New residents of rural communities are often assumed to have preferences for development and conservation that differ from those of longer-term residents. However, the literature offers little to quantify presumed preference heterogeneity. This article assesses whether stated preferences differ...

This article outlines a methodology for estimating the number of individual visitors to a set of recreational sites, as well as counts of specific visitor groups. The model is designed for sets of sites characterized by: (a) unrestricted recreation from a wide and partially unknown geographic...

Purpose – To provide training exercises that will help tourism planners and analysts better understand the fundamentals of tourism sustainability and dynamics. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is organized as a presentation of tools and conceptual models, followed by associated...