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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459705203321

Autore

Tribe John

Titolo

The economics of recreation, leisure and tourism [[electronic resource] /]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2011

ISBN

9780080890500

1-136-43455-0

1-283-09223-9

9786613092236

0-08-089051-2

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (500 pages)

Disciplina

338.4791

790.107/2

Soggetti

Recreation - Economic aspects - Great Britain

Leisure - Economic aspects - Great Britain

Recreation - Great Britain

Leisure - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Organizations and market -- pt. 2. Further issues of demand and supply -- pt. 3. Markets in practice -- pt. 4. The external operating environment -- pt. 5. Investment -- pt. 6. Economic impacts -- pt. 7. The global economy -- pt. 8. Environmental economics.

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook describes the relevance of economics to the tourism and leisure industries, helping you to pass an economics module as part of a tourism, recreation or sport management degree.It applies economic theory to a range of tourism industry issues at the consumer, business, national and international level by using topical examples to give the theory real-world context. The author explains the impact of the global economic crisis and the importance of understanding what has happened over the course of previous economic business cycles to prepare for what may happen in the futu