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 …

assess the direct and indirect impact of climate changes for tourism in protected areas. The objectives were related to …Tourism, as a distinct field of activity, is strongly linked to climate change: in a positive way - by providing the … low environmental impact, and the controlled development of tourist flows – and a negative one – through energy …

Like any other human activity, without containing intentional elements, tourism, being a consumer of space and tourist … tourist objectives. The natural environment probably represents the greatest wealth of the Romanian tourism. The protection of … the environment is thus crucial for tourism. The tourist experience has demonstrated, in time, that, regardless of the …

notion of “the impact of tourism activity on the environment”. Environment in general is affected by these actions, but this … paper focuses mainly on the impact of tourism development on the urban environment. We divided these effects into four …By their nature, tourism activities cause certain effects on the environment. They may vary depending on the extent of …

This report contains four ecnomic impact studies corresponding to the four divisions (arts, film, historic preservation …, and tourism) of the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism that commissioned them. There is an Executive Summar, the … four industry studies, and a methodological overview that includes a discussion of the overall approach, economic impact …

The world’s climate is changing at unprecedented rates affecting nearly every industry globally. Tourism, because of … conceptual framework of the different types of climate change impacts and justifies the necessity of economic impact studies … expenditures), as well as on a European and country level (both about summer and winter tourism) have been examined. However, the …

be drawn up for selecting the most effective projects from two points of view – interest for tourism and impact on …Fighting poverty is a major challenge for Albania, in which tourism can make a significant contribution. However, it is … important to analyze the basic concepts behind specific policies and actions that would allow tourism to be effective, like the …

activities on the other, between benefits of tourism for local communities and the negative impact that it could have on the … environment. Within this context, the identification of the methods and the indicators for assessing the impact of tourism and the … areas, generate a range of issues related to achieving a balance between tourism resources on the one hand and tourism …

This paper reviews recent trends in travel and tourism in the U.S. and Hawaii to ascertain how the terrorist attacks of … 9/11 and subsequent terrible global events affected their tourism flows and the manner and pace of their recovery. We … note that tourism in the U.S. has not fully recovered from 9/11 and other international shocks; indeed recovery of …