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 f

This book presents a series of studies on the socio-economic impacts of tourism, with a special focus on the determinants of tourism competitiveness at the dest

This book presents a series of studies on the socio-economic impacts of tourism, with a special focus on the determinants of tourism competitiveness at the dest

Tourism economics is partly based on established principles from the economics discipline, but it also incorporates elements from sociology, psychology, organiz

The experience of highly industrialized countries demonstrates that single-minded pursuit of economic develop ment is self-defeating because, by disregarding th