Choice and demand in tourism / edited by Peter Johnson and Barry Thomas

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Publication details: London ; New York : Mansell, cop. 1992Description: xiii, 226 pISBN:

0720121639

Summary: There has been a steady expansion of tourist activity throughout the world over the last few decades, particularly across international borders. Increasing personal incomes and the growth in world trade have stimulated demand while the fall in the real cost of air transport and the development of the package tour have acted as a considerable encouragement. The analysis of tourism demand and consumer choice is of increasing relevance in most countries around the world, and tourist activity carries considerable economic significance with implications for employment, transportation and regional development. As a result the characteristics, determinants and forecasting of tourism demand are of growing interest to academics, industrialists and policy-makers alike. This book highlights key aspects of choice and demand in tourism such as typologies of tourists, their motivation, factors that affect their choice of activities, and demand and forecasting models. It provides an international and up-to-date analysis for academic researchers within econon1ics, geography, business studies and tourism studies. The book will also appeal to policy-makers in central and local government as well as to tourist boards and tourism analysts within the industry and the financial sector. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Sala	General	S 02825	1	Available (Disponible)		1900006897

Aquest llibre és producte d'una conferència internacional sobre la investigació en el camp del turisme que va tenir lloc a la Universitat de Durham.

Reimpressions: 1993

També disponible "Perspectives on tourism policy" que, conjuntament amb aquest, recull les ponències de la conferència internacional

Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- 1. The Analysis of Choice and Demand in Tourism / Peter Johnson, Barry Thomas -- 2. Typologies of Tourist Roles / Els Lowyck, Luk Van Langenhove, Livin BolLzert -- 3. Tourist Motivation: Life after Maslow / Christine A. Witt, Peter L. Wright -- 4. Tourism and Symbolic Consumption / Graham Brown -- 5. Market Segmentation and the Prediction of Tourist Destinations / Richard Prentice -- 6. Using Conjoint Modelling to Measure Tourist Image and Analyse Ski Resort Choice / Barbara Carmichael -- 7. Conviviality - A Source of Satisfaction for Hotel Guests? An Application of the Servqual Model / Farouk Saleh, Chris Ryan -- 8. Price Competitiveness and Inclusive Tour Holidays in European Cities / Ann Clewer, Alan Pack, M. Thea Sinclair -- 9. The Life Cycle Concept and Tourism / Chris Cooper -- 10. Modelling Visitor Flows at the Beamish Museum / Adrian Darnell, Peter Johnson, Barry Thomas 11. International Tourism Demand: A Meta-analytical Integration of Research Findings / Geoffrey I. Crouch, Robin N. Shaw -- 12. The Track Records of Tourism Forecasting Services / Stephen F. Witt -- Author Index -- Subject Index

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