The economics of recreation, leisure & tourism (2005)

Now in its third edition, ‘The Economics of Recreation, Leisure and Tourism’ has been fully revised and updated to cover all the latest issues and changes, and more. Essentially a real world text in applied economics, it explains the necesary economic theories from first principles and applies them to a range of leisure and tourism problems and issues at the consumer, business, national and international level. Key themes are: how is the provision of recreation, leisure and tourism determined, and could it be provided in a different way?; what are the key economic and environmental impacts of recreation, leisure and tourism?; how can economics be used to manage recreation, leisure and tourism? International in its outlook, this text uses examples from Brazil, China, India and Japan, as well as Europe, North America and Australia.