TY - BOOK AU - Vanhove,Norbert TI - The economics of tourism destinations: theory and practice SN - 9781032192147 U1 - 338.479 23 KW - Tourism N1 - "First edition published by Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004. Third edition published by Routledge 2017"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; The Economic Characteristics of the Tourism Sector -- Measuring Tourism -- Tourism Demand -- Overtourism -- Tourism's Vulnerability: Terrorism and Pandemics -- Overtourism -- Tourism's Vulnerability: Terrorism and Pandemics -- Tourism Supply -- Pricing and Taxation -- Competition and the Tourism Destination -- Forecasting Tourism Demand -- Tourism as a Development Strategy -- Tourism Export-led Growth -- The Economic Impact of Tourism -- Micro-Evaluation of Projects in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry -- Macro-Evaluation of Projects in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry -- Tourism and Sustainable Development N2 - "Revised and updated, the fourth edition of The Economics of Tourism Destinations provides a succinct guide to the economic aspects of tourism for students and practitioners alike to decipher the methods of measurement of supply, demand, trends and impacts as well as the role of tourism in a development strategy for destinations and regional development. Combining macro and micro aspects of economic to the tourism destination, this book is an invaluable resource for students studying this topic"-- ER -