The Economics of Tourism Destinations

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Economics of Tourism, Economics of Destinations, Tourism Studies and Other Related Issues

   1. Introduction: Economics of Tourism, Economics of Destinations, Tourism Studies and Other Related Issues

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      Pages 1-13

3. Introduction to the Economics of Tourism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Definitions and Key Concepts

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      Pages 17-44

   3. The Tourism Sector in the Economy

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      Pages 45-72

   4. The Economics of Tourism Destinations

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      Pages 73-130

4. The Microeconomics of Tourism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. The Consumer Theory Applied to the Tourist

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      Pages 133-161

   3. A Close Examination of the Consumer Theory Applied to the Tourist

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      Pages 163-205

   4. Production in Tourism

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      Pages 207-242

   5. The Production and the Sale of Holidays: Tour Operators and Travel Agencies

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      Pages 243-268

   6. The Supply of Tourism Services: Hospitality, Transport, Attractions

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      Pages 269-309

   7. The Tourism Markets

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      Pages 311-354

   8. The Contracts in the Tourism Markets

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      Pages 355-398

   9. The Information and Communication Technology and the Tourism Sector

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      Pages 399-424

5. The Macroeconomics of Tourism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 425-425

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   2. Tourism, Development, and Growth

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      Pages 427-466

   3. International Tourism: Real and Monetary Flows

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      Pages 467-510

   4. The State Intervention and the Public Organization of Tourism

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      Pages 511-547

   5. Sustainable Tourism

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      Pages 549-585

The book aims at providing an overview of the main economic issues related to tourism activities. While tourism is an important sector, contributing to more than 10% of the European Union’s GDP, research and teaching at the university level has only recently grown to a considerable level, and the field still lacks a firm research methodology. This book approaches tourism economics as an applied field of study in which tourism markets are represented as imperfect markets, with asymmetric and incomplete information among agents, bounded rationality, and with a strong presence of externalities and public goods. The economic issues studied in the book are approached both intuitively, largely using examples and case studies, and formally, with mathematical formalizations in text boxes.

• Sustainable Tourism
• Tourism
• Tourism Destinations
• Tourism Sector

• , Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  Guido Candela, Paolo Figini

Professor Dr. Guido Candela works and teaches  Economics of Tourism at the Faculty of Economics in Rimini, University of Bologna, one of the leading faculties in Italy for specialisation of Tourism. He is the former Dean of the same Faculty.

Paolo Figini is Assoc.Professor of Economic Policy in the Department of Economics at Faculty of Economics (Rimini) and University of Bologna. He is Director of the European Master in "Tourism Economics and Management".

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