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Tourism and Leisure

Current Issues and Perspectives of Development

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Editors:
  1. Harald Pechlaner

    1. Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, Germany

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  2. Egon Smeral

    1. Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna, Austria

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Part 1: Tourism Research: Future Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Can Tourism Qualify for Interdisciplinary Research? A European View

      • Harald Pechlaner, Michael Volgger
      Pages 3-21

    3. Challenging ‘Common Knowledge’ in Tourism – A Partial Polemic

      • Pietro Beritelli, Thomas Bieger, Christian Laesser, Andreas Wittmer
      Pages 23-38

  3. Part 2: Tourism Policy and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Peter Keller: A Pioneer of a Sustainable Tourism Policy

      • Hansruedi Müller
      Pages 41-50

    3. INNOTOUR: An Innovation in Tourism Policy

      • Mike Peters, Birgit Pikkemaat
      Pages 51-64

    4. Tourism Satellite Accounts as a Policy Tool – Some Critical Reflections

      • Egon Smeral
      Pages 65-71

    5. Some Directions for the Future Development of a Tourism Satellite Account: The Case of Investments and Government Collective Consumption in Tourism

      • Christi Frent
      Pages 73-94

    6. Tourism as a Strategic Option for Development of Less Developed Regions

      • Norbert Vanhove
      Pages 95-113

    7. Tourism as a Key Topic in Small-Scale Regional Development Processes

      • Hans Hopfinger, Holger Lehmeier
      Pages 115-128

    8. Price Matters – Relevance of Strategic Pricing for Swiss Tourism in the Past, Present and Future

      • Monika Bandi, Therese Lehmann Friedli
      Pages 129-141

  5. Part 4 Experience: Customer Value and Involvement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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About this book

The Festschrift in honor of Prof. Dr. Peter Keller, president of the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST) since 1994, represents a wide range of tourism research as well as the current state of the ongoing debates in tourism as a scientific research field. The aim is to cover multiple topics and trends in travelling and to discuss future development possibilities in the leisure industry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, Germany

    Harald Pechlaner

  • Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna, Austria

    Egon Smeral

About the editors

Prof. Dr. Harald Pechlaner holds the Chair of Tourism and is the head of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt. Prof. Dr. Egon Smeral is economist at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) in Vienna and lecturer on tourism and leisure economics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tourism and Leisure

  • Book Subtitle: Current Issues and Perspectives of Development

  • Editors: Harald Pechlaner, Egon Smeral

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-06660-4

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-06659-8Published: 30 July 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-06660-4Published: 17 July 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 389

  • Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Economic Policy, Tourism Management, Business Strategy/Leadership

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