Economics of sustainable tourism / / edited Fabio Cerina, Anil Markandya and Michael McAleer

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/791
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable tourism; Tourism
• Altri autori: CerinaFabio MarkandyaAnil <1945-> McAleerMichael
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; The economics of sustainable tourism: An overview; Part I Tourism demand and the host community; 1 Time series modelling of tourism demand from the United States, Japan and Malaysia to Thailand; 2 Determinants of tourist satisfaction at sun and sand mass destinations; 3 Determinant attitudes to tourism in a mass tourist destination: A comparative-static analysis; 4 A panel data analysis of residential water demand in a Mediterranean tourist region: The case of Sardinia; Part II Tourism and productivity ; 5 Pollution-averse tourists and growth6 On the relationship between tourism and trade; 7 Evaluating labour productivity of diversifying rural tourism: Evidence from Japan; Part III Sustainable tourism: Environment and cultural heritage conservation; 8 Clustering tourism destinations by means of composite indices of sustainability; 9 Equilibrium dynamics and local indeterminacy in a model of sustainable tourism; 10 How tourism can help preserve cultural heritage sites: Constructing optimal entrance fee schemes to collect visitors' WTP for the World Heritage Site My Son in Vietnam ; The economics of sustainable tourism: Summary and suggestions for future researchIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Tourism is one of the world's largest industries and one of its fastest growing economic sectors helping to generate income and employment for local people. At the same time, it has many negative outsourced effects on the environment and local culture. Achieving a more sustainable pattern of tourism development is high on the global agenda aiming to meet human needs while preserving the environment now and for the future. The Economics of Sustainable Tourism aims to critically explore how tourism economic development can move closer to a sustainable ideal from a firm economi
• Titolo autorizzato: Economics of sustainable tourism
• ISBN: 1-136-90495-6; 1-136-90496-4; 1-282-88239-2; 9786612882395; 0-203-84233-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910800044903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge critical studies in tourism, business and management.