The Economics of Recreation, Leisure and Tourism (Paperback, 5 New edition)

Contents Preface to the fifth edition 1. Introduction Part 1: Organizations and Markets 2. Recreation, leisure and tourism organizations 3. The market for recreation, leisure and tourism products  Part 2: Further Issues of Demand and Supply 4. Demand: time preference, elasticity and forecasting 5. Supply and costs Part 3: Markets in Practice 6. Market structure and pricing 7. Market intervention Part 4: The External Operating Environment  8. The competitive, technological, political and sociocultural environment 9. The economic environment  Part 5: Investment  10. Investment in the private sector 11. Investment in the public sector  Part 6: Economic Impacts 12. Income, employment and prices 13. Economic development and regeneration Part 7: The Global Economy  14. The balance of payments and exchange rates  15. Globalization Part 8 Environmental Economics  16. Environmental impacts  17. Action for sustainability  18. Critique, alternative perspectives and change Bibliography Index