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 …

This paper investigates the determinants of tourism demand in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. We estimate the … demand function in a panel setting using annual data from 1979 to 2005. Results show that tourism arrivals are significantly … servicing a destination, are also found to be significant determinants of tourism demand. …

home, and consumption of tourism services across monopolistically competitive destinations abroad is presented. The model … tourist destinations. Estimates suggest median tourism arrivals decline by at least three to five percent in response to a one …. Estimates of the elasticity of substitution suggest that tourism demand is highly price sensitive, and that a variety of costs …

service quality, servicescape, internal marketing, and augmented service offering. The research involves four case companies …

In recent years, the ever-more-meaningful role of the cruise ship segment of the market was frequently analyzed by the … academic literature on leisure tourism. However, research focused on consumer behavior has been limited and was completely … behaviors. Experience (first timers versus cruise repeaters) and loyalty (brand versus non brand repeaters) can influence the …

borders. International tourism falls under General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) that provides a framework for … tourism as a service. Over the years, the tourism destinations as well as tourists by way of their origin have witnessed a … gradual but steady shift from developed to developing countries as delineated in the paper. Tourism has become the propulsion …

This Selected Issues paper for The Bahamas reports that the largest portion of tourism expenditure in The Bahamas comes … from stayover visitors, and total tourism spending has been stagnant. The Bahamas is a small open economy highly dependent … on tourism and the offshore financial sector. Private consumption expenditure in the country or countries of origin is …

международного туризма как в краткосрочном, так и в долгосрочном периодах (Tourism 2020 Vision). Образовательный туризм выделяется в …