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Tourism Economics [electronic resource] : Impact Analysis / edited by Álvaro Matias, Peter Nijkamp, Manuela Sarmento.

By: Matias, Álvaro [editor.].
Contributor(s): Nijkamp, Peter [editor.] | Sarmento, Manuela [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2011Description: VIII, 293p. 47 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783790827255.Subject(s): Economics | Geography | Regional economics | Human Geography | Economics/Management Science | Regional/Spatial Science | Economic Geography | Human GeographyDDC classification: 338.9 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Destination Impact Analysis -- Demand Impact Analysis -- Growth Impact Analysis -- Economic Performance Analysis -- Local Impact Analysis.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 impacts of tourism can be assessed. Tourism impact assessment – as a systematic approach to the estimation of socio-economic effects of tourism on relevant parts of the economy – has become a timely response to the need for appropriate information for stakeholders, both public and private. The present volume brings together a set of recent impact studies – of both a theoretical-methodological and an applied policy-oriented nature – , which have been selected on the basis of their originality or novel contribution to the research in this field.  
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Destination Impact Analysis -- Demand Impact Analysis -- Growth Impact Analysis -- Economic Performance Analysis -- Local Impact Analysis.

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 impacts of tourism can be assessed. Tourism impact assessment – as a systematic approach to the estimation of socio-economic effects of tourism on relevant parts of the economy – has become a timely response to the need for appropriate information for stakeholders, both public and private. The present volume brings together a set of recent impact studies – of both a theoretical-methodological and an applied policy-oriented nature – , which have been selected on the basis of their originality or novel contribution to the research in this field.  

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