In this paper, we use a theoretical model to show that the development of the tourism industry is very likely to significantly reduce environmental problems in Mongolia. Among other issues, Mongolia suffers from an excessively large livestock population, which causes considerable environmental...

Recently, in the Hospitality 5.0 era, the Smart Tourism industry has experienced disruptions due to the widespread integration of cutting-edge technologies (Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Robots, Big Data, and others) enabling the overall tourist experience enhancement. This study...

Multiple research areas have addressed tourism studies, with a recent emphasis on sustainable tourism and the balance between its three dimensions: economic, social, and environmental. We propose an understanding of the significance of economic sustainability in tourism analysis while conducting...

The issues relating to the functioning of the tourism economy include both the activities of tourism enterprises and spatial units, i.e., tourism destinations, as well as tourism demand, including tourists' purchasing behavior. The aim of the Special Issue of Economies is to present the current...

Tourism is acknowledged as a contributor to destination economies in many countries. However, COVID-19 has devastated the tourism industry in numerous national economies. Although the economic impact of tourism on destinations has been examined in a large body of tourism literature, most studies...

This title in the Building the Future of Tourism series offers a comprehensive overview of the significant challenges faced by the tourism industry in the area of sustainable development. Leading specialists from a range of fields cover a wide spectrum of topics under the main themes of The...

Tourism was booming until 2019 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Since then, tourism and related industries have suffered from negative economic impacts. This book examines current challenges and opportunities in the tourism industry using case studies from different parts of the world. It also...

"Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues...

The technological advances in artificial intelligence and robotics allow the massive introduction of service robots by travel, tourism and hospitality companies. While research on service robots in tourism is gaining momentum, the economic aspects of robots' adoption have been quite neglected....

Recently, many applications of behavioral economics (BE) have arisen from the union of psychology and of economics in many areas including product marketing (Thaler (2015), policy design (Madrian (2014), and Howlett (2019). Some examples are nudge units, which prestigious international...

In der Schweiz hat sich seit dem Jahr 2000 die Anzahl Reisebüros von ca. 3'700 auf 1'650 im Jahr 2017 verringert. Zwar zeichnet sich in den letzten Jahren eine Stabilisierung ab, doch ist das stationäre Reisebüro weiter unter Druck. Die Reisewelt verändert sich nicht nur durch die...

"This Modern Guide captures the evolution of foundational tenets, theories, frameworks and models that buttressed tourism economics into an evolving discipline, shining light on both new and old approaches. It systematically examines current and future trends and issues related to new economic...

Tourists experience on using smart tour guide apps, analysis of users' reviews on Odigos and Trip my way / Arvind Mahajan, Sana Maidullah, Mohammad Rokibul Hossain -- New paradigms of the tourist guide profession / Ilídia Carvalho -- Wellness tourism experience on the rise post-covid : demand...

This paper presents an overview of the history of the European Journal of Tourism Research – the first and only English-language academic journal in the field of tourism and hospitality studies in Bulgaria. It analyses the submissions by year, type and key topics, discusses journal's policies...

The aim of this paper is to present a methodology for the decomposition of economic growth by industry which allows between provinces comparisons in Iran. The authors use the growth of real GDP per capita as a measure of economic growth and disaggregate it into economic growth created by tourism...

"Tourism is an astonishingly complex phenomenon that is becoming an ever-greater part of life in today's global world. This clear and engaging text introduces students to this vast and diverse subject through the lens of geography, the only field with the breadth to consider all of the aspects,...

In this book Harold L. Vogel comprehensively and holistically examines the business economics and investment aspects of major components of the travel industry, including airlines, hotels, casinos, amusement and theme parks, cruise lines, and tourism. The book is designed as an...