3. The Price Mechanism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface xvii
4. Introduction 1
5. Tourism Demand and Supply
6. 1. The Demand for Tourism 17
7. 2. Tourism Supply 50
8. 3. The Price Mechanism 75
9. 4. Tourism and Market Structure 91
10. 5. Strategic Pricing in Tourism 122
11. Tourism Forecasting
12. 6. Forecasting Tourism Demand 159
13. Tourism’s Economic Contribution and Economic Impacts
14. 7. The Economic Contribution of Tourism 193
15. 8. Measuring Economic Contribution: Tourism Satellite Accounts 213
16. 9. The Economic Impacts of Tourism 234
17. 10. Economic Evaluation of Special Events 257
18. Tourism Investment and Taxation
19. 11. Investment by Tourism Firms 293
20. 12. Investment in Tourism Infrastructure 328
21. 13. Taxation of Tourism 348
22. Tourism and Transport
23. 14. Tourism and Transport 375
24. Tourism and the Environment
25. 15. Valuing Tourism’s Environmental Effects 407
26. 16. Economic Instruments to Address Tourism’s Environmental Effects 443
27. Tourism, Growth and Sustainability
28. 17. Tourism and Economic Growth 493
29. 18. Sustainable Tourism Development 526
30. Destination Competitiveness
31. 19. Destination Competitiveness 563
32. Future Directions
33. 20. Future Directions for Research in Tourism Economics 599
34. Index 613