Handbook of Tourism Economics: Analysis, New Applications and Case Studies provides an up-to-date, concise and readable … coverage of the most important topics in tourism economics. It pays attention to relevant traditional topics in tourism … applications of economic analysis to tourism policy and constructive assessment of contemporary thought about tourism economics …

Tourism represents an economic activity with a special growth potential and rate that, managed in a proper way, can … past period, the development of tourism raised awareness among policy makers, local governments, tourists, etc. about the … effect of tourism on the environment, this way the development of a sustainable tourism being a necessity. The present paper …

Tourism has been characterised by mass tourism, although new types of alternative tourism have emerged in recent years …, one of which is ecotourism. The introduction of ecotourism has had a varying impact, both positive and negative, on … tourism must therefore be taken into account, and their participation in managing and developing this activity must be …

approximately 530 billion dollars per year. In the past 10 years we could see an increasing demand for rural tourism and ecotourism …Tourism is the most important economic branch, worldwide, owning 12% of all areas of activity and revenue of …, many of the international travel agencies offering ecotourism packages. Our country is attractive from the perspective of …