With the advent of rising mobility and leisure time together with a structural ten-dency for declining airfares, tourism has become a sector of major significance inmodern economies. There is a wealth of literature on the motives of tourists, on thesustainability aspects of large-scale tourism, on the expected economic and socialconsequences of tourism in host countries and regions, on the attractiveness of dif-ferent localities and tourist sites (e.g., beaches, historico-cultural heritage, natureetc.), or on local or regional initiatives to promote tourism (e.g., through tourismpackages, e-services etc.). Tourism research has indeed become a booming andtimely research approach in contemporaneous economics.There is indeed a host of descriptive, qualitative and policy-oriented research,but applied and quantitatively-oriented economic research is still underrepresented.Fortunately, we have witnessed in the past years an upsurge of model-based eco-nomic research in the tourist sector, which builds on powerful research tools inquantitative economics, such as discrete choice models, social accounting matrices,data envelopment analysis, impact assessment models or partial computable equilib-rium models including environmental externalities. The present volume originatesfrom this novel research spirit in tourism economics and aims to offer an attractivecollection of operational research tools and approaches in tourism research. Orig-inality and advanced methodology have been the major criteria for selecting thesecontributions. They form an appealing record of modern tourism economic researchand position tourism economics within the strong tradition of quantitative economicresearch, with due attention for both the demand and supply side of the tourism sec-tor, including technological and logistic advances in the sector. This volume offersthus examples of pioneering research in tourism economics.
[...]... study indicate that there is a long-run relationship between tourist arrivals from the US and the UK and income, relative price of tourism in Malaysia and price of tourism in the competing destinations Both the long-run and shortrun results show that income is positively related with tourism demand in Malaysia As in most previous empirical studies, relative prices of tourism and the price of tourism in. .. Medlik S (1974) Tourism Heinemann, London Cater E, Lowman G (eds) (1994) Ecotourism – A sustainable option? John Wiley, Chichester, UK Coccossis H, Nijkamp P (eds) (1995) Sustainable tourism development Avebury, Aldershot, UK Eadington WR, Redman M (1991) Economics and tourism Ann Tourism Res 18(1):41–56 Gössling S (1999) Ecotourism Ecol Econ 29:303–320 Honey M (1999) Ecotourism and sustainable development... papers, or reports) 2.3 Input–Output Analysis and Multipliers The use of input–output models in estimating economic impacts of recreation and tourism has increased considerably in the past decades because of their ability to provide accurate and detailed information and the ease of interpreting the results (Fletcher 1989) As described in Chap 4, the basic information dealt with in input–output analysis... Eadington and Redman 1991, Johnson and Thomas 1990, Lee et al 1996, and Tribe 1997) The rise in tourism and its growth potentials have attracted increasing attention from development agencies, particularly in lagging regions and in the developing world Tourism is frequently considered as an important expedient for an accelerated endogenous regional or national growth, since it provides a developing... terrorist attacks in the US tend to have a negative effect on tourist arrivals from the US only Another paper in the same vein is presented by Houssine Choyakh in the next chapter, using again an error correction model This paper investigates the relationship between the demand of Europeans for international travel to Tunisia and the factors that affect holiday visits such as income in origin countries,... 10% fall in tourism flows using input–output and social accounting matrix models Next, a new contribution on the basis of choice modelling is provided by Paolo Figini, Massimiliano Castellani and Laura Vici During their holidays, tourists produce direct and indirect effects on local residents, which can either be positive or negative In this paper the authors investigate how residents of Rimini, a popular... suggest a framework for assessing the international competitiveness of Romania’s tourism services trade Against this background, the first part of the paper introduces the concept of international competitiveness The second part includes an overview of Romania’s international trade in tourism services, while the third part of the paper sets out in detail the framework for calculating the proposed measures... the state of the literature on economic incentives of tourism firms to undertake voluntary environmental initiatives Contributions in this respect are embedded within the broader debate on “pays to be green” for the manufacturing industry Differences 8 Á Matias et al between the service sector in general and tourism firms in particular are discussed, and the main findings of this literature are stressed... cooperation efforts in order to maximize the common benefit of the cooperating partners The authors argue that this is increasingly the case with the air transport industry in Europe and elsewhere They analyse the economic rationale behind strategic alliances in the air transport sector, namely emphasizing the individual contributions and collective benefits of airlines when merged within a specific alliance... implications Finally, the implications for tourism and the prospective medium-term trends for the airline sector are also taken into consideration for the immediate future of this competitive market, notwithstanding the competitive pressures ahead, namely the ones stemming from IT innovation and increasing energy costs The final chapter in Part C is concerned with the importance of tourism in rural areas . blank.” Contents 1 Research Needs on the Tourist Nexus 1 Álvaro Matias, Peter Nijkamp, and Manuela Sarmento Part I Methodological Advances 2 A Meta-analytic. Italy, laura.vici@unibo.it Chapter 1 Research Needs on the Tourist Nexus Álvaro Matias, Peter Nijkamp, and Manuela Sarmento 1.1 Prologue The tourist sector has witnessed a drastic