Tourism is both a growth industry and the world’s number one export
earner. It is therefore no surprise that the role of tourism is
increasingly gaining prominence in the debate over how we can move
towards more sustainable patterns of development – environment, culture
and economics – and on how tourism impacts and interacts with them. This
timely and original book is firmly grounded in the theory and
application of economics, in contrast to much of the previous research
which has tended to adopt an environmental or sociological perspective.
Although economics has increasingly become a technical subject, this
accessible book aims to present important economic results and relate
them explicitly to the policy debate. Using a coherent analytical
framework, this unique approach offers prescriptions for moving tourism,
and economic development more generally, closer to a sustainable ideal.
The authors begin by studying the macroeconomic effect of tourism in
terms of growth performance and sources of growth. They also examine how
the tourism-growth link is affected by the role of imports in the
economy, and how tourism impacts upon land use. Further chapters
investigate the important issue of forecasting visitor numbers and
explore the need for a comprehensive accounting framework to take
account of ecologically sustainable tourism. The authors also examine
the microeconomic aspects of sustainable tourism and analyse the
increasing popularity of environmentally friendly holidays. Sustainable
tourism is a fast-growing subject and this book provides an insightful
introduction to the critical economic issues involved. It will interest
and inform a broad and varied readership including researchers, students
and policymakers interested in tourism economics and tourism
management, as well as environmentalists, geographers and development
scholars. 

Contributors: A. Bigano, V. Bosetti, R. Brau, M.
Cassinelli, F. Chan, C. Costantino, M. Fredotovic, C.M. Gomez, Gomez, A.
Goria, J. Hamilton, S. Hoti, J. Lozano Ibanez, A. Lanza, A. Markandya,
M. McAleer, S. Morimoto, J-J. Nowak, J. Rey-Maquieira Palmer, S.
Pedroso, F. Pigliaru, D. Povh, G. Ruta, M. Sahli, P. Sgro, R. Shareef,
T. Taylor, R. S.J. Tol, A. Tudini

Tourism is both a growth industry and the world’s number one export earner. It is therefore no surprise that the role of tourism is increasingly gaining prominence in the debate over how we can move towards more sustainable patterns of development – environment, culture and economics – and on how tourism impacts and interacts with them. This timely and original book is firmly grounded in the theory and application of economics, in contrast to much of the previous research which has tended to adopt an environmental or sociological perspective. Although economics has increasingly become a technical subject, this accessible book aims to present important economic results and relate them explicitly to the policy debate. Using a coherent analytical framework, this unique approach offers prescriptions for moving tourism, and economic development more generally, closer to a sustainable ideal. The authors begin by studying the macroeconomic effect of tourism in terms of growth performance and sources of growth. They also examine how the tourism-growth link is affected by the role of imports in the economy, and how tourism impacts upon land use. Further chapters investigate the important issue of forecasting visitor numbers and explore the need for a comprehensive accounting framework to take account of ecologically sustainable tourism. The authors also examine the microeconomic aspects of sustainable tourism and analyse the increasing popularity of environmentally friendly holidays. Sustainable tourism is a fast-growing subject and this book provides an insightful introduction to the critical economic issues involved. It will interest and inform a broad and varied readership including researchers, students and policymakers interested in tourism economics and tourism management, as well as environmentalists, geographers and development scholars. 

Contributors: A. Bigano, V. Bosetti, R. Brau, M. Cassinelli, F. Chan, C. Costantino, M. Fredotovic, C.M. Gomez, Gomez, A. Goria, J. Hamilton, S. Hoti, J. Lozano Ibanez, A. Lanza, A. Markandya, M. McAleer, S. Morimoto, J-J. Nowak, J. Rey-Maquieira Palmer, S. Pedroso, F. Pigliaru, D. Povh, G. Ruta, M. Sahli, P. Sgro, R. Shareef, T. Taylor, R. S. J. Tol, A. Tudini