Economic Geography Of The Tourist Industry

Author : Dimitri Ioannides
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415164122
Total Pages : 372 pages
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Download or read book The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry written by Dimitri Ioannides and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available on Hospitality and Tourism Complete Publications via EBSCOHOST via internet. A password may be needed off campus.

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Author : Omer Abdalla Omer
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Total Pages : 169 pages
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Download or read book The Economic Geography of the Tourist Industry by U.S. Metropolitan Area written by Omer Abdalla Omer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The research in this dissertation articulates the economic geography of the tourist industry in the United States by metropolitan statistical area (MSA) from a supply-side perspective. It examines the complex economic mix of the tourism production system by employment patterns, number of establishments, and wages. One of the key purposes of this dissertation is to analyze the intense geographical concentration that underlies the tourist industry and to identify the typologies of metropolitan-based economies that explain much of the clusters. A key hypothesis is that, although the tourism direct providers (e.g. hotels, airlines, etc.) attract more attention in the tourism geography literature than tourism supply service industries (e.g. food and drinking services, performing arts, etc.), that a broad economic equivalence exists between these macro-sectors in terms of number of jobs and establishments by MSA. Overall, it is hypothesized that the tourism production system is largely shaped by the logic of agglomeration theory and that metropolitan area economies that experience high levels of specialization as expressed by elevated tourism-related market shares in terms of jobs and establishments, will also generate a higher overall tourism average wage. Another purpose of this dissertation was to examine the overall impact of tourism specialization on quality of life scores as indicated by per capita income, percent of population with college degrees, and population growth rates. Furthermore, the dissertation examined whether metropolitan area economies that attract disproportionately high levels of tourism market share in terms of employment also attract disproportionate creative class employment based on Florida's (2002) definition. The overall analysis revealed that a broad economic equivalency in terms of number of jobs and number of establishments exists between tourism direct providers (e.g., air transportation and hotels) and the tourism supporting services (e.g., restaurants, performing arts, and sports). Additionally, the findings highlighted an acute geographic concentration of the tourism production system. The top ten MSAs in terms of employment market share accounted for 40% of all tourism jobs. The analysis also revealed that four major tourism MSA typologies existed including casino-based, coastal resort, retirement resorts, and natural resource gateway metropolitan areas. The findings further revealed that tourism average wages varied by MSA and they were highly influenced by the level of tourism concentration and specialization partly due to an economies of scale and agglomeration effect. The analysis supported the notion that the tourism industry's overall impact on various quality of life indicators was largely random, suggesting that the general notion that tourism can be a panacea for an urban economies' ill needs to be re-evaluated and questioned. The analysis also showed that a random relationship existed between tourism employment levels and the percent creative class employment contrary to much of the literature. Additionally, the analysis also suggested that a statistically significant correlation existed between percent creative class employment and cultural tourism employment (e.g., performing arts, spectator sports etc.) Suggesting that targeting culturally-oriented tourism amenities may be a more effective strategy to attract the creative class. Data sets for the dissertation came from different sources including: The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and The Census Bureau. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) methodology was used to quantify the tourist industry from a supply side perspective."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.

Author : Álvaro Matias
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3790828793
Total Pages : 346 pages
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Download or read book Quantitative Methods in Tourism Economics written by Álvaro Matias and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism economics is partly based on established principles from the economics discipline, but it also incorporates elements from sociology, psychology, organization theory and ecology. It has over the years turned into an appealing multi-disciplinary oriented approach to the understanding of the impacts of leisure time in a modern society, including cultural heritage, sustainable quality of life, and industrial organization of the hospitality industry. The increasing dynamics in the tourist industry and its worldwide effects will continue to attract the attention of both the research and the policy sector in the years to come. Rather than speculating on non-observed facts, there is a clear need for evidence-based research in order to map out the complex dynamics of the tourist industry. The present volume comprises novel studies – mainly of a quantitative-analytical nature – on the supply, demand and contextual aspects of modern tourism. It contains a sound mix of theory, methodology, policy and case studies on various tourism issues in different parts of the world.​

Author : Gareth Shaw
Publisher : Blackwell Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780631224143
Total Pages : 371 pages
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Download or read book Critical Issues in Tourism written by Gareth Shaw and published by Blackwell Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of this text provided a geographic perspective on how the production and consumption of tourism are reshaping human and physical environments. This edition builds on this, updating the material to reflect changes that have taken place.

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Publisher : Academic Internet Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781428884335
Total Pages : 290 pages
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Author : Patrick Brouder
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317009541
Total Pages : 244 pages
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Download or read book Tourism Destination Evolution written by Patrick Brouder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlining the need for fresh perspectives on change in tourism, this book offers a theoretical overview and empirical examples of the potential synergies of applying evolutionary economic geography (EEG) concepts in tourism research. EEG has proven to be a powerful explanatory paradigm in other sectors and tourism studies has a track record of embracing, adapting, and enhancing frameworks from cognate fields. EEG approaches to tourism studies complement and further develop studies of established themes such as path dependence and the Tourism Area Life Cycle. The individual chapters draw from a broad geographical framework and address distinct conceptual elements of EEG, using a diverse set of tourism case studies from Europe, North America and Australia. Developing the theoretical cohesion of tourism and EEG, this volume also gives non-specialist tourism scholars a window into the possibilities of using these concepts in their own research. Given the timing of this publication, it has great potential value to the wider tourism community in advancing theory and leading to more effective empirical research.

Author : Maria Giaoutzi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135187862X
Total Pages : 448 pages
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Download or read book Tourism and Regional Development written by Maria Giaoutzi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourist visits used to be a less common activity in the past. However, more people than ever now make leisure trips, making this an era of mass tourism. This drastic change in spatial behaviour is not only caused by economic prosperity, but the scale of this phenomenon means that it is able to generate economic growth, making tourism a key factor in regional development policy. One of the main challenges of current regional policy is to market the attractiveness of an area, thereby increasing tourist visits and subsequent revenue. In particular, regions are attempting this through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), which offer information on interesting places, and efficient methods for organizing and booking trips. This book examines the interconnections between tourism, ICT and regional development. Bringing together a range of European case studies illustrating various ICT and policy innovations, it not only critiques current activity by regions in terms of tourism development, but also considers how this sector is likely to continue to grow.

Author : K K Sharma
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9788176255547
Total Pages : 250 pages
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Download or read book Tourism and Development written by K K Sharma and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2005 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Francesco Capone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317486226
Total Pages : 234 pages
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Download or read book Tourist Clusters, Destinations and Competitiveness written by Francesco Capone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism has become one of the largest and fastest growing sectors in the world economy. Increasingly, research on tourism destinations has been at the centre of debates concerning destination competitiveness, governance, policies and destination management and marketing. This book investigates tourist destinations from two different perspectives. First, it approaches destinations using the concept of tourist clusters and investigates their role in competitiveness and firm performances. The second perspective studies the development of models of competitiveness and governance. It also develops an international benchmarking system of 15-EU countries, with an additional focus on Italy, UK and United States. The book will appeal to academics, scholars and practitioners in tourism studies, management, urban and regional studies and economic geography, etc.