Mass … tourism in Kunming City and the central area of Yunnan is shifting to other areas such as Xishuangbanna in the south and Dali … and Lijiang in the northwest because of growing interest in ecotourism, cultural tourism and ethnic tourism. A comparison …

Historically, tourism in India has been important and in fact is encouraged by Hindu scriptures. Nevertheless …, international tourism to India and South Asia generally has languished in recent times in contrast to the growth of international … tourism in the Asia-Pacific which has experienced the fastest tourism growth rate of any• region in the world. Paying …

Different economic methods are being used to estimate the economic benefits generated by nature (wildlife) tourism. The … and conflicting estimates of the economic benefits obtained from wildlife tourism, as is demonstrated in this article by … the use of a microeconomic model. Tourism Research Australia has estimated the economic benefits to Australia of nature …

There has been much discussion of sustainable tourism and there is in fact an international academic journal entitled … Sustainable Tourism. However, there appear to be few, if any, rigorous definitions of the concept of sustainable tourism. This is …. The above problem exists despite the fact that the concept of sustainable tourism is closely linked by many to definitions …

Provides background on the development and nature of Antarctic tourism and associated environmental issues, as well as … tourists favour an expansion in tourism to Antarctica and why. An overall assessment completes the study. …

article considers how the economic value of the tourism stimulus provided by World Heritage listing can be measured in …