Álvaro Matias & Peter Nijkamp 
Advances in Modern Tourism Research 
Economic Perspectives

Modern Advances in Tourism Research provides a thorough assessment of state-of-the-art academic research in this recent field of economic science. The authors start by scoping the scene of tourism research, evolving then to a comprehensive analysis of themes of particular interest for researchers and academics interested on the workings of the tourism markets, such as new analysis frameworks in tourism economics and new operational tools in tourism research. With a view to go beyond fundamental research, the book closes with a chapter dedicated to applied country and regional studies, where a variety of subjects – from input-output analysis to e-tourism competitiveness – are analysed from an alternative micro-perspective.

Table of Content

Trends in Tourism Research: Prefatory Remarks.- Trends in Tourism Research: Prefatory Remarks.- New Analysis Frameworks in Tourism Economics.- Advances in Tourism Research: Theoretical Paradigms and Accountability.- The Influence of Immigration and International Tourism on the Import Demand for Consumer Goods – A Theoretical Model.- An Economic Analysis of Tourism Contracts: Allotment and Free Sale*.- Is Tourism Specialization Sustainable for a Small Island Economy? A Cyclical Perspective.- Efficiency in a Chain of Small Hotels with a Stochastic Production Frontier Model.- New Operational Tools in Tourism Research.- Destination Competitiveness: Meeting Sustainability Objectives Through Strategic Planning and Visioning.- International Tourism and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Approach.- Benchmarking in Tourism Destinations; Keeping in Mind the Sustainable Paradigm.- Microeconomic Determinants of the Duration of Stay of Tourists.- Multicriteria Evaluation and Local Environmental Planning for Sustainable Tourism.- Strategic Planning of Territorial Image and Attractability.- Applied Country and Regional Studies.- A Comparison of Methods for Assessing the Short-Run Economic Impacts of Tourist Spending on a County Economy.- Measuring the Impact of Tourism on Production by means of an Input-Output Model of Interior Flows. An Application to Galicia.- On “E-Attraction” Tourism Destination ” Extension and Application.- The Use of the Internet in the Hotel Sector of the Balearic Islands: Evolution and Perceptions.- Efficiency and Productivity of Italian Tourist Destinations: A Quantitative Estimation Based on Data Envelopment Analysis and the Malmquist Method.- A Night at the Opera Festival: The Economics of Opera.