Impact Assessment in Tourism Economics

Editors: álvaro Matias, Peter Nijkamp, João Romão



Provides advanced statistical and econometric tourism modeling

Includes new contributions to tourism impact assessment

Illustrates regional and urban forms of tourism

This book presents a series of studies on the socio-economic impacts of tourism, with a special focus on the determinants of tourism competitiveness at the destination level. The authors offer a systematic overview of this important issue, presenting relevant empirical studies from different parts of the world, based on modern theoretical approaches and adequate analysis tools, in the context of their policy or managerial implications.

The first part of the book discusses the analysis and assessment of quantitative tourism impacts on local economies, while the second part focuses on non-material aspects of tourism development, in particular those related to the role of innovation and human resources. The final section highlights the different dynamics often observed in tourism destinations arising from the interaction between tourists and local communities.

Table of contents (17 chapters)

Editorial Introduction

Propensity to Travel: What Is the Macro-Data Telling Us?

Seasonal Dynamics of Demand in Major Turkish Inbound Tourism Markets

Regionalising Input-Output Tables: Comparison of Four Location Quotient Methods

The Impact of Motivation Factors on Spending at a Public Sector Festivals Programme

Economic Impacts of Tourism in Rural Nova Scotia

Are the Most Competitive Countries the Most Innovative Ones?

Human Capital and Firm Performance: An Analysis of the Hotel Sector in Majorca

Impacts of Emotional Intelligence and Leadership on Motivation in the German Hotel Industry

Competency-Based Hiring as a Tool to Improve the Thai Meeting and Convention Industry: A Sales Executive Perspective

Decisive Criteria for Strategic Management in the Air Transport Sector

Institutional Pressures, Environmental Responsibility and Social Legitimacy: Longitudinal Analysis Applied to Golf Tourism

Intermodal Competition and Temporal Interdependencies in Passenger Flows: Evidence from the Emerald Coast

Location and Business Creation: An Analysis of the Lodging Sector

Tourism Impacts of a Portuguese World Heritage Historic Center: Resident’s Perceptions

Resident’s Perceptions on Impacts of Hosting the Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture: Comparisons of the Pre- and Post Periods

Tourism and Voyeurism in Heterotopia’s: The Role of Perception and Information in the Behaviour of Visitors to Amsterdam