section A. Tourism development : concepts, issues and process -- section B. Tourism products, the gaze and experiences -- section C. Emerging development paradigms -- section D. Analytical tools for tourism -- section E. Changing human resource practices

The assessment of local, regional or national impacts of an influx of tourists – of different kind and origin – has in recent years become a new challenge for economics research in the tourism sector. There is a clear need to develop solid methodologies through which the socio-economic...