Advances in Modern Tourism Research: Economic Perspectives (Hardcover, 2007)

Trends in Tourism Research: Prefatory Remarks.- Trends in Tourism Research: Prefatory Remarks.- New Analysis Frameworks in Tourism Economics.- Advances in Tourism Research: Theoretical Paradigms and Accountability.- The Influence of Immigration and International Tourism on the Import Demand for Consumer Goods - A Theoretical Model.- An Economic Analysis of Tourism Contracts: Allotment and Free Sale .- Is Tourism Specialization Sustainable for a Small Island Economy? A Cyclical Perspective.- Efficiency in a Chain of Small Hotels with a Stochastic Production Frontier Model.- New Operational Tools in Tourism Research.- Destination Competitiveness: Meeting Sustainability Objectives Through Strategic Planning and Visioning.- International Tourism and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Approach.- Benchmarking in Tourism Destinations; Keeping in Mind the Sustainable Paradigm.- Microeconomic Determinants of the Duration of Stay of Tourists.- Multicriteria Evaluation and Local Environmental Planning for Sustainable Tourism.- Strategic Planning of Territorial Image and Attractability.- Applied Country and Regional Studies.- A Comparison of Methods for Assessing the Short-Run Economic Impacts of Tourist Spending on a County Economy.- Measuring the Impact of Tourism on Production by means of an Input-Output Model of Interior Flows. An Application to Galicia.- On "E-Attraction" Tourism Destination " Extension and Application.- The Use of the Internet in the Hotel Sector of the Balearic Islands: Evolution and Perceptions.- Efficiency and Productivity of Italian Tourist Destinations: A Quantitative Estimation Based on Data Envelopment Analysis and the Malmquist Method.- A Night at the Opera Festival: The Economics of Opera.